Addenda to the obituary and bibliography of Dr. Arthur W. Hummel, JAS, XXXV, 2, Feb 1976, pp. 265–76

1933 “China's Literary Heritage.” D. C. Libraries, v. 4, no. 2, Jan 1933: 23–29.

1949 Review of Antonio Sisto Rosso, Apostolic Legations to China of the Eighteenth Century. American Ecclesiastical Review, v. 121, no. 5, Nov. 1949: 428–430.

The writers of this obituary notice wish to thank Mr. Sharman B. Hummel, the second son of Dr. Arthur W. Hummel, for the loan of a remarkable series of tape recordings which he asked his father to make in 1968 for the benefit of his family. These tapes, together with others made in 1973 and 1974, were most helpful in the preparation of this account.

In my article, “The Study of Chinese Literature in the West” (JAS, XXXV, 1, Nov 1975), I erroneously stated that Jean-Pierre Dieny's Aux origines de la poésie classique en Chine was concerned with the shih (p. 27). The book is in fact concerned with the yüehfu. The error was due to momentary confusion of this book with another work by the same author, Les Dix-neuf poèmes anciens, which is concerned with the shih. I regret the error and apologize to M. Diény and the readers.