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should have further explanation. It conveys the idea of penalizing as 

 in the acts of Trades Union, etc. The phrase conveys a certain amount 

 of opprobrium and illegality. 



A line of useful study is suggested by the reading of this 

 dictionary in this way that it greatly helps to an exact knowledge of 

 words,— not only of Chinese but English words too and for the 

 English speaking person. It is marvellous how inexact we are as to 

 the shades of meaning. 



It should be mentioned that phrases run away with their authors 

 occasionally : and therefore there is much Wenli in the work. Collo- 

 quialism seems unequal to the occasion. Thus the student must by no 

 means try to speak all the phrases in this work. 



The length of the review will show that we have found it most 

 interesting. It is a mine of information. We most heartily commend 

 this useful work. M. 



Indian Archaeology. 



(1) A Guide to Sanchi, by Sir John Marshall, Director General 



of Archaeology in India, Government Printing Office. 

 Calcutta, Zs/9d. 



(2) A Guide to Taxila, Government Printing Office, Calcutta, 



4s /6d. 



(3) The Astronomical Observations of Jai Singh, by G. R. Kaye, 



in India, Government Printing Office, Calcutta, 23s/ — 



The Indian Raj has always shown an intelligent interest in the 

 antiquities of that great country, and these books are excellent ex- 

 amples of what can be done in the way of reserch. While they do not 

 bear to any extent on Chinese matters (except in so far as Taxila was 

 visited by both the famous pilgrims Fa Hsien and Hsuan Tsang) yet 

 they have a great indirect value to Sinologues. 



The first two books relate to ancient Buddhist shrines and help to 

 support several hypotheses which are of great importance in regard to 

 the development of Asiatic culture, viz : — the predominance of the 

 Hinayana type of Buddhison in early days, the assimilation by Budd- 

 hism of the worship of death and the strong influence of Greece on 

 Indian art. 



The third book relates to culmination of oriental science in India 

 under the enlightened Maharajah Jai Singh of Jaipur in the early 

 eighteenth century and although covering quite a different field from 

 the other two books also shows how much the Orient owes to the West. 



It is of course an insoluble problem whether any real physical 

 knowledge of any value ever originated in India, but in any case it is 



