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THONTASIATISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT." The fimt isaus of the Ostasiatische That the United States is now on au Zeitschrift," edited by Dr. Unto, Kümmel, equal footing in the Far East with the Director of the Department for East-Asiatic older Powers was the announcement made Art in the Berliner Museum, in conjunction recentry by Henry P. Davison, one of the; with Dr. William Cohn, and published by partners of J. P. Mergun and Co., who Messrs Oesterhold & Co. Berlin W. 15, returned to this country on board the has just appeared. Its aim is to further Olympic, of the White Star line Me extend knowledge of the art and culture Darison, who presided at the conference of of the Far East, and it is the only period. the six groups representing the monetary ical in Europe and America which is interests of France, England, Germany, wholely devoted to the investigation of Russia, Japan and the United States, the art of eastern Asia. The greatest regarding the granting to China 'of a loan interest will therefore, be felt for the of $300,000,000, waaid that the results of **Ostislatische Zeitschrift" among the this conference were what he baard his. travellers, collectors, scholars etc. who pay opinion on.
**It was most significant," said Be special attention to Indian, Chinese or Japanese art. There are very few scholars Davidson, "that the United States presided i TAKEO TAKAMIŪRI, and authorities whether in Europe, at this, conference by unanimous rote of the
Amerien of East-Asin, whose numes will interests represented, which were backed | Manager.
not be found among the collaborators of by their respective governments. Jongkong. April 1, 1912.
The this, international periodical. The first meetings resulted in an entente for five YEE MERCANTILE BANK OF issue gives an excellent demonstration years, which if the offer made to China is TEE
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of its im In it. Harell, the accepted, will place the financini control of former Director of the Art School and that country in the hands of the six groups Yeal,- Ngay Chai Yuk £1,500,000 Gallery of Calcutta, open the work with represented. £1,125,000 a richly illustrated article "The Zenith of £582,500 Indian Art" in which he presents quite ...£ 365 000
new points of view for the comprehension of this subject Otto Kümmel contributes the translation of the catalogue of the famous collection of Chinese paintings of Shogun Joshimasa (1443-74), the sovereign of Japan at that time. The compilers of the extalogue were two of the most Kota Bahra, Kelantan important Japanemu painters of the 15th Kuala Lumpur, F.M.Secutury, by name Nomi and Suad; and the dongkong.
translation is preceded by an interesting and Shanghai.
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Leal,-Bui Ap Chai, | description by S. Ham of a Hamburg button which Fr f. Thomson pressed sent
periodical also containereports pa novelties was caught by the receiver in the brake- in the sphere of East Asintic culture and van. The immediate rosult was that the art, a colume on "New Books and vacuum brake was automatically set Periodicals" and one for "short Notes.", list of collaborators given at the end of this well produced work is a gurrantee of futher interesting contibutions. The | applied to train signalling. Popularly the | Carp,--Li Yu present issue contains about 70 illustra system is known as the "Railophone." tions, a great part of which are full-page Bosides stopping a train by the pressing of platca
THE STUDIO.
A noteworthy feature of The Studio for July is's comprehensive article on the art of the French painter Lusien Simon from the pan of Achills Segard. Says the writer, "To obrerse, to comprehend, and
to discover means of expression which shall
The occasion of this remarkable perfor maneo was the first demonstration of the Von Kramer wireless inductive system as
Barbel-Ka Yu Bream,-Bin Yu
Canton Fresh Water Fab,-Hoi Sin Yu
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"So ax* cellently reproduced are the examples of theartists' whicb - accompany the article that those who hare pot seen the originale are able to recognise the idolity of the writer's summary of the artist. There is a breeziness, a sense of space z movement in the pictures reproduced, which w Fonly base come of a clore and supremely intelligent study of Nature Of the old and the new Salons of France Houri Frautz talle very interestingly, the thirteen illus- trations which accompany, the lotterpress including works by (ruch: artists, an. Henri Harpignies, J. F. Raineli and Max Bohm. Other features of a very fine number includ A note on Jeandro Ramon Garerido" by JQuigley; and fourteen Slustrations of recent designa in domestic architecture,
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