, 1880-03-20

lGSA tedious reading. C0rt.a1S not only fNr-
bisItten land, hut also practically al, unknown
land, having no comHaere'hl intercourse with
any nation and permitting no foreigner 10
land within its TERRITORIAL limits; hence
the minute details 'of Its history
%stS Nc nt If, IF s'esel &c eiay f9sy t m ct n'sds II s
Instance Rtl Intimate knowledge Of remote
C"Tea II not INDISPENSABLE nor daes It appear
20 be any morn inhpt,rtai1ts uxcept rs coli
anil!atlol a: to tio orletn of Tie i'steeohialis
whnlsl M. nMt the description Of Mr. Up
l!crt's tlree different voyages 10 tlits King
lol'l anu TIE results of llly ol'strvatlols the
ifoins a rlas he s,,p ,e,fpe,5hcnesd re amt hts
manners nf Astatfc peoples which aionc
shycd lis life on n,nI,y occasions: nil these
fH,!nas nrG attractive tcRtllBK AID render the
as tsf a n1 a 9f s e h Roqk X aso HF %o5 s en"y 2
practical. contributing fnowledge DERIVED
n,,r,1,. ',,,nr1e,l by many Er.ss typoEranh.ica;i
erapl,lra|ly told, ansl Tie tplama may h. read
VA. proft ~ tlose @ ii interqstea ii aceouns s q
Corsu contains some $1,000 square miles,
as,d a population estimated at ahout iG.0Q0.-
nlout sixty eit!es of Size, md no particular
native Industries. It contains considerable
correeis son!e errors Ia th9 Ei,cycIopetlfa &C.
!rlbats to to either Japsn ef Ghlna. aiti!euMgi, ts M
f1r nFptaiseSx x, or ;1Irey r. ;'eaig With n
MikatlO as q suzrraln. BqthJApan and China
rep!ain!nE with the chindse. Whatever Tie
obligations of tho Corcans p the latter, they
yoil ills to.slay an. isolated, Independent,
tnlrharic realm, which no foreigner .iares
to enter without running tic risk .uf my
i,nE f"r Ills hard1lood wlt!, lls life.
tho Worth 1'ole; dauntless travellers haSe
penetrated Into the dark and mysterious
reglnns Of Central Africa, and here, within
~ ays steam from tlle ne1rest Chinese coast,
s e. .s sTsna nto q e f"rf eaars VIC We
10 mt venture 10 deInn1,ti admission because
,scin1.barlMrons Government, against tile
wishes Of Its nwn people. chooses t. write
I'M ENtrNNee" over lis i0orst md bids de-
f1aMec Ia tic wl,olu civilized world.
The l0ok cuI.taiu5 Illustrations from orig
i!iai drawings, md soine maps and charts
ti,nt VII prove valuable, rs they are tho first
tint lInyB hren tMndr.
1,y En.st oppart. % New S Y9rk: q. r. :i'ss' pu;.
nam's sons Price, Sly
FOURTEEN MONTHS IN CANTON.
Arcllleaco1t JOHN Henry Gray was the
British Chaplain at Hong Kong from 1s5l to
1877, md during hfs long residence in tho
country ncqulrcd the SPOKEN language Of the
pcpn.e. aml hpcame more cnnvrrsn,,t with
~. r,,,,;ra t,s s,.a t,.t.,'..'', =" T.. W..
t,s ts EnllsS II. to hegi'oor''eoa e., OF canton
tlIan any other foreigner. Tho result Of his
observations was embodied in q work OIL
"Chfna: A History Of tho LAWS. Manners.
n,d C,,stnn,s ~ thn poontn - 1r,s ,.tfa hnv
.. .''','t,ai: y. l.o ic"p Ils WHY nus
How pap,lSlaetl volume OF her letters llonlet
during tic period of her residence at CAM
ton, in which, wiilu describing very much
the san.e tl,lnra thnt nre 1l{sousscd in
ho, % l".t,,,.1," ,,oa,. 1'' IT,. NV a'euaoeu -,
hee !l"s'l.'lus oook, sne haS managed
70 invest tha'n with new interest,
anu 70 render the information coll
own Mcrlt1 but ALSO aS complementary to the
work q tho Eons! Arct.tlcacoh. China li,]s
intr 10 pccofic ~ Important factor IT t0lttIts
oclorc LONG. Mrs. Orny's hook draws It's
nearer 10 Tie penptt:, rs We Join with l1Hr IN
intimate contact VIII, every feature Of their
tll., lnelr si1ops, lnelr stfecH; We follow tsle
ninasao p'osAc@'' ''e' NY c''a'"etei u "'l
Canton Is n largo cltv. Its nonu1niion hns
been quoted nt nycr $4,000 aid It is tic
tnIttnl CITY ut Il 1sf1rtt1Tn Within fiffr Yn RI