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ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY

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GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND,

74 GROSVENOR STREET, W. 1.

The JOURNAL of the ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY is published quarterly. It is frequently illustrated, and it contains original articles on the Languages, the Archæology, the History, the Beliefs, and the Customs of the East.

In each issue the principal publications on Oriental subjects are reviewed.

In addition to the Journal the Society publishes four series of volumes, as follows:

1. Oriental Translation Fund, New Series (Vols. I—XXVIII);

2. Royal Asiatic Society's Monographs (Vols. I—XIX);

3. Royal Asiatic Society Prize Publications (Vols. I-VIII);

4. James Forlong Fund Series (Vols. I-II).

All these volumes are issued to members at special prices.

The Annual Subscription to the Society is THREE GUINEAS for Resident Members, TWO GUINEAS for Non-resident Members domiciled in the British Isles, and THIRTY SHILLINGS for Non-resident Members domiciled abroad.

Each Member whose subscription for the current year has been paid receives the Journal post free and has the use of the Library at the Society's rooms and admission to the meetings of the Society. Three-guinea subscribers may also borrow books. At the Meetings, which are held monthly, except during the months of July, August and September, papers are read on subjects connected with the East, which experts are invited to discuss. Opportunity is taken to popularise archeological discoveries and the results of literary investigations.

LIBRARIES and persons who are not Members may obtain the Journal post free by paying a Subscription of Two POUNDS EIGHT SHILLINGS a year in advance direct to the Secretary. The price of each part separately is FIFTEEN SHILLINGS.