The _Cursus Literaturæ Sinicæ_, by P. Zottoli, S.J., Shanghai, 1879-1882, is an extensive series of translations into Latin from all branches of Chinese literature, and is designed especially for the use of Roman Catholic missionaries (_neo-missionariis accommodatus_). Another very important work, now rapidly approaching completion, is a translation by Professor E. Chavannes, Collège de France, of the famous history described in Book II. chap, iii., under the title of _Les Mémoires Historiques de Se-ma Ts‘ien_, the first volume of which is dated Paris, 1895. _Notes on Chinese Literature_, by A. Wylie, Shanghai, 1867, contains descriptive notices of about 2000 separate Chinese works, arranged under Classics, History, Philosophy, and Belles Lettres, as in the Imperial Catalogue (see p. 387). Considering the date at which it was written, this book is entitled to rank among the highest efforts of the kind. It is still of the utmost value to the student, though in need of careful revision. The following Catalogues of Chinese libraries in Europe have been published in recent years:-- _Catalogue of Chinese Printed Books, Manuscripts, and Drawings in the Library of the British Museum._ By R. K. Douglas, 1877. _Catalogue of the Chinese Translation of the Buddhist Tripitaka._ By Bunyio Nanjio, 1883. _Catalogue of the Chinese Books and Manuscripts in the Library of Lord Crawford, Haigh Hall, Wigan._ By J. P. Edmond, 1895. _Catalogue of the Chinese and Manchu Books in the Library of the University of Cambridge._ By H. A. Giles, 1898. _Catalogue des Livres Chinois, Coréens, Japonais, etc._, in the Bibliothèque Nationale. By Maurice Courant, Paris, 1900. (Fasc. i. pp. vii., 148, has already appeared.) * * * * * The chief periodicals especially devoted to studies in Chinese literature are as follows:-- _The Chinese Repository_, published monthly at Canton from May 1832 to December 1851. _The Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society_, published annually at Shanghai from 1858 to 1884, and since that date issued in fascicules at irregular intervals during each year. _The China Review_, published every two months at Hong-Kong from June 1872 to the present date. There is also the _Chinese Recorder_, which has existed since 1868, and is now published every two months at Shanghai. This is, strictly speaking, a missionary journal, but it often contains valuable papers on Chinese literature and cognate subjects. _Variétés Sinologiques_ is the title of a series of monographs on various Chinese topics, written and published at irregular intervals by the Jesuit Fathers at Shanghai since 1892, and distinguished by the erudition and accuracy of all its contributors. INDEX Anæsthetics, 278 Analects, 32-35 Art of War, 43, 44 Bamboo Annals, 137 Barbarians, 400, 418, 428 Bashpa, 247 Beggar King, 291 Bibliography, 441 Biographies of Eminent Women, 92 Bôdhidharma, 115