. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. outthe greater part of the civilized world. Inmany of these carvings the object of theartist seems to have been, not to develop anybeauties of form, but to show his power ofachieving seeming impossibilities. Amongthe best-known forms of Chinese carvingmaybe reckoned the sets of concentric balls,which are cut out of solid
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. outthe greater part of the civilized world. Inmany of these carvings the object of theartist seems to have been, not to develop anybeauties of form, but to show his power ofachieving seeming impossibilities. Amongthe best-known forms of Chinese carvingmaybe reckoned the sets of concentric balls,which are cut out of solid ivory, or at leastare said to be so made. There is quite a controversy about themode of cutting these balls, and even thosewho have spent much time in China, and arethoroughly acquainted with the arts andmanufactures of the country, disagree onthis subject, some saying that the balls arereally cut from solid ivory, and others thateach ball is made of two separate portions,which are joined very artificially by cement,and can be separated by steeping in boilingwater. Of the two explanations I am ratherinclined to believe the former, as none ofthose who say that the balls can be separatedseem to have tried the experiment for them-selves. The mode of cutting these curious. OF Chinese art. (From Sir Hope GrantsCollection.) specimens of art is said to be by boringconical holes from the circumference of theball to its centre with a spherical piece ofivory, and the detaching each ball in suc-cession with curved tools. FILIAL RESPECT. 1447 The jade carving of China is also material is remarkable for the beau-tifully soft polish which can be given to it,and, as it is a rare mineral and exceedinglyhard, coming next in that respect to the ruby,articles made of jade are valued very highlyby the Chinese. In the accompanying illus-tration are shown a number of jade carvingsbelonging to Sir Hope Grant, who kindlyallowed me to have them engraved for thiswork. The bowl in the fro
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