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Volume 17 - Issue 4 - August 1958

Book Reviews

Blue-and-White Chinese Porcelain: A Study of Form. By Cornelius Osgood. New York: Ronald Press, 1956. xvii, 166. Drawings, Bibliography, Plates. $15.00.

The Makioka Sisters. By Junichiro Tanizaki. Translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. vii, 530. $4.95.

The Heart Is Alone. A Selection of 20th Century Japanese Short Stories. Ed. Richard N. McKinnon. Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, 1957. 171. $2.00.

Kokoro. By Natsume Soseki. Tr. Edwin McClellan. Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1957. vi, 248. $3.95.

The Japanese Haiku. By Kenneth Yasuda. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1957. xx, 232. $5.00.

Hangul ui kiwŏn (The Origin of the Korean Alphabet, Hangŭl According to New Historical Evidence). By Lee Sang-Beck. Publication of the National Museum of Korea, Ser. A, Vol. 3. Seoul: T'ong-Mun Kwan, 1957. 45. Plates, English Summary (11 pp.).

View to the Southeast. By Santha Rama Rau. New York: Harper, 1957. xii, 240. Map, Index. $3.50.

Angkor: Art and Civilization. By Bernard Groslier and Jacques Arthaud. Translated from the French by Eric Ernshaw Smith. New York: Praeger, 1957. 230. 118 Illustrations, Maps. $15.00.

The Treasured One: The Story of Rudivoravan, Princess of Siam. As told to Ruth Adams Knight. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1957. 249. Illustrations. $3.95.

Indonesia's Economic Stabilization and Development. By Benjamin Higgins. New York: Institute of Pacific Relations, 1957. xxii, 179. Appendices, Bibliography, Tables. $4.00.

Republik Maluku Selatan. By Günter Decker. Göttingen: Verlag Otto Schwartz, 1957. vii, 239. Appendices, Index, English Summary.

Nieuw Guinea Studien. Vol. I (1957), Nos. 1–4. The Hague: Stichtung Studiekring voor Nieuw-Guinea (Study Group for New Guinea). 90. Plates, Illustrations. $5.00 (year).

Bibliography of Oceanic Linguistics. By H. R. Klieneberger, London Oriental Bibliographies, Vol. 1, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. New York: Oxford University Press, 1957. xiii, 143. Index. $3.40.

Easter Island: A Stone-Age Civilization of the Pacific. By Alfred Métraux. Translated from the French by Michael Bullock. New York: Oxford University Press, 1957. 219. Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. $5.00.

India: The Awakening Giant. By W. S. Woytinsky. New York: Harper, 1957. xv, 201. Appendices, Tables, Illustrations, Maps. $3.75.

Public Law Problems in India. A Survey Report, Being Proceedings of a Conference held at the Stanford Law School July 15–August 16, 1957. Ed. Lawrence F. Ebb. Stanford: Stanford University School of Law, International Legal Studies Program, xi, 194. $2.50.

The Theory and Working of Union Finance in India. By R. N. Bhargava. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1956. 300. Introduction, Preface, Bibliography, Index. $6.75.

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