CHINA, PAST AND PRESENT. By E. H. Parker, Professor of Chinese at the Owens College, Manchester; formerly H.B.M. Consul at Kiungchow; Author of “China,” “John Chinaman,” etc., etc. With a Map of China. Demy 8vo, 10s. 6d. net.
Mr. Parker is one of the great authorities on all that concerns China and the Chinese, and has been writing upon every phase of the subject for many years past. In this work he deals with the whole history of the nation from the earliest times to the present day. His volume is divided into nine books: I. Historical and Statistical; II. The “Boxer” Wars; III. Religious; IV. The Imperial Power; V. The Foreigner in China; VI. Mandarin or Official; VII. Celestial Peculiarities; VIII. Political; IX. The Seamy Side.
Each of these books is divided into chapters dealing comprehensively with the whole subject.
NEW WORK ON PAGAN IDOLATRY.
THE WORSHIP OF THE DEAD. The Origin, Nature, and History of Pagan Idolatry. By Colonel J. Garnier, R.E. With Four full-page Illustrations and numerous Pictures in the text. Demy 8vo, 16s. net.
The intimate relation of the ancient Paganism to the early history of mankind and its influence on the fate and fortunes of the human race gives no little interest and importance to any inquiry into its origin and nature, and the facts collected and compared in the present work will be found, not only to throw a remarkable light on the early history of Egypt and Babylonia but to have an especial bearing on important questions of the present day.
EVERYDAY LIFE IN CHINA.
LIFE AND SPORT IN CHINA. By Oliver G. Ready, B.A. With Thirteen Illustrations and a Map. Demy 8vo, 10s. 6d. net.
In this work the author, who has resided in various parts of the country for upwards of twelve years, has endeavoured to place before readers an account of things and events as he saw them, and to convey to their minds an idea of how Europeans live there, of their amusements, of their work, and of those things which are matters of daily interest to them, so that the work may serve as a kind of preface to that enthralling volume, the current history of China, as it is daily revealed in the Press, in Magazines, and in learned works.