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ing folding and pasting. and also
feeding the presses Their hours were
about twelve per days. The depart
tment contained much modern machine
Try. and the work of binding was eco
nonllcally done.
The Celestial hook Pirates.
China has no copyright law. found
the Commercial Press stealing every
thing that Its manager think OF Value
for the new Chinese schools. No mat
authors must be content with the hope
that TIL cir books may do good. even
though they do not add to their finan-
cisl receipts. AS; looked over the
the new education. found many Well
known American textbooks, which
have been translated into Chinese.
saw also stacks of my own "Geograph-
per, with abominable illustrations. I
was told the whole series had been
prepared for the press, and that my
books on North America and Europe
We're already In use. me matter ma ma
been translated by the English Chs
nese scholars, and. as far as posi- pie.
verbatim hut how correctly only those
who can read the Chinese tea-chest
character can Know
AS I looked at my books tho man,
aser OF tho company said they sold
we'll and that he expected to get ..
good revenue from Carpenters Asia
which was then in the press He ex-
planned alphabetically that they mad
| been forced to change some OF tho
literary matter in the. chaptcrs on
| China, as their people did not like to
| he told that they had buttonhole eyes.
pig-tailed heads and deforlned feet.
He made no bones about taking my
books without pay, and even offered to
make a royalty contract with me ]
would write him q new reader or SO
| esnecially adapted to the Chinese mar
lkct, / replied that was very busy,
| and he thereupon suggested that the
| book could be written for mo In their
Office, and that I could revise 1t. But
! in that case they would expect to pay
a, much less royalty. I told him such
a nroposition was out OF the question;
| but Notwithstanding this no brought
ltt up again and again, and urged 1t
lupon me at Chinese dinner which
The gave me that night
Among the other books in the ware
house saw piles of Chtnese-EnElish
dictionaries They wero In two vol
umes, each as big as an ordinary table
Webster. They are practically a
TRANSLATION Of the Standard Dictionary,
which is so largely used in the United
Estates. They were edited by Dr.. Kan.
| who has been connected with our lega-
/ ton in Washing ton. The two volumes
iare widely distributed; they sell for
about Sc in gold. Pocket dictionaries
arc also printed. and q native law die
] tionary Is now in press. This will be
sent out to the law schools. which are
Ilnow being established at all the pro-
vincial capitals.
school Supplies.
After visiting the editors. I was
taken to another large building, which
contains a curious branch of this pub
Fishing house. It Is devoted to school
supplies. and makes everything from
desks to blowpipes for the chemical
Laboratories. 1t manufactures pendu,
lunls. globes. 1nolan clubs and dumb
bells. The dumbbels are cast from
Quantities, and it is Intended they shall
be used III all public schools.
Every room of this echoolbook fac,
! tory Is lighted by electricity. and al
are connected by a telephone system
The machinery Is up-to date and Or
what 10 going on In the new China.
Mission school Books.
At present alatge proportion of the
new textbooks are printed upon the
mission presses. The missionaries
have been at work In China for a cen-
fury, and they have established schools
lin all parts of the country. They
we're the authors OF the first new text
booke and as teacheps their graduates
/ are now In demand This American
pre- shyterian mission press at Shanghai
has been pouring out volumes for a
number Of years at the rate Of ao,-
1 100000 pages per annum. and the con-
solidated mission press Of the Amer
jiican NIethodsts has also published nu-
\ inerolls educational works. Tho Amer.
I|ioan Biple Society distributes between
! 100000 and 100000 volumes Of the
SCRIPTURES in Chinese cash year. and
thsrs is now a mission educational ass
| ISOLATION. supported by all tho Pro-
j testant scots, which is preparing new
| tha missionary stations they are max
Ing school museums Including. such
i things as stuffed birds and animals,
4 mounted fishes, electrical machines
lglobes and model railways. They nave