Rhymed translations of nearly two hundred short poems from the earliest ages down to the present times.

9. An Introduction to the History of Chinese Pictorial Art, by H. A. Giles.

Notes on the lives and works of over three hundred painters of all ages, chiefly translated from the writings of Chinese art-critics, with sixteen reproductions of famous Chinese pictures.

10. Scraps from a Collector’s Note-book, by F. Hirth.

Chiefly devoted to notes on painters of the present dynasty, 1644- 1905, with twenty-one reproductions of famous pictures, forming a complementary supplement to No. 9.

11. Religions of Ancient China, by H. A. Giles.

A short account of the early worship of one God, followed by brief notices of Taoism, Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, Mahommedanism, and other less well-known faiths which have been introduced at various dates into China.

12. Chinese Characteristics, by the Rev. Arthur Smith, D.D.

A humorous but at the same time serious examination into the modes of thought and springs of action which peculiarly distinguish the Chinese people.

13. Village Life in China, by the Rev. Arthur Smith.

The scope of this work is sufficiently indicated by its title.

14. China under the Empress Dowager, by J. O. Bland, and E. Backhouse.

An interesting account of Chinese Court Life between 1860 and 1908, with important sidelights on the Boxer troubles and the Siege of the Legations in 1900.

15. The Imperial History of China, by Rev. J. Macgowan.

A short and compact work on a subject which has not been successfully handled.

16. Indiscreet Letters from Peking, by B. Putnam Weale.

Though too outspoken to meet with general approbation, this work is considered by many to give the most faithful account of the Siege of the Legations, as seen by an independent witness.

17. Buddhism as a Religion, by H. Hackmann, Lic.  Theol.

A very useful volume, translated from the German, showing the various developments of Buddhism in different parts of the world.

18. Chuang Tzu, by H. A. Giles.

A complete translation of the writings of the leading Taoist philosopher, who flourished in the fourth and third centuries B.C.