. Review of reviews and world's work. d scholar ofShan-tung. Foxes, ghosts, sprites, elves, andsupernatural beings figure largely in these fasci-nating stories. Tsz Pu Yu (What ConfuciusNever Talked About) was written by Yuan Mei,a learned official, poet, and essayist of the eight-eenth century. Yuet Wei Tso Tong (Pleas-ant Stories from a Private Study) was the workof the famous grand counselor, Chi Shiao Chin Ku Chi Kwan (Marvelous Tales,Ancient and Modern) is a collection of fortystories by the members of a literary club. Col-lections of wit and humor and stories of theJoe Miller cla
. Review of reviews and world's work. d scholar ofShan-tung. Foxes, ghosts, sprites, elves, andsupernatural beings figure largely in these fasci-nating stories. Tsz Pu Yu (What ConfuciusNever Talked About) was written by Yuan Mei,a learned official, poet, and essayist of the eight-eenth century. Yuet Wei Tso Tong (Pleas-ant Stories from a Private Study) was the workof the famous grand counselor, Chi Shiao Chin Ku Chi Kwan (Marvelous Tales,Ancient and Modern) is a collection of fortystories by the members of a literary club. Col-lections of wit and humor and stories of theJoe Miller class are extensively read. In 460 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REVIEWS. this connection, Yi Chien Ha Ha Sliiao (Readand Laugh), the Yi Chien Yin Jen Shiao(Be Moved to Laughter), the Shiao Chek To(Side-Splitter), and San Tsu Liao Chai (Spar-kling Wit and Humor) may be cited. Among translated works are ^Esops Fables,Vathek, Night and Morning, and othergood novels from the English, French, German,Russian, and Japanese. An immense amount. The Chinaman (reading) : The Japanese have takenthe Russian positions. . Would it not be more exactto say the Chinese positions ?—From Pasquino (Turin). of Christian literature in the form of tracts andscientific pamphlets has been published by thedifferent missionary societies and widely dis-tributed, forming the bulk of reading matterfor the Christian converts and the more inquisi-tive Chinese population. Newspapers and illustrated magazines areWestern innovations introduced into Chinawithin the last few decades. The oldest Chi-nese newspaper conducted on the European meth-od is the Hwa Tsz Yat Pao (Chinese Mail), ofHongkong. There are printed in the same col-ony the Chung Ngoi Shan Pao (Daily Press) ; theChung Kwo Pao (China), owned and conductedby the Chinese reform party ; the Shun WanYat Pao (Daily News), and the Shiang Po (Com-mercial Record). In Canton, there were pub-lished, a few years ago, three or four dailies,but their tone was too
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