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ments, the thigh bone and the shoulder blade of an animal, 

 the tooth of a large animal, a fragment of the handle of a 

 bronze vessel, and two carapaces. The author adds at the 

 end of the book notes explanatory of these objects. 



"Moulds of Ancient Objects.'' ( "£ f$ ^ fg jgg $fe ). 

 Published in 1916. 

 In the Introduction the author refers to his interest in 

 this subject having been aroused through the writings of 

 Chang Ting-chi of Chia-hsing who had collected several 

 specimens of molds for casting copper cash. This interest 

 was increased on rinding molds of other objects in the posses- 

 sion of Wang I-jung 40 of Fu-shan and of Shen Po-hsi in 

 Peking. This led him to further investigation out of which 

 grew this book. It is in three chapters. The first treats 

 of moulds of various objects such as daggers, axes, mirrors, and 

 cross-bows; the second of moulds of exchange coins (ftWI), 

 such as knife money, etc. ; and third of molds of round coins 

 (^.^:). As there are only incidental references in other 

 books to moulds, this work is the first of its kind in Chinese 

 literature. 



"Official Seals from the Time of the Sui and Tang 

 Dynasties . " (H^a^fepil^). 

 Published in 1916. 

 Two-hundred and twenty-five seals are reproduced in 

 this book. Notwithstanding the title, the first seal men- 

 tioned belongs to the Ch'en Dynasty and its earlier than Sui 

 of which period there are two seals given. Twenty are from 

 the T'ang and Five Dynasties; forty-eight from the Sung; 

 one from the Liao; seven from the Hsi Hsia; seventy from 

 the Chin (Nu Chen); thirty-five from the Yiiaii; and thirty- 

 one from the Ming. Many of these have impressions both 

 of the obverse and reverse sides which accounts for the 

 variance of the total number from that given in detail 

 under the various dynasties. Forty-three had already been 

 mentioned by Chii and Weng in their books on this subject. 



"Illustrations of Ancient Mirrors." ("&&Mt&)- 

 Published in 1916. 

 This book contains illustrations of one-hundred fifty- 

 seven mirrors, the oldest of which is one dated the first year 

 of Yiian Hsing, a.d. 105. The author claims that the illus- 

 trations are of specimens which cannot be found in the 



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