Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-12
GIFT TO THE STATE.
4 Complete Collection of Specimens of All
Kinds of Copper for the Univer-
sity OF Texas at Austin.
MARsHALLTowS. IOWA. Aug. 5,


of all kinds OF copper that have seen. This
collection was made with the intention Of
giving il to some educational institution.
and after looking over the many scholastic
institutions in the several states | have
come TO the conclusion that 1t would do
more good in the great state of Texas than
anywhere else. II it is your pleasure to
accept this gift please inform me 10 which
university II shall be sent. would suggest
the university OF Texas al Austin as the
most fitting place.
! can truthfully say that it would be hare
to find better specimens. and | know that
several specimens of silver and copper will
not be soon eclpsed. There are also some
rare specimens OF lead, in fact the collection
IS complete i'll every respect. from the mill
ing specimens to those most valued by col
lectors. 1t gives me great pleasure in this
way to show my appreciation of Texan
kindness. l hope 10 hear from your excel
lenci Al YOUR earliest convenience.
Touching another matter: l have for
nearly twenty Years been buying. books on
China with 4 view of establishing a full and
complete library on China IN the United
States. How eager a collector | have been
can be seen from the inclosed circular
which shows my purchases for one
month. nay work is nearly done | have
now, / may safely say, all the books ever
Published III any language on China, and
the collection numbers up into the thou
sands
would like TO have an interview with
you with the idea of giving, at no distant
date this entire library TO the state OF
Texas II is fitting that this collection. be-
ING the largest of its kind, should find i
home in your state
| hope to be in Austin soon and hope to
meet your eXcelleucy. In the meantime /
hope to nave the honor OF a reply from You
in regard to the specimens of copper. | am
with profound respect, your humble serv
ant, TANK KEE.
AlarShalltOwn, Iowa.
Chinese Repository Complete, 20 volumes.
Voyage to Madras and China, by James
Mathew. j. Nichols. Son and Bentley, pub
fishers. London, 1911
Residence among the Chinese, by Robert
Fortune. Jno Murray. pub. London. 1851.
Visits to Japan and China, by Robert
Fortune ,Ino Murray, pub. London lSG3.
Three Years Wanderings in China. by
Robert Fortune. ,Ino. Murray, pub, Lon
don, ISL
China and the Chinese, > vols, by Henry
Cnas SIR, NJ. \. VIM. :. Orr & Co, pubs,
London. 1919.
Where Chinese Drive. by a Student In
te"preter. ". II. Allen 4 Co. pubs, 1881.
China in 1S51-5S, by George Windrove
Cook. G.. Ru1ledge < Co. pubs, London,
le5>.
Five Months on the Yang-Tsze, by
Thomas " BlackiSton- John hurry, pub.
I-ondou, lo63.
Chinese Novels. Proverbs and Moral
MaXims. by John Francis Davis, F. r. S.
JiO. Murray. puO.. London, lS:-,.
Ancient China, the Shoe King or the His
torical Classic. by W II. MedhuIst. ST.
Mission Press, Shanghai. 1916.
Tn" Jews in China, by Jamcs Finn. 3.
WeetheIu. pub, London, 1913.
Puuishments Of China. by George Henry
Mason. W. Bulmer x Co. pubs, London,
lSU4
Costumes of China, by George Henry
Mason. ". Bulmer 4 Co, pubs, London,
1904
The River of Golden Sand. vols. by
Capt. VIM. Gill. John Murray, pub, Lon
don. 1850.
History of China, 3 vols, by Demetrius
Charles Boulger. ". II. Allen 4 Co., pubs,
London, 1851
Through the Yang-Tse Georges. by Archi-
bald John Little, f II. G. s. Sampson.
Marston, Searle & Rivington pubs, Lon
don. 1855
Stories from China, by the author of
Summer Day. Seely, jackson & Halliday,
pubs London. 1876.
Chinese Classics, 10 vols. by james
Legge. d. D. LII. n. Mission Society
Printing Office, pub, Hong Kong. 1871.
Mission to Siam and Hue, by Sir THONGS
Stamford Rallies, f. r. ). John Murray.
pub London. 1926.
Treaty Ports at China and Japan. by y
B. DennyS. Trubner & Co, pubs. London,
! >67; \ Shortage s Co, pubs, Hong Kong,
1861.
\ Voyage TO Cochin China, by Jno. Bar
row. Strahan x Preston, pubs, London,
1876.
Turner's Embassy to Tibet, by Capt.
Samuel Turner. v. Bulmer Il Co, pubs.
London, 1906.
Five Years in China. by Lieut. F. f.
Forbes, X. y. Richard Bentley, pub, Lon
don ISIS.
How We Got to Pekin, by Rev. r. L.
MGhee. Richard Bentley, pub, London,
1885,
Ellis Embassy to China, by Henry Ellis.
John Murray, pub, London. 1871.
Historic ANA Descriptive Account Of
China. 3 vols, by Hugh Murray, L. T. :. L.
eac Edinburgh, 1886.
Embassy Mccartney, by Sir Geo. Staun-
ton. Baronet. London. 1877.
Sketches Of China book form map.
Travels in China, BY John Barrow, Esq
\. Strahan, pub. London. 1901:
The Religions of China. by Jas. Legge.
Houder & Stoughton. pubs. London, 1850
Waits and Strays from the Far East by
Frederic Henry Balfour. Trubner Il Co,
pubs. London. 1876.
\ Grammar OF Colloquial Chinese, by j.
Edliins, b. A, Univ Col. London, Pres
Mission Press. pub. Shanghai lS6S.
Religion in China, by Joseph Edkins. d.
D. Trubner < Co., pubs, London, 1854.
y Glance III the Interior of China. by w
II. Medhwst. d. D. John Snow, pub,
London, 1850.
The Aianchus, or Reigning Dynasty of
China, by Rev. John Ross. Houston x Son,
pubs. London. 1850.
Feng-Shui, or the RudimentS of Natural
Science in China, by Ernest j. Eitel. NJ A.
Ph. d. Trubner Il Co., pubs, London.
1873.
Folklore OF China, by y. B. Dennys,
Phi. D.. +. X. G.. S. TrUbner & Co., pubs,
London. 1876.
Travels and Researches in Western China,
by L. Colburne Baber. John Murray, pub,
London, lSs2
\ view of China, by Rev. r. Morrison
Macao. Z. p Thomas, pub, 1877.
Historical Essay that the Language, of
China Is the Primitive Language, by j.
Webb; y. Brook, pub. London, 1869
Journeys i'll North China, Manchurla and
Eastern Mongolia, with some account of Co.
rea, by Rev. Alexander Williamson: Smith,
Elder y Co. pub, London. 1870. , vols.
China, by Robert h Douglass: Society
for Promoting Christian knowledge, pub,
London.
The Language and Literature of China,
by Robert X. Douglass; Trubner Il Co,
pub. London, 1873.
Old Highways in China, by Isabelle Will
hanson: Spottiswoode i Co., pubs, Lon
don. 1884.
Hand Book of Chinese Buddhism, being