“ Russian ambitions; Agriculture; Agrarian development; Famines; Industry; Commerce; Finance; Poland, Finland, and the Baltic provinces; Dependencies. A. Northern Asia: Siberia; Manchuria; B. Central Asia; Conclusion; Appendices.
"This is a new and important work on the present internal state of Russia, derived from personal acquaintance with the country. Political questions and the economic problems connected with agriculture, industry, commerce and finance in European and Asiatic Russia are exhaustively dealt with, M. de Witte's budgets being carefully analysed." ”

“ Dillon's knowledge of Russia is so extensive that his article on Japan and Russia in the current Contemporary claims special attention. The object of his paper is to fix the responsibility of the war. Dismissing the Russian people and the professional diplomats, he comes to the conclusion that the appointment of Admiral Alexeieff as Viceroy of the Far East was a huge blunder, and that the supersession of wiser and more cautious statesmen by a zealous but inexperienced sailor precipitated the crisis."—Spectator, Mar. ”

“ Japanese art is treated in Anderson's "The pictorial arts of Japan;" Brinkley's "The art of Japan" and his "Japan; described and illustrated by the Japanese; written by eminent Japanese authorities and scholars; with an essay on Japanese art by Kaluzo Okakura;" Okakura's "The ideals of the East, with special reference to the art of Japan;" and Rein's "The industries of Japan. Together with an account of its agriculture, forestry, arts, and commerce."
Korea.—Hamilton's "Korea" is to be noted as a comprehensive account giving results of recent observations. ”

“ Recent works in English on the internal affairs of Russia are Brüggen's "Russia of to-day;" Drage's "Russian affairs;" Latimer's "Russia and Turkey in the nineteenth century;" Leroy-Beaulieu's "The empire of the tsars and the Russians;" Palmer's "Russian life in town and country;" and Schierbrand's "Russia, her strength and her weakness." The volumes issued by the Russian government in connection with the World's Columbian exposition contain much statistical information. Works in foreign languages to be specially noted are: Anspach's "La Russie économique et l'œuvre de M. de Witte;" ”

“ See also "Commercial China in 1904" published by the United States Bureau of statistics.
For the foreign relations of China there are to be noted Cordier's "Histoire des relations de la Chine avec les puissances occidentales 1860-1900," and Ireland's "China and the powers; chapters in the history of Chinese intercourse with western nations."
The social life of China can be studied in Douglas's "Society in China;" Hesse-Wartegg's "China und Japan;" Little's "Intimate China;" Smith's "Chinese characteristics" and his "Village life in China." ”

“ Its chief value lies in its detailed account of "European progress in China subsequent to the signing of the treaty of Nankin in 1842, including the Taeping rebellion in all its phases and Gordon's campaign." The earlier part of his history is drawn mainly from the Jesuit epitomes of the Chinese annalists. The new edition of his "Short History" has an additional chapter, written by another hand, giving a summary account of the reign of Kwang Su, covering the capture of Pekin.
Douglas's "China", forming a volume of the "Story of the nations series" gives all that the general reader needs. ”

“ This List deals with the later conditions in the Far East. The political and economic aspects are the special subjects dealt with. For convenience of consultation the titles are arranged under the following subdivisions: Russia; History, politics, etc.; Russian expansion; Trans-Siberian railroad; Tibet; Manchuria; Japan; Korea; Russo-Japanese relations; Far East: American relations; Far East: European relations; Anglo-Russian relations; and China. ”

“ Brinkley's "China; its history, arts and literature" is of very great value. The later history of China is dealt with, among others, by Beals, Colquhoun, Favier, Hart, Krausse, Landor, Leroy-Beaulieu, Lynch, Mitford, Norman, Thomson, Wen Ching and Wilson.
China.—Political and economic conditions are discussed in works by Bard, Beresford, Brandt, Brenier, Colquhoun, Gorst, Krausse, Leroy-Beaulieu, Nelson, Parker, Parsons, Pinon, and Wilson. ”

“ Where our author is entirely right is when he proves by so many illustrations that up to the present time the Europeans have had no influence upon the mind of the populations of Asia."—Kropotkin in The Speaker, March 19, 1904, page 600. ”

“ Early European relations; America's first intercourse; The first Chinese treaties; Independent Hawaii; The opening of Japan; The transformation of Japan; The crumbling wall of China; Chinese immigration and exclusion; Korea and its neighbors; The enfranchisement of Japan ”

“ Deschamps's "La Russie au 20me siècle;" Kovalevskiĭ's "La Russie à la fin du 19e siècle;" Kupchanko's "Russland in Zahlen;" Machat's "Le développement économique de la Russie;" Niet's "La Russie d'aujourd'hui" and Strannik's "La pensée russe contemporaine."
Russian navy.—Clarke's "Russia's sea-power, past and present; or, The rise of the Russian navy" and Jane's "The imperial Russian navy; its past, present, and future."
Russian expansion.—Rambaud's "The expansion of Russia" is a valuable economic study. Skrine's "The expansion of Russia, 1815-1900" is a sympathetic record down to 1900 ”

“ American needs in the Orient, pp. 173-186.
American progress in the Far East, pp. 187-207.
Russian opinions of American institutions, pp. 385-400.
Appendix: Treaty of Shimonoseki, by which southern Manchuria was ceded to Japan. Mikado's rescript withdrawing from Manchuria. The (reputed) Cassini convention. The Russo-Manchurian railway agreement. Anglo-Russian agreement respecting spheres of influence in China. Treaty of offensive and defensive alliance between Great Britain and Japan. Specimen of the regulations concerning foreign joint stock companies operating in Russia. ”

“ Les premiers progrès de la Russie en Chine et en Corée; L'intervention de l'Allemagne à Kiao-tchéou; Les conséquences de l'occupation de Kiao-tchéou; Le rôle de la France.
3. L'exploitation du marché chinois; Les concessions obtenues par les étrangers en Chine; L'exploitation économique de la Chine; La pénétration des provinces méridionales par l'Indo-Chine française; Conclusion: Le partage éventuel de l'empire chinois. With folded map: carte économique de la Chine.
Colquhoun, Archibald Ross. China in transformation. ”

“ Chinese traits and western blunders.—The problem of the Philippines.—Impressions of Japan.—Impressions of India.—Impressions of the Hawaiian Islands.—India: its people and its religions.
Reinsch, Paul Samuel. World politics at the end of the nineteenth century; as influenced by the oriental situation.
New York & London: The Macmillan co., 1900. xviii, 366 pp. Map. 12o. (The citizen's library.)
Contents: National imperialism; The opening of China; The consequences of the opening of China in world politics; German imperial politics ”

“ Appendices: A. The fauna of Russian Turkistan. B. The flora of Russian Turkistan. C. Bibliography of Russian Central Asia.
"List of authors, with reference numbers to their works in the foregoing bibliography: pp. 681-684.
"These volumes may be considered as a record of the completion of the philanthropic object that originally prompted my first visit to Asiatic Russia as detailed in the work entitled 'Through Siberia.'"—Preface.
Letters from a Chinese official; being an eastern view of western civilization. ”

“ The Spanish war: its results. Appendix: Protocol between China and the treaty powers, Sept. 7, 1901; The emigration treaty between China and the United States, 1894; Treaty between the United States and Japan, 1894; Joint resolution for annexing the Hawaiian islands, 1898; The Samoan treaty between the United States, Germany, and Great Britain, 1899; Protocol between the United States and Spain, August 12, 1898; Treaty of peace between the United States and Spain, 1898.
Griffis, William Elliot. America in the East; a glance at our history, prospects, problems, and duties in the Pacific Ocean. ”

“ Chinese bibliography.—Cordier's "Bibliotheca sinica. Dictionnaire bibliographique des ouvrages relatifs à l'Empire chinois," is a monumental work.
A. P. C. Griffin
Chief Bibliographer
Herbert Putnam
Librarian of Congress
Washington, D. C., July 1, 1904
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SELECT LIST OF BOOKS (WITH REFERENCES TO PERIODICALS)
RELATING TO THE FAR EAST RUSSIA: HISTORY, POLITICS, ETC. (See also Russians Expansion, pp. 12-16 of this list.)
Anspach, Alfred. La Russie économique et l'œuvre de M. de Witte, avec introduction par Ch. de Larivière.
Paris: H. Le Soudier, 1904. (4) , xviii, 394 pp. Portrait. ”

“ Norman, Henry. Asia. The peoples and politics of the Far East. Travels and studies in the British, French, Spanish and Portuguese colonies, Siberia, China, Japan, Korea, Siam and Malaya. [Fifth impression.] ”

“ London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. xiv, 440 pp. Illustrations. Portraits. Maps. 8o.
"This handsome volume gives a plain, straightforward narrative of the journey of Captain Wellby and Lieutenant Malcolm across Tibet and Northern China, an account of the geographical results of which was communicated to the [Royal Geographical] Society, and will appear in the Journal. It is well illustrated, and has a series of maps of the route on the large scale of 16 miles to an inch."
TIBET: ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS
1903. In the heart of the forbidden country; or, Lhasa revealed. Archibald R. Colquhoun. ”

“ United States. Bureau of statistics. Commercial China in 1904. Area, population, production, railways, telegraphs, and transportation routes, and foreign commerce and commerce of United States with China. ”

“ Korea, the pearl of the Orient: traditional, historical, descriptive. Charlotte M. Salwey.
Imperial and Asiatic quarterly review, 3d series, vol. 10 (July, 1900) : 154-167.
1903. The question of Korea. Alfred Stead.
Fortnightly, n. s., vol. 74 (Nov., 1903) : 846-863.
Living age, vol. 239 (Dec., 1903) : 705-718.
1903. The Korean question: Russia and Japan.
Harper's weekly, vol. 47 (Nov. 28, 1903) : 1893-1894.
1903. Situation économique de la Corée. Robert Doucet.
Monde économique, 13. année (Nov. 21, 1903) : 647-650.
1904. The crisis in the Far East: views and experiences in Korea. ”

“ A narrative of travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi desert, through the Himalayas to India. Abridged from "The heart of a continent."
London: John Murray, 1898. vii, (5) , 261 pp. Plates. Folded map. 8o.
—— The heart of a continent: a narrative of travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi desert, through the Himalayas, the Pamirs, and Chitral, 1884-1894.
London: John Murray, 1896. xvii, (3) , 409 pp. Plates. Portrait. Maps. 8o.
Zabel, Rudolf. Durch die Mandschurei und Sibirien. Reisen und Studien. 2. durch ein Personal-und Sachregister verm. Auflage. ”

“ Brinkley, Frank. China; its history, arts, and literature. [Library ed.]
Boston and Tokyo: J. B. Millet company, [1902] . 4 vols. Plates (partly colored) . Folded map. 8o. (Oriental series, v. 9-12.)
Chang-Chih-tung. China's only hope. An appeal by her greatest viceroy. Translated from the Chinese edition by Samuel I. Woodbridge. Introduction by Griffith John.
New York, etc.: F. H. Revell company, 1900. (2) , 151 pp. Portrait. 12o.
La Chine. Expansion des grands puissances en extrême-orient (1895-1898) .
Paris: R. Chapelot & cie., 1899. viii, 223 pp. Folded map. 8o. ”