The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-16

NUTlUtCu lLIiC N>iltI'CDG pip'itiS'St
with tho principal industries and re-
sources marked upon them. and have
!naug,iratcd new methods OF teaching
tito people. Indeed, the work which
tho sinisalonarics have done cannot be
ovorcstimated. and the situation here
Just nov 10 such that money spent
upon missions viii return q thousand
fold.
Carnegie OF China.
In this connection. o bright woman
clerk OF the niission bookstore OF
Shanghai said to me to-day:
What China needs moro than any
thing clso 10 systcm OF circulating
libraries. which shall contain the sim
pier books of our modern literature,
including the Scriptures, concords noes
and tho western classics. These people
arc pining for tito now learning; but
they arc unspeakably poor and cannot
afford to buy books. The Chinese wo-
men want them In every community
clubs are already estabIished, where
the women come together weakly or
daily to gossip and talk IL they could
have such books they would BIO READ
aloud at these tnectings. and q great
educational movement might thus be
instituted An to tho Chinese transla-
lions. they are cheap. The concordance
of tho Scriptures costs less than 20
cents. gold. and there are few books
81 any kind that sell as high as o dol
| lar
cite this conversation as sug-
Eestion for come rich American who
| would liko TO be known as the Car
| negie OF China.
New Chinese literature.
Tho Inauguration of the new school
| syBtem anu the new civilization is
| bringing in translations of the most
popular books of the Western World.
1 49,,
| In EnElish. French or German. arc In
circulation. They have been trans
lated into Chinese. and the demand
for them is increasing. In one year
fifty-seven such novels were issued.
They include TRANSACTIONS OF Uncle
to the Moon and Charles Lambs
Tales from Shakespeare. One of tho
most popular of the new issues Is
Conan Doyle's Memoirs OF Sherlock
J. Holmes" and another is Robinson
French are LES Miserables'' and
.Nlanon Lescaut." and the most pop
ular English stories are 'Ivannoe''
and other novels of Sir Walter Scott.
These works are published on cheap
paper; they are sold by booksellers
in tho various cities. some bringing as
little as 10 cents apiece. One of the
recent TRANSACTIONS of this nation sold
to the extent OF 100000 copies. and that
within year; another had a circula-
ton of $4,000 copies within eighteen
| months.
In addition to novels. some heavy,
works. such as Darwin's Origin OF
Species" spencer's evolution and
Niills's Essay on -.loerty,,' are being
publis shed. and tho new constitution
has created a demand for treatises on
politics and parliamentary law.
DR.. g. D. Tenney, formerly head OF
the Chinese University at Tientsin, and
now the Chinese secretary of our lesa-
ton at Paking. has published a number
| of school books, which are in general
use, including readers, primers and
Biographies. and Mr.. Wylie. of the
/ London Mission, has prepared a com !
5plete series OF textbooks and mathe
mates in the Chinese for tho Japan
| ese trauaators.
A large number OF the new trans
Ilatiops come from the Japanese. The
written languages OF Japan and China
are somewhat similar, and the japan
ess scholar learns quickly to speak,
. read and write the Chinese. In the
Ilarge number of japanese men are ems
i played as translators. ( and find
! Japanese teachers in all the Chinese
4 educational centres. Nlucl, of the new
school furniture has been made In
4 Japan. and large number of the
. modern maps and charts.
The Japanese teachers Will wprl.
i for lower salaries than other foreign
crs. and this Is one reason for their
employment. AS rule; they are not
!. thorough and the probability is thai
they will eventually. be replaced BIS
Americans. Englishmen or Germans
look for the steady Increase In TIL.
number of American teachers. There
are hundreds of Chinese now study
ing In tho United States, and there
are many American-Chinese graduates
in China All OF these have a. high
regard for our methods of education
and they would favor the collection OF
our college graduates as leaders fo1
!. the new schools.
Copyright, 1909. by Frank G. Car
penterD