REDUCED FAC-SIMILE OF A RUBBING FROM A MARBLE SLAB BEHIND THE TEMPLE OF CONFUCIUS AT CH'IU-FU HSIEN. HILLS OF T'ANG OR MISSIONS IN CHINA BY HARLAN PO BEACH FORMERLY MISSIONARY IN CHINA; MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN THE STUDENT VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS NEW YORK STUDENT VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT 1898 い COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY STUDENT VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT TROW DIRECTORY NEW YORK 012-24-32 me gift Tappan Presb, Assoc. 12-23 EXPLANATORY THE somewhat peculiar form of this little volume is due to the fact that it is one of a series of text-books prepared for Mission Study Classes, found mainly in higher educational institutions, though many have been carried on by young people's societies and women's missionary organizations. A book which gives the main points in as brief a form as possible, and which makes ample provision for further study by class members, is demanded for such a use; and the satisfaction of such demands has been aimed at in the preparation of this volume. That this form of textbook is appreciated is evidenced by the fact that more than ten thousand copies were sold to study classes during last year. Experiments extending over three years have led to the peculiarities of typography, found in these pages. The heavy-faced Clarendon type indicates the main divisions of the chapter; numerals indicate subordinate divisions; and paragraphs, or Italics, mark subtopics under the latter. Those preparing the lesson usually group their facts about these words in special type, and class leaders employ them as the basis of questions. At the request of many, an analytical index has been prepared-see pages 167 to 173, and can be used after the lesson has been carefully read over to |