A TIMELY BOOK.

China.

_Travels and Investigations in the "Middle Kingdom"--A Study of its
Civilization and Possibilities._ Together with an Account of the Boxer
War, the Relief of the Legations, and the Re-establishment of Peace. By
JAMES HARRISON WILSON, A.M., LL.D., late Major-General United States
Volunteers, and Brevet Major-General United States Army. Third edition,
revised throughout, enlarged, and reset. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.

General Wilson's second visit to China and his recent active
service in that country have afforded exceptional chances for a
knowledge of present conditions and the possibilities of the
future. In the light of the information thus obtained at first hand
in the country itself, General Wilson is enabled to write with a
peculiar authoritativeness in this edition, which brings his study
of China down to the present day. In addition to the new chapters
which have been added explaining the origin and development of the
Boxer insurrection, the relief of the legations, and the outlook
for the future, the author has revised his book throughout, and has
added much valuable matter in the course of his narrative. This
book, which is therefore in many respects new, puts the reader in
possession of a broad and comprehensive knowledge of Chinese
affairs, and this includes the latest phases of the subject. The
practical and discriminating character of the author's study of
China will be appreciated more than ever at this time when
practical questions relating to Chinese administration, commerce,
and other matters of the first importance, are engaging so much
attention. This new edition is indispensable for any one who wishes
a compact, authoritative presentation of the China of to-day.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.

D. APPLETON & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS.

The Sun.

By C.A. YOUNG, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Astronomy in Princeton
University. New and revised edition, with numerous Illustrations. 12mo.
Cloth, $2.00.

"'The Sun' is a book of facts and achievements, and not a
discussion of theories, and it will be read and appreciated by all
scientific students, and not by them alone. Being written in
untechnical language, it is equally adapted to a large class of
educated readers not engaged in scientific pursuits."--_Journal of
Education, Boston._

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