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Volume 21 - November 1961

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Early Buddhist Monachism. By Sukumar Dutt. New York: Asia Publishing House, 1960. First published 1924. x, 172. Bibliography, Index. $5.25 - Early Monastic Buddhism. By Nalinaksha Dutt. Calcutta: Oriental Book Agency, 1960. First published 1941. ii, 311. Indices.

Mongkut, The King of Siam. By Abbot Low Moffat. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1961. xvi, 254. Illustrated, Notes, Bibliography, Index. $3.75.

The Arts of Korea, an Illustrated History. By Evelyn McCune. Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1961. 452. Illustrations, Bibliography, Index, Appendix. $17.50.

Minor Buddhist Texts. By Giuseppe Tucci. Rome: Istituto Italiano Per II Medio Ed Extremo Oriente, Part I, 1956. xi, 310 + addenda et corrigenda; Part II, 1958. xi, 289.

The Arts of Thailand: A Handbook of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting of Thailand. Edited by Theodore Bowie. Bloomington: University of Indiana Press, 1961. 216, Illustrations. $8.95.

The Forgotten Valley. Travels in Nepal. By Karl Eskelund. New York: Taplinger, 1960. 187. Illustrated, Map, Index. $5.50

Fiftieth Anniversary Publications No. 2, Burma Research Society. Selection of Articles from the Journal of the Burma Research Society (History and Literature). Rangoon, 1960, vi, 546. Reprint of pre-World War II volume.

Mongoliia Nakanune Revoliutsii, (Mongolia on the eve of the Revolution) By I. M. Maiskii. Second, Revised edition, Institute of Oriental Studies. Moscow: Academy of Science, 1959.

Some Aspects of Indonesian Politics under the Japanese Occupation: 1944–1945. By Benedict R. O'G. Anderson. Ithaca: Cornell University, Modern Indonesia Project, Interim Report Series, 196. 126. $3.00.

Pul Eliya: A Village in Ceylon. A Study of Land Tenure and Kinship. By. E. R. Leach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961. xv, 344. Illustrated, Maps, Tables, Appendices, References, Index. $8.00.

The Tarikh-i-Khan Jahani of Khawjah Ni'mat Allah. Edited by S. M. Imam Al-Din. Vol. I. Dacca: Asiatic Society of Pakistan, 1960, xi, 93 and Persian Text. Rs. 25/—.

Indonesia: A Profile. By Jeanne Mintz. Princeton: D. Van Nostrand, 1961. ix, 241. Map, Bibliography, Index. $4.25.

The Wilopo Cabinet, 1952–1953: Turning Point in Post-Revolutionary Indonesia. By Herbert Feith. Modern Indonesia Project, Monograph Series. Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell University, 1958. 212. $3.50.

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Aspects of Local Government in a Sumbawan Village (Eastern Indonesia). By Peter R. Goethals. Cornell Modern Indonesia Project Publications, 1961. vii, 143. Bibliography, Glossary. $3.00 (paper)

The Golden Khersonese: Studies in the Historical Geography of the Malay Peninsula Before A.D. 1500. By Paul Wheatley. Malayan Historical Studies. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 1961. xxxiii, 388. Maps, Tables, Appendix, Bibliography, Index. 45s.

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