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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
ISSN: 1356-1863

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Volume 74 - April 1942

Miscellaneous Communications

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The Book of Mencius (abridged). Translated from the Chinese by Lionel Giles. 7 × 5, pp. 128. John Murray: Wisdom of the East Series, 3s. 6d. net.

Rome and China: A Study of Correlations in Historical Events. By Frederick J. Teggart. 9½ × 6½, pp. xvii + 283, maps 14. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1939.

Footprints in Malaya. By SirFrank Swettenham G.C.M.G., C.H. 8½ × 5½, pp. 176, pls. 35. London: Hutchinson and Co., 1942. 12s. 6d.

Little China. The Annamese Lands. By Alan Houghton Brodrick. 8½ × 5½, pp. xii + 332. Oxford University Press, 1942. 18s.

Pre-Mughal Persian in Hindūstān. By Shams u'l ʻUlamā al-ẖaj muẖammad ʻAbd u'l Ghanī. pp. xliii + 505. Allāhābād: The Allāhābād Law Journal Press, 1941.

Glue and Lacquer: Four Cautionary Tales Translated from the Chinese. By Harold Acton and Li Yi-Hsieh. 10 × 7¾, pp. 139, pls. 5. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1941. £2 2s.

China Then and Now. By Jean Escarra. 5 × 7½. Peking: Henri Vetch, 1940.

Humāyūn Bādshāh. By S. K. Banerji. Vol. I, Oxford University Press, 1938, pp. xvi + 284; Vol. II, Maxwell Co., Lucknow, 1941, pp. xvi + 441. 8½ × 5½. Rs. 8 each volume.

Arabia and the Isles. By H. Ingrams. pp. xvi + 367, pl. 32, maps 2. London: John Murray, 1942. 18s.

The Dutch East Indies. By Amry Vandenbosch. pp. xii + 446, with map. University California Press, U.S.A., and Cambridge University Press, England. 2nd edition, 1941. 24s.

Wayfarer's Words. By MrsRhys Davids. 2 vols. pp. 719. Luzac and Co., 1940–1941.

Haidar Ali. By Narendra Krishna Sinha. 8½ × 5, pp. iv + 294. Calcutta. Rs. 5.

Peacock Angel. By E. S. Drower. 9 × 5½, pp. viii + 213, plates 34. John Murray, 1941.

The Studio—Special Indian Number. August, 1942. 9¾ × 7¼, pp. 80, pls. 72. London. 2s. 6d.

South-West Persia: A Political Officer's Diary. By SirArnold Wilson. 8¾ × 5¾, pp. xi + 315. Oxford University Press, 1941.

Introduction to Indian Textual Criticism. By S. M. Katre with Appendix II by P. K. Gode. pp. xiii + 148. Bombay: Karnatak Publishing House, 1941. Rs. 3 as. 8.

A Pillared Hall, from a Temple at Madura, India, in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. By W. Norman Brown. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 1940.

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