“THE ONE BOOK ON CHINA.” 
THE MIDDLE KINGDOM. 
A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts and History 
of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants. 
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND A NEW MAP OF THE EMPIRE. 
By S. WELLS WILLIAMS, LL.D., 
Professorof the Chinese Language and Literature at Yale College; Author of Tonic and 
Syllabic Dictionaries of the Chinese Language. 
Two Volumes, 8vo. Price, $£9.00. 
The wonderful advance in the arts of civilization and intellectual development made by China 
during the thirty-five years since this book was first written, and especially the new basis upon which 
its foreign relations have been established and the events that are even now occurring in this connec¬ 
tion, render the publication of this revised edition unusually important. 
“ All this vast mass of new and trustworthy information concerning the ‘ Middle Kingdom,’ Dr. 
Williams has gathered together and condensed with praiseworthy diligence and ability, and the result 
is an encyclopaedia of China the value of which cannot be overestimated. . . . An exceedingly com¬ 
plete and accurate account of the most interesting country in the world.”— London Saturday Review. 
“The revised edition of the ‘Middle Kingdom’ is the most ambitious and the best executed work, 
typographically speaking, that has issued for a long time from American presses. From a literary 
standpoint it must be regarded as the best general work on China extant, and therefore as indispens¬ 
able to the reader who wishes to obtain a comprehensive view of the wonderful country and people it 
treats of.”— N. V. Tribune. 
COREA: THE HERMIT NATION. 
By WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS, 
AUTHOR OP “ THE MIKADO’S EMPIRE,” AND LATE OF THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, TOKIO, JAPAN. 
1 Vol., 8vo, with, numerous maps and illustrations, new edition, $£2.50. 
“The work bears witness to a vast amount of well-directed labor; and while it is clothed with a 
rare charm for the general reader, whose curiosity regarding a long-isolated nation will for the first 
time be satisfied, it is also sure of a respectful and grateful reception from the student of history, eth¬ 
nology, and philology. The discussion, indeed, of the Corean language in an appendix is the first 
essay on the subject which has seemed to us at once explicit, intelligible, and trustworthy.” 
—New York Sun. 
EAST OF THE JORDAN. 
A Record of Travel and Observation in the Countries of Moab, Gilead, and Bashan, 
during the years 1875 - 1877 . 
By SELAH MERRILL, Archceologist of the American Palestine Exploration Society. 
With illustrations and a map. 1 Vol., 8vo, new edition, $£3.00. 
No other American is so much at home in the East Jordan country as Mr. Merrill, and there does 
not exist in any other language so much fresh and valuable information respecting it. Ihe illustra¬ 
tions which embellish the book are fresh and original, and the style of the narrative is graphic and 
entertaining. The work is exceedingly interesting as an account of exploration in this field, rich m 
historic associations. 
BRAZIL: THE AMAZONS AND THE COAST. 
By HERBERT H. SMITH. 
Illustrated from sketches by J. Wells Champney and others. 1 Vol., 8uo., extra cloth, $5.00. 
“ In this book Mr. Smith, an American, who has lived and travelled for the greater part of eight 
years in Brazil, gives so excellent an account of that country that we cannot regret this addition to t e 
already extensive literature of the subject. The book is a very successful attempt to present a com¬ 
prehensive picture, drawn both from the experience of the author and from that of previous Hrazi lan 
and foreign writers, of the present state of Brazil.”— London Academy. 
TURKISTAN. 
Notes of a Journey, in 187 ^, in the Russian Province of Turkistan, the Khanates of 
Khokan and Bokhara, and Provinces of Kuldaja. 
With a Chapter showing Russian Progress in Central Asia during the last ten years. 
By EUGENE SCHUYLER. 
New Edition. With, many illustration?. 2 Vols., 8vo, $£5.00. 
