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366 Journal of the American Oriental Society 88.2(1968)

In Search of Old Peking. By L. C. ARLINGTON AND WIL- LIAm LEWISOHN. Pp. vi + 382. New York: PARA- GON BOOK REPRINT CORP., 1967. $20.00. " An un- abridged reprint of the original edition published in Peking in 1935." There are many illustrations and maps, and an index with Chinese characters.

(E. H. S.)

Modern Chinese History; Selected Readings. A Collec- tion of Extracts from Various Sources Chosen to Illustrate some of the Chief Phases of China's In- ternational Relations during the Past Hundred Years. By HARLEY FARNSWORTH MACNAIR. Pp. xxxvii + 910. New York: PARAGON BOOK REPRINT CORP., 1967. Cloth: $15.00; paper: $5.50. A re- print of the 1923 edition. No index. (E. H. S.)

Malay Magic; being an Introduction to the Folklore and Popular Religion of the Malay Peninsula. By WALTER WILLIAM SKEAT. With a Preface by CHARLES OTTO BLAGDEN. Pp. xxiv + 685. New York: DOVER PUBLICATIONS, 1967. $3.00. A reprint of the work originally published by Macmillan and Co., Ltd., in 1900. (E. H. S.)

The Politics of the Third World. By J. D. B. MILLER.

Pp. xiv + 126. London, New York, and Toronto, 1967. $3.75. Emphasizes the international politics of "those countries of the Afro-Asian bloc identi- fied as being non-European, non-Communist, and poor." (E. H. S.)

Asiatische Studien: Zeitschrift der Schweizerischen Ge- sellschaft flur Asienkunde [Etudes Asiatiques: Re- vue de la Societe Suisse d'19tudes Asiatiques]. Zum Gedenken an /a la memoire de E. H. VON TSCHARNER. (=Vol. XVIII/XIX [1965]). Bern: FRANCKE VERLAG, 1966. A volume of articles and reviews in honor the late sinologist, who died in 1962. (E. H. S.)

Chinese Economic Statistics; A Handbook for Mainland China. By NAI-RUENN CHEN. Pp. xxxi + 539. Chi- cago: ALDINE PUBLISHING CO., 1967. $15.00. Covers mainland China from 1949 to 1959. Contains also a bibliography, and " Index to the Text," and an "Index to the Tables." (E. H. S.)

Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists. By ANANDA K. COOMARASWAMY AND TiEm SISTER NIVEDITA (MAR-

GARET E. NOBLE) OF RiMAKRISHNA-VIVEKENiNDA.

With thirty-two Illustrations by Indian Artists under the Supervision of ABANINDRO NiTH TAGORE.

Pp. xii + 400. New York: DOvER PUBLICATIONS,

1967. $2.50. A reprint of the work originally pub- lished by George G. Harrap and Co. in 1913. The original color illustrations are here reproduced in black-and-white. (JE. H. S.)

The Practice of Chinese Buddhism, 1900-1950. By HOLMES WELCH. Pp. xxii + 568. Cambridge: HAR-

VARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1967. $12.50. A study of monastic life and discipline based primarily on in-

terviews with refugee monks. There are many half- tone plates, copious notes, a bibliography and index (both with Chinese characters). (E. H. S.)

The Construction. Industry in Communist China. By KANG CHAO. Pp. xv + 237. Chicago: ALDINE PUB- LISHING COMPANY, 1968. $8.75. Problems of the industry between 1950 and 1965, and their relation to the economy generally. Statistical appendices; bibliography; index. (E. H. S.)

Tibet: A Political History. By TSEPON W. D. SHA- KABPA. Pp. xii + 369. New Haven and London: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1967. $10.00. The author is the former Minister of Finance, now in exile in India. The book bears the official approval of the Dalai Lama. It is a history of Tibet from the earliest times; there are appendices; glossary of Tibetan terms; bibliography; index; maps.

(E. H. S.)

How Communist China Negotiates. By ARTHER LALL. Pp. ix + 291. New York and London: COLUMBIA PRESS, 1968. $7.95. China's conduct of her external affairs, with emphasis on the negotiations at the Laos Conference in 1961-1962. Appendices (texts of treaties, agreements, communiques, etc.) ; index.

(E. H. S.)

The Chinese Kinship System. By HAN-Yi FkNG. (Har- vard-Yenching Institute Studies, XXII). Pp. 135. Cambridge, Mass.: HARVARD UNivERsrrY PRESS, 1967. A reprint of the article that appeared first in Vol. 2 of the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies.

(E.H.S.)

Hara Kei in the Politics of Compromise 1905-1915. By TETSUO NAJITA. Pp. xiii + 314. Cambridge: HAR- VARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1967. A study of the growth of Japanese political parties. (E. H. S.)

Thailand: The New Siam. By VIRGINIA THOMPSON. Pp. xxxii + 865. New York: PARAGON BooR RE- PRINT CORPORATION, 1967. A reprint of the original 1941 edition. Cloth: $17.50; paper: $7.50.

(E. H. S.)

Japan's Invisible Race: Caste in Culture and Person- ality. By GEORGE DR VOS AND HIROSHI WAGATSUMA. Pp. xiii + 415. Berkeley and Los Angeles: UNI- VERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, 1967. A sociological study of Japanese outcaste (Eta-Hinin) groups, with various theoretical considerations. Besides the authors named on the title page, there are con- tributions by JOHN PRICE, GEORGE 0. TOTTEN, YU- ZURU SASAKI, JOHN DONOGHUE, JOHN CORNELL, EDWARD NORBEcK, HIROSHI ITO (a pseudonym; on Japanese outcasts in the U. S.), and GERALD D. BERREMAN. Plates, bibliography, index.

(E. H. S.)

Korea and the Politics of Imperialism 1876-1910. By C. I. EUGENE KIM AND HAN-KYo KIm. Pp. x + 260.

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