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ON
A tale ralating to the period of the pusil- lanimous Hway toung of the Sung, is the
Kin ping mei, in 1 chapters, attributed to Wang She chin of the Ming. This gives a picture of the dissolute mau Vouers of the age in question. As an artistic
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NOTES ON CHINESE LITE
- RATURE. *
performance it is one of the bighost of the class; there is however a double meaning throughout, which attaches to many of the terme as phonetica, but which does not pear on the face of the written characters, This caused it to be
it to be prohibited as immoral. the second emperor of the present dy by nasty; but notwithstanding this donuñoja. tion, a brother of the same monarch made an elegant translation of the game into the Maneku language, which was published.in 1708. Being a syllabic language, this is peculiarly fitted to preserve the doubles- entendres.
It will be seen that Mr Wylie does not
It is seldom that a work, purely philolo so much attempt & presis of the contents: gical in its scope and object, combings, as a general sketch of the works he no- with abstruse details a sufficiency of potices, but even this must have proved a palar information to render it acceptable task requiring no roousiderable labor to the general world of readers. Espe and erudition. We are reluctantly com cially is this the case as regards Chinese, pelled to forego quotations from the many of which the difficult churnoter and coninteresting paragraphs with which the struction oppose difficulties insurmount work abounds, but add the following: able to all but thorough students of the paragraph from the appondix --
A work recently published language.
A large portion of the bulk of Chinese fin the evowed use of students, however, literature is only preserved now in a clasi presents such features of unusual interest of publications tormed Trung shoo, to others than those conversaut with the which may be designated Collections of language, that from their point of view
Reprints. This custom has tended to the Superior CLARET, ST. PIERRE, 1852. alone it marrits special notice. It will be preservation of numorous writings of all Superior CHAMPAGNE, H. T'ER & Urim rather to refer to Mr Wylie's aros, which otherwise would have boon from incidental quo work as regards the outside public known only by pamo, Co., arte blanche.
SPIRITS OF WINE, in Doxes of 1 doz than to attempt a discussion of the aldtations in more permanent authors. These
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RAYNAL & Co. which it will render to the realer of
Cunstable's Miscellany; Bohn's Series, loc US native works. And there is ample matter and athers of the kind in Eugland, but Hongkong, October 1, 1866.
to ocupy our pen even in a popular differ from then in that instead of
being notice such as we describa
published portudically, the complete series Before referring to its contents we is issued at once as an indivisible whole, have a protest to make against the paper and it is only rarely that any of the separate. upon which the work is printod, as we works can be obtained second-hand, from prefer to place our nofavorable remarks an already imperfect soties. first. It may be thought that the paper Mr Wylie then proceeds to give the and binding of a work are matters of contents of a fow such collections, bat ast unimportance compared to the contents, they consist of titles they will be of use But, while admitting that they are secon- to the student of Chinese only. In day considerations, we cannot but ex- conclusion we cannot but express a press mar regret to find that even at the hope that Bir Wylie will find it present day, when neither privs nor difli posible to issue
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use a wretched substitute for paper to of Chinese literature, tha thanks of all which that of the penny journals at home interested in the country are due to him is smoothness and beauty itself. With for the labouts which have produced so this exception the work is well brought valuablo an addition to our knowledge of out, the founts of Chinese type especially Chinese literary enterprise being of remarkable clearness and beauty
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tlıd
The British ship Albart Fistor, from Lon- "Sunuo Shwco Ket, which the learned com- an Auxiliary Association of the British and don, reports fine weather crossed the pilor translates by Essayista," This, Foreign Bible Society, Ils Excellency Sir Equator on 18th Oct. in long. 26 W pass- however, hardly conveys the conventional R. G. MacDonnell hus porsented to take Tortoise, et the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope meaning attached to the word, as the the chair, and a tolerably full audience
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world Af various other NOVELTIES of the dam ou 20th Nov; past Satidal woul Is-ended wider this head has specimen and simutilated in all parts of the wall! Seasone
land on 18tir Dec. In the Pacific Ocean of Mr Wylie's style we subjoin the fol and
we very much question the THE
VIUTORIA DISPENSARY had very heavy weather and sea which Inst { Jowing front pages 161–169,
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The Fictoria Dispensary, Dongkong, January 16, 1808, Late Hongkong, Desember 10, 1807.
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*Notes on Chinese Literature with introduc. Hon, the Chief Justice, The Von Arch tory remarks on the progressive advancement of deacon Gray, and other Gentleman, will, we the art and a list of translations. from the understaud, take part in the proceedings, Chinese, into various European languages. By AWLIR agent of the British and Foreign We are glad to learn that Monsieur Houri Bible Soplety in Chins Sbaughal, 1887... Du Chaine, the Consul for France, wha
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returned a short time since to bis this port, has so far recovered f severe accident he met with in E to be able to walk without assis fest he could scarcely perforint arrival. Wo underafal that M. an is likely to remain as a perinna dont
t for some tine, Monsieur Cost now on leave, reverting to his pr
Copen at Tisutain.
of
Ta rebuilding of the Cathedraf
proceeded with and being rapidly portion of the fittings are already the "sound beards into which Are fitted having been fixed a aface. The
and touching up and one keyboa
to being pipes are now un
a course of
ready in place. Those intereste mechanism of the "prines of fust have now a favourable opportuni serving the means whereby th which embrace so vast a variety an ed. It is anticipated that the in will be ready for
by the widu month, when it is, we believo, int open it with a full choral serv
adilitional stops now being fitted considerably to the power of t which will be one of the in aide of the Cape when
runner to
when completed. ・ABAD ORA
OFARACTER. tho Robert Collins, Boarding House who was suspecte ing cussed the death of a Frenc some months ago, but was disol condition of finding heavy securi months, was ágalu sent to Gaol by for an assault this morning. On
Sion, he failed to obtain the
and was put in prison,
IN
he had not long been free, whe again imprisoned today for 14 day bably one of the most objection of colonists we possess is that com forsign rowdies; and the Colony very wail rid of a considerable nu those same individuale. Collins, evident, would bester the com bis absence therefrom, and the at might favor us thus far with honor salven..
The Indore, steamer, well known THO taken up at Bombay, for the A Expedition. She wot with an which is thus teforrad to by th Gastte of Derambar 14-
The SS. Indo, Bay, broug which arrived
Field
dth: from
the Abyssinian
for Government.
from
despatches for
ba
it
mules and a
Force
embered, took
of Arabs
Persian Gulf to Anuesley Bay, and orders at Anussley Bay to procee tlie Forsian Gulf for a carpa lett
For this purposa sha imales....
November
on Friday, 15th but aftur penceeding for an
coral
quarters ale atruck ou stnok fast. When she slack she
at full speed, and bad-the rest ruptly in the water great dam Imve been done. The reef, how
a gentle slope, and she al easily. When she stuck fast, the fathoms under her bows, and fathoms under the steri
ة
officer way at once sent back in brought a ateam versel her
to and at 5,25 P.M. she was successit off. She then returned to the
divera. 18 ale was oxapined by that she had sustained very lit cl but that it would be necessary fo ito dock. The reef on which was not marked on the chart, onsewn you to the Arab pil ποτ not 40 yards from the liue whien hal followed when going to Ann After the cambiation by the zhip receivert olein to proceed t to be docked; and advantago wi send lottors and desiatches by he
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الجمالية مدينة المالية عالية
SUMMARY JURISDICTION Before the Hon. H. J. DI
January 21, 1308.
0. Hochalutter . J. Collage, $i man. The same, $8.50; 3. Boy same, $6250 and W. Alook $10.--In these auses judgment against the defendant, who ad dulits.
E. Verril » Jas, Frisby, $40, keeper's work done.-This was
$50, $10 of which was admitten appears that plaintiff had been in Decembar by defendant ti
his books but, accort dant, such asaistance was deeni
Satisfactory, that a conditional p engage plaintiff was not fulfillet the action. Defendant produced which showed a consider Fork spot thereon by however, made out by plaintif Froug, and his (defendant's) Dual defined that they were in a w now that over His Worship s was certain that, had defendant un plaintiff on January 1st, they w heard nothing of the present Jigment for defenda
Tai Afa. Callago, $12, f Judgment for plaintif
The Same . F. M. Franco, $12, Judgmont for plaintiff.
Dorabjee Nowrojen v. A. Santos Judgment for platiť.
Yea Sing » M. de Castilla $1 goola sulier Cablwall agi plaintiff bat as the defondant di post, judgment was given for plat: costs of attorney.
There were over afty casson but most of them were vi mitior in The Court sat in the Supreme Co
repairs are being effected un Court House,
A STRANGE YOU for not sert try was given at the Central Court on Bouday. One of th doned stated that he land bac Ed of felony and sentenced to son imprisonment, and that he the not consider himself a t
persu The Cominum Sergeant adusitlet
of
of the argument, and the self exp on was excrupled from serving as Way will, the monsters of the ader posted that the cable op Because they nose the news bef
thes either side.
Way is the early grass like a Because the spring brings out t
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