CHINA

=Ball=, James Dyer. Things Chinese; being notes on various subjects connected with China. 3d ed. revised and enlarged.

_London: S. Low, Marston, and co., 1900. (6), 666, xxv, pp. 8^o._

=Bard=, E. Les Chinois chez eux. 2. ed.

_Paris: A. Colin, 1900. (4), 360 pp. Plates. 12^o._

"The author, a merchant in China, describes more especially agriculture, finances, money, and other economic aspects."

=Barrows=, John Henry. The Christian conquest of Asia. Studies and personal observations of Oriental religions.

_New York: Charles Scribner's sons, 1899. xvii, (1), 258 pp. 12^o.

(Morse lectures of 1898.)_

Chapter VII: Confucianism and the awakening of China.

Chapter VIII: Success of Asiatic missions; America's responsibility to the Orient.

=Beals=, Zephaniah Charles. China and the Boxers. A short history on the Boxer outbreak, with two chapters on the sufferings of the missionaries and a closing one on the outlook.

_New York: M. E. Munson, [1901]. 158 pp. Ill.u.s.trations. Portrait.

12^o._

=Beresford=, _Lord_ Charles. The break-up of China. With an account of its present commerce, currency, waterways, armies, railways, politics, and future prospects.

_New York and London: Harper & brothers, 1899. xxii, 491 pp. Portraits.

Folded maps. 8^o._

=Bishop=, Isabella L. Bird. The Yangtze Valley and beyond. An account of journeys in China, chiefly in the province of Sze Chuan and among the Man-tze of the Soms territory.

_New York: G. P. Putnam's sons, 1900. 2 vols. Portrait. Plates. Map.

8^o._

Reviewed in "Spectator," January, 1900, under t.i.tle "Spheres of influence in China."

=Boulger=, Demetrius C. The history of China. New and revised edition.

_London: W. Thacker & co., 1898. 2 vols. Portraits. Maps. 8^o._

---- _Same._ A new edition, revised and brought up to date. Containing chapters on the recent concessions to the European powers.

_London: W. Thacker & co., 1900. 2 vols. Portraits. Maps. 8^o._

---- A short history of China. An account for the general reader of an ancient empire and people. A new edition, with an additional chapter continuing the history from 1890 to date.

_London: Gibbings & company, 1900. (6), 436 pp. 8^o._

Pp. 356-373 contain "How China is governed."

The "Reign of Kw.a.n.gsu, 1890-1900," (pp. 374a-374l) said to be written "by a competent authority."

=Brandt=, M. von. Industrielle und Eisenbahn-Unternehmungen in China. Mit einer Kartenakizze.

_Berlin: Reimer, 1899. 121-140 pp. 8^o. (Deutsche Kolonial-Gesellschaft. Verhandlungen, 1898-99. Heft 4.)_

=Brenier=, Henri. La mission lyonnaise d'exploration commerciale en Chine, 1895-97. Avec cartes, plans, et gravures d'apres les doc.u.ments rapportes par la mission.

_Lyons: A. Rey et cie, 1898. (6), x.x.xvi, 386, 473 pp. Ill.u.s.trations.

Folded maps. F^o._

CONTENTS: 1^{re} partie. Recits de voyages. 2^{me} partie.

Rapports commerciaux et notes diverses.

"Of all the commercial missions to which the immediate prospect of the development of the resources of China by modern methods has recently given rise, the most fully equipped and that with the most extensive and elaborate programme is that organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Lyons, and the report published by the director of this mission, Mr. Henri Brenier, is of corresponding interest and value."

=Bretschneider=, E. History of European botanical discoveries in China.

_London: S. Low, Marston & co., 1898. 2 vols. 4^o._

"Dr. Bretschneider's present _magnum opus_ is by no means a mere botanical work, as its name would seem to imply, but also a magnificent political and geographical record of all that Europeans have ever done in China from Marco Polo down to Mr. G. M. H. Playfair, and there is hardly any subject connected with the Far East but what accurate light is shed upon it by the dates, data, itineraries, geographical and biographical details, commercial notes, and other information furnished by the industrious and scrupulously painstaking author, than whom there is no one in the sinological field more worthy of absolute confidence."

=Brinkley=, Frank. China; its history, arts, and literature. [Library ed.]

_Boston and Tokyo: J. B. Millet company, [1902]. 4 vols. Plates (partly colored). Folded map. 8^o. (Oriental series, v. 9-12.)_

=Chang-Chih-tung.= China's only hope. An appeal by her greatest viceroy.

Translated from the Chinese edition by Samuel I. Woodbridge.

Introduction by Griffith John.

_New York, etc.: F. H. Revell company, 1900. (2), 151 pp. Portrait.

12^o._