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Volume 108 - April 1976

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East Asia: Tradition and transformation. By John K. Fairbank, Edwin O. Reischauer, and Albert M. Craig, pp. xxv, 969, 16 pl. London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1973. £8.50.

Corpus of the inscriptions of Java (Corpus Inscriptionum Javanicarum) (UP TO 928 A.D.). By Himansu Bhusan Sarkar. 2 vols.: pp. xxv, 314; xi, 359. Calcutta, Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay, 1971, 1972.

The kabuki theatre. By Earle Ernst. (East-West Centre Books.) pp. xxvii, 296, front., 36 pl. Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii, [1974]. $4.95.

Kalangwan: A survey of Old Javanese literature. By P. J. Zoetmulder. (Koninklijk Instituut voor de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Translation Series 16.) pp. xviii, 588, 16. The Hague, Nijhoff, 1973. Fl. 125.

Jogjakarta under Sultan Mangkubumi, 1749–1792. A history of the division of Java. By M. C. Ricklefs. (London Oriental Series, Vol. 30.) pp. xxv, 463. London, Oxford University Press, 1974. £9.

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Dr. Otto William Samson

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Cosmogony and creation in Balinese tradition. By C. Hooykaas. (Koninklijk Instituut voor de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. Bibliotheca Indonesica 9.) pp. vii, 177. The Hague, Nijhoff, 1974. Fl. 50.

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JRA volume 108 issue 1 Front matter

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Henry Burney: A political biography. By D. G. E. Hall. pp. xiii, 330, 3 pl. London, School of Oriental and African Studies, Oxford University Press, 1974. £5.

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JRA volume 108 issue 1 Back matter

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Miraculous stories from the Japanese Buddhist tradition: The Nihon ryōiki of the monk Kyōkai. Translated and edited by Kyoko M. Nakamura. (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series Vol. 20.) pp. xii, 321. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, Oxford University Press, 1973. £6.25.

Selling water by the river: A manual of Zen training. By Jiyu Kennett. pp. xxv, 317. London, Allen and Unwin, 1973. £4.50.

This Island of Japan: João Rodrigues' account of 16th-century Japan. Translated and edited by S.J. Michael Cooper pp. 354. Tokyo and New York, Kodansha International Ltd., 1973. $15.

The Frick collection: An Illustrated catalogue. Vol. VII. Porcelains: Oriental and French. By John A. Pope and Marcelle Brunet. pp. xxvi, 358. New York, The Frick Collection, 1974.

Miscellaneous - Fort Jesus. By James Kirkman. pp. 327, 44 pl. Oxford, University Press, 1974. £12.50.

The Hakluyt Handbook. Edited by D. B. Quinn. (Hakluyt Society. Second Series, Vols. 144 and 145.) 2 Vols.: pp. xxvi, 331; xiii, 335–707. London, The Hakluyt Society, 1974. £12 the set.

Chronology of African history. By G. S. P. Freeman-Grenville. pp. xii, 312. Oxford, University Press, 1973. £5.

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