OF No. 229. ART. I.-1. The Chinese Repository. Hongkong, 1851. 2. The Middle Kingdom. By S. Wells Williams. New York, 1861. 3. The Chinese and their Rebellions. Taylor Meadows. London, 1856. By Thomas 4. The Tea-districts of China and India. By Robert 5. China, from a Medical point of view, in 1860 and 6. Documents Statistiques Officiels sur l'Empire de la 7. Annales de la Propagation de la Foi. Lyon. 8. Parliamentary Papers relating to China. London, 9. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, Vol. 172. London, II.-1. English Traits. By R. W. Emerson. London, 1856. 4. Our Old Home. By Nathaniel Hawthorne. London, III.-The Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero. Page 1 42 By William 68 IV. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. V.-1. Report from the Select Committee on Ordnance. 2. Report from the Select Committee on Ordnance. VI.-1. On the Perpendicular Ascent of Eels: Philosophical 2. The Complete Angler of Isaac Walton and Charles 105 132 ART. 3. Salmonia. By Sir Humphry Davy. 2nd Edition. 4. Yarrell on the Reproduction of the Eel, &c. 1833. 7. Prose Halieutics; or, Ancient and Modern Fish 8. The Angler and his Friend. By John Davy, M.D., 9. Kaup, Uebersicht der Aale, in Archiv für Natur- 10. London Labour and the London Poor. 1861. Vol. I. 11. Fish Culture. By Francis Francis. 1863. VII.-1. Geschichte der Stadt Rom im Mittelalter, vom fünften 2. Die Grabmäler der Römischen Päpste. Von F. 3. Die Papst-Fabeln des Mittelalters. Von G. J. I. von VIII.-1. Correspondence respecting the Affairs of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. ment. London, 1860-62. Presented to Parlia 2. Denmark and Germany since 1815. By C. H. Gosch. Page - 173 - 200 3. Urkundenbuch zur Geschichte der Holstein-Lauen- 5. Debate in the Prussian Chamber. Kölnische Zeitung, 6. A Residence in Jutland, the Danish Isles, and London, 236 ᎪᎡᎢ. CONTENTS OF No. 230. Page I.-1. Forty Years of American Life. By Dr. Thomas L. 2. 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THE resources and political condition of the Chinese Empire very serious importance; and the rapid extension of our respective commercial relations makes it expedient for us to examine with careful attention the capabilities and internal state of a nation with whose prosperity or decay we are becoming most intimately concerned. In this article we purpose to confine our attention to that part of the empire known to Europeans under the name of China Proper, and to the Chinese as the Central Kingdom; for, although the possessions of the reigning Manchu dynasty embrace immense tracts of country in Central and Northern Asia, these have but very slight influence over the fortunes or condition of China, and we shall therefore dismiss from our consideration the lofty and barren table-lands of Tibet and the sandy wastes and deserts of Mongolia. Manchuria, as being the original seat of those Tartars who are now ruling the empire, has of late been brought into prominent notice; but, as far as the Chinese are concerned, it is only important because it affords an outlet for the superabundant population of the northern maritime provinces. The geographical situation of China has had a special influence over the character and institutions of its inhabitants. The diffiVol. 115.-No. 229. B cult |