Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 OP 
 
 BOOKS 
 
 ON 
 
 Missions and Mission Lands 
 
 Suitable for 
 
 Church or Sunday-School Libraries 
 or for Private Use 
 
 Compiled by 
 
 E. M. BLISS] 
 
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 Presbyterian Board of Publication and 
 Sabbath=School Work 
 334 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
note. 
 
 This catalogue does not claim to be complete. 
 Every person acquainted with missions will 
 know of some book which certainly ought to be 
 included. The aim of the compiler has been to 
 include the best and those only, except where 
 as m some fields, there is really no choice ; and 
 at the same time to give a fair survey. New 
 books are constantly coming out, and it is in¬ 
 tended to issue from time to time supplemental 
 leaflets, as they may be needed. 
 
 All the books in this catalogue can be obtained 
 front the Board of Publication and Sabbath-school 
 Work, in Philadelphia, or from its Depositories 
 in St. Louis and Chicago. The publishers’ retail 
 prices are quoted in all cases, but the usual discount 
 will be given to Sabbath-schools and individuals 
 purchasing from the Board. Most of the volumes 
 can be supplied without delay, but it was deemed 
 best to include a few books of high value that 
 are out of print, and some time may be re¬ 
 quired to obtain these. 
 
 COH RIGHT, 1894 , BY 
 THE TRUSTEES £>F THE 
 
 PRESB\ TERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION 
 AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK. 
 
THE LITERATURE OF MISSIONS 
 
 BOOKS OF REFERENCE. 
 
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 The Encyclopaedia of Missions. A Thesaurus of Facts, Historical, 
 Statistical, Geographical, Ethnological, and Biographical, with Maps, 
 Bibliography, and Statistical Tables. Edited by Rev. Edwin Munsell 
 Bliss, late Assistant Agent American Bible Society for the Levant. 
 
 Over 1,350 pages, with elaborate maps, etc. 1891. 2 vols.net, $12.00 
 
 This encyclopaedia is prepared primarily from the standpoint ot 
 one who, interested in foreign mission work, seeks to enlarge his 
 vision and increase his knowledge ; secondarily, from that of one who, 
 looking forward to a personal share in it, seeks to inform himself as 
 to its different phases that he may the more readily decide where he 
 can probably labor to the best advantage. It is distinctively a work 
 on foreign missions, yet it has much of value in regard to home and 
 city missions, Sunday-school work, etc. 
 
 The Manual of Modern Missions. J. T. Gracey, D. D. New York, . . 1.25 
 This book, by one who was himself a missionary in India, and has 
 always kept up with the advance in missions, is the most, indeed the 
 only, complete book of its kind, giving Historical and Statistical 
 Accounts of the principal Protestant Missionary Societies. 
 
 Gist. A Handbook of Missionary Information. Compiled and edited by 
 
 Miss Lilly Ryder Gracey.. ' ' V ' ' 6 ° 
 
 It contains many short and excellent items respecting mission 
 lands, false religions, mission wmrk, etc., and can be used to advan¬ 
 tage by leaders of mission bands and mission meetings. 
 
 Atlases. 
 
 There is no good general Atlas of Missions in print. The best that 
 has been before the public is that by Dr. Grundeman, of Germany, pub¬ 
 lished at Gotha in 1867. A smaller edition came out in 1884. The names, 
 however, are in German, and for ordinary work it is almost valueless. 
 
 The Church Missionary Society of England publish an excellent atlas of 
 their work, and as the work covers a large number of important fields, 
 any reader on missions will find it helpful. Americans will miss such 
 fields as Asia Minor, Northern Persia, Mexico. Ceylon, Burma, etc. The 
 different societies publish some maps in connection with their Annual 
 
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 Reports, but they are incomplete and unsatisfactory for the general reader. 
 There is a large wall map of the world, published by Colton, New York, 
 accompanied by a manual of 90 pages, which is invaluable for general 
 reference. 
 
 Histories. 
 
 Short History of Christian Missions, from Abraham and Paul to Carey, 
 
 Livingstone, and Duff. George Smith, LL. D. Edinburgh. 1890, . . $ .80 
 This is a manual for reference rather than a book for reading. As 
 a manual it is invaluable. There is no better authority on Missions 
 than the well-known Secretary of the Foreign Missions Committee of 
 the Free Church of Scotland, the biographer of Duff and Martin. 
 
 The volume is small, and the topics are easily referred to. 
 
 Outline of the History of the Protestant Missions, from the Refor¬ 
 mation to the present time. Dr. Gustave Warneck. Translated by 
 
 Thomas Smith. Edinburgh. 1884,.3 j. 6 d. 
 
 This is a book for students rather than for the general reader, 
 being rather philosophical in its character. It contains, however, an 
 immense amount of information, and is very valuable as a book of 
 reference. 
 
 Mission Work in General. 
 
 Protestant Foreign Missions : Their Present State. A universal survey. 
 
 Theodore Christlieb, D. D. 1880,.75 
 
 This is the development of a paper read by Professor Christlieb 
 before the Evangelical Alliance in Basel, Switzerland, in 1879. As a 
 summary of Christian Missions up to that time it is valuable. 
 
 Christian Missions in the Nineteenth Century. Elbert S. Todd, D. D. 
 
 1890,. 75 
 
 A series of lectures starting with the conversion of the Anglo- 
 Saxons. Not so much a historic sketch as a series of “thoughtful 
 and instructive papers about them,” referring especially to the methods 
 of missions. 
 
 Foreign Missions After a Century. Rev. Janies S. Dennis, D. D., of 
 
 the American Presbyterian Mission, Beirut, Syria,.1.5a 
 
 The six lectures which compose this volume were delivered in the 
 spring of 1893 before the faculty and students of Princeton Theological 
 Seminary. In the printed form they are somewhat enlarged. They 
 present a broad, philosophical, and systematic view of the missionary 
 work in its relation to the living Church. No one can read them care¬ 
 fully without realizing that the work which they delineate is im¬ 
 mensely greater in extent, more difficult in character, and more im¬ 
 portant in its results than the average American Christian has as yet 
 supposed. The second chapter on “ The Present Vision ” is the most 
 complete summary of the condition of mission fields to be found any¬ 
 where. The problems and con'roversies that meet the missionary in 
 practical life are stated very clearly. Full credit is given to the good 
 
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 in opposing religions, but not one jot of confidence in the ultimate 
 triumphant success of Christianity is abated. It is by far the best 
 book of its kind before the public. 
 
 Normal Addresses on Bible Diffusion. R. N. Cust, LL. D. London. 
 
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 A series of papers on the general work of Bible translation and 
 distribution. Dr. Cust has been for many years connected with the 
 British and Foreign Bible Society, is a man accustomed to careful and 
 thorough investigation, and very bright and spicy in his style. His 
 conclusions are not always to be accepted, but he is very suggestive, 
 and any book of his is a mine of information. The tables on Bible 
 translation, etc., in the Encyclopaedia of Missions were based upon 
 some prepared by him. 
 
 Notes on Missionary Subjects. R. N. Cust, LL. D. London. 1889. 
 
 A series of articles on a number of topics. Among them Mission¬ 
 ary Societies; Great Problems Outside of Regular Evangelistic Work, 
 which the missionary must meet; Relation of Missionaries to the Out¬ 
 side World. It is a very suggestive book especially adapted for those 
 who are thinking of entering the foreign work. 
 
 Foreign Missions. Rufus Anderson, D. D. 1869,.fi- 5 ° 
 
 A series of lectures delivered at Andover Theological Seminary 
 by Dr. Anderson while Secretary of the American Board. 
 
 Foreign Missions. A. C. Thompson, D. D. 1889,..i- 7 S 
 
 A series of lectures at Hartford Theological Seminary by Dr. 
 Thompson, who was for many years a member of the Prudential 
 Committee of the American Board. 
 
 The Divine Enterprise of Missions. A. T. Pierson, D. D. New York. 
 
 1891, . 
 
 A series of lectures delivered before the Theological Seminary of 
 the Reformed Church in America, at New Brunswick, N. J. These 
 lectures are in Dr. Pierson’s best style, and very suggestive. They 
 cover the divine thought, plan, work, spirit, and force of missions, 
 and their fruit and challenge. Not less invaluable for those who 
 remain than for those who go. 
 
 The Greatest Work in the World : The Evangelization of All People 
 
 in the Present Century. A. T. Pierson, D. D.,. 35 
 
 A book of inspiration urging the pressing forward of mission 
 work for completion at an early time. • 
 
 The New Acts of the Apostles ; or the Marvels of Modern Missions. 
 
 A. T. Pierson, D. D. New York,. .i- 5 ° 
 
 A series of lectures in the “ Duff Missionary Lectureship,” 
 founded by Dr. Alexander Duff, in Scotland. 
 
 The Holy Spirit in Missions. A. J. Gordon, D. D., of Boston. Six 
 lectures delivered before the Theological Seminary of the Reformed 
 
 Church in America, in 1892,. • • • 1.25 
 
 The lectures are on the Holy Spirit’s Program of Missions—Prepa- 
 
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 ration in Missions—Administration in Missions—Fruits in Missions— 
 Prophecies concerning Missions—Help in Missions, and are well cal¬ 
 culated to deepen the religious fervor and missionary zeal of the 
 reader. They will be specially helpful to those who are thinking of 
 entering upon a missionary career. 
 
 The Crisis of Missions ; or, the Voice out of the Cloud. A. T. Pierson, 
 
 D. D. 1886.$1.25 
 
 “ This book is an elegant and cogent appeal to the Church, which 
 will warm the heart and strengthen the hand of every one that reads 
 it.” It traces their wonderful history and shows grand results, and 
 dwells upon their great opportunities. 
 
 These for Those. Our Indebtedness to Foreign Missions. William 
 
 Warren. A. B. C. F. M. 1876,.1.25 
 
 A good book, illustrating the reflex influence of missions. 
 
 Foreign Missions of the Protestant Churches: Their State and 
 Prospect. J. Murray Mitchell, LL. D. 1888. London. A brief 
 survey, . 50 
 
 The Great Commission. I. In its relation to the home field. II. In its 
 relation to the foreign field. Rev. M. T. Lamb. 1893. 
 
 A plea for consecration, dwelling upon the great amount that might 
 be accomplished by uniform action in systematic giving. 
 
 The Great Value and Success of Foreign Missions. Proved by dis¬ 
 tinguished witnesses. Rev. John Liggins. 1888,.75 
 
 The Success of Christian Missions. Testimonies to their beneficent 
 
 results. Robert Young. 1890. London,.1.25 
 
 The Evangelization of the Wo'ld. A Record of Consecration and 
 
 Appeal. B. Broomhall, Secretary of the China Inland Mission, . . . 1.00 
 
 Miracles of Missions. A. T. Pierson, D. D. 1891,.-. . 1.00 
 
 A book written in Dr. Pierson’s graphic style, setting forth some 
 of the marvels accomplished by missionary teaching and enterprise. 
 
 Presbyterian Missions. Ashbel Green, D. D., LL. D. With supple¬ 
 mentary notes by John C. Lowrie, D. D.,.2.00 
 
 This is a reprint of the well-known and instructive history of Dr. 
 Qreen, first published in 1838. It is now enriched by supplemental 
 notes from Rev. Dr. Lowrie, for many years a missionary and for 
 many subsequent years a Secretary of the Presbyterian Board. It 
 discusses incidentally the question of the conduct of missions, whether 
 this shall be by voluntary societies or by ecclesiastical boards. A 
 most instructive and interesting section is that which gives the history 
 of the period when the Presbyterian Church separated from associated 
 work with the American Board. 
 
 Historical Sketches. Missions of the Presbyterian Board (North). W. 
 
 F. M. S. of the Presbyterian Church. 1891,.net, 1.00 
 
What’s O’clock ? A Missionary Book for Boys and Girls. London, . . $ .60 
 A book for young people, in which the story ol Uie different lands 
 where the Church Missionary Society is laboring is briefly told, i he 
 scheme is to report under each hour the land where it is the hour 
 named when it is twelve o’clock in London. For instance, when 
 it is twelve o'clock ill London it is two o'clock in Palestine, Egypt, 
 and Eastern Equatorial Africa, and so, under the title of “ Two 
 O’clock Land,” a story of the missions in this section is told. Ihe 
 book is a dainty one and beautifully illustrated. 
 
 Brief Sketches of Church Missionary Society Missions. Emily 
 Headland. 1891. London. 
 
 The Handbook of Methodist Missions. I. G. John, D. D., Secretary 
 
 of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Chuieh South, . 1.50 
 A condensed history of the missions of the English Methodists, 
 Canadian Methodists, Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Epis¬ 
 copal Church South, Methodist Protestant Church, and African Metho¬ 
 dists. The largest portion is devoted to the work of the missions of 
 the Southern Methodist Church. It is a most excellent compendium, 
 and will be very helpful to all who wish to have brought together 111 
 one book the salient points in the history of Methodist missions. 
 
 Mildmay; or, the Story of the First Deaconess Institution. Har- 
 
 riette J. Cooke, M. A. London.. 140 
 
 All the world has heard of the Mildmay Conferences in London. 
 Comparatively few know how they originated, or what Mildmay really 
 is. This book will tell them. 
 
 Moravian Missions. A. C. Thompson, D. D. 1882.. • • 2.00 
 
 A series of lectures, giving the history and general characteristics 
 of what have been in many respects the most remarkable mission 
 enterprises of modern times. 
 
 Centenary of the Baptist Missionary Society. 1792-1892. London, 1.00 
 This includes a general survey of the history of this pioneer Eng¬ 
 lish society, and sketches of its different fields. 
 
 Missions and Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal 
 
 Church. J. M. Reid, D. D. New York. 2 -75 
 
 Foreign Missions of the Southern Baptist Convention. H. A. 
 
 Tupper, D. D.,.‘ ^' 5 ° 
 
 Christian Missions and Historical Sketches. Disciples of Christ, . 1.50 
 
 Present Day Tracts on the-giew Christian Religions of the World. 
 
 Islam, Confucianism, the Parsis, Hinduism, Buddhism and Ancient 
 
 Paganism. Sir Wm. Muir, James Legge, J. Murray Mitchell, and 
 
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 others,. 
 
 In Brightest Asia. A record of travel in mission lands. Henry C. 
 
 Mabie, D. D., Secretary of the American Baptist Missionary Union. 
 
 Illustrated,. 1-25 
 
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 Far Hence: A Budget of Letters from Our Mission Fields in Asia. 
 
 Henry N. Cobb, D. D., Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions 
 
 of the Reformed (Dutch) Church,.• • • • • • $ r - 2 5 
 
 Dr. Cobb has long been known as a charming letter writer. This 
 little volume will add to the circle of those, for no one can rise from it 
 without feeling a personal interest that even surpasses that in the gen¬ 
 eral information given. Not only mission lands and scenes, but many 
 others stand out so clearly that one wonders why he never understood 
 them before. There are a number of fine illustrations, for which the 
 readers are indebted to the kodak of Dr. Cobb’s daughter, who 
 accompanied him on his trip. 
 
 7^ Letters from the Orient. Mrs. A. W. Wilson,. 
 
 “Brimful of information” about China, India, Japan, and other 
 countries, in the form of letters of a mother to her daughters. “ Every 
 page is sweet with the sentiments of a pious and loving heart, whose 
 religious enthusiasm is continually overflowing.” 
 
 Rambles in Missonary Fields. S. F. Smith, D. D. 1884, . .. 
 
 Dr. Smith, the author of “ My Country ’Tis of Thee,” is a well- 
 known writer, and this story of his trip around the world will be found 
 very valuable and suggestive. 
 
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 Around the World Tour of Christian Missions. Rev. W. F. Bam- 
 
 bridge. 1882,. .. 2.00 
 
 A story of travel, including most of the more prominent missionary 
 fields of the world, with much information on others. One of the most 
 compact and valuable books of the kind published. 
 
 Morning Light in Many Lands. Daniel March, D. D. 1892, • • ■ • • 2 00 
 
 This is one of the most interesting books of general desciiption of 
 mission fields that has been published. Dr. March is a well-known 
 writer and made this tour around the world principally for the pur¬ 
 pose of examining missions upon their own fields. His previous 
 knowledge, well developed through many years of acquaintance with 
 the subject, made it easy for him to know what to see and how to tell 
 the story. 
 
 Medical Missions ; Their Place and Power. John Lowe, Secretary of 
 
 the Edinburgh Medical Mission Society. Edinburgh, ........ i- 5 ° 
 
 This book is rather a discussion than a description and is of special 
 interest as being the pioneer work in this line of mission development, 
 which has taken such an important place in the general work. 
 
 1-lissions and Science; or, The Contributions of Our Foreign His- 
 sions to Science and Human Well Being. Thomas Laune, D. D 
 Boston. American Board. 1881. (Called the Ely \ ol.), . ••••■• I-2 5 
 This book was prepared at the expense of the Hon. Alfred Ely, of 
 Newton, and touches upon the various topics connected with what 
 may be called the outside work of missions, notes its contributions, 
 geographical science, meteorology, archeology, natural science, phi o - 
 ogy, ethnography, history, medicine, the arts, etc. It is an invaluable 
 
 book of reference. 
 
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 Report of the Centenary Conference on the Protestant Missions of 
 the World, held in Exeter Hall, London, 1888. Edited by the Rev. 
 
 James Johnston, Secretary of the Conference. 2 vols,. $2,00 
 
 This book contains the papers that were prepared for this confer¬ 
 ence and a summary of the principal addresses made. Almost every 
 topic of mission interest is discussed in them. There is a good index 
 and there is also a bibliography, which formed the basis of the bibli¬ 
 ography in The Encyclopedia of Missions. It is an invaluable 
 book of reference and should be in every library. A little care in using 
 it will discover a great variety of facts put in picturesque form, and 
 much suggestive thought. 
 
 There are other reports of conferences, notably of the one in 
 Liverpool in i860, published by Nisbet & Co., London, and that at 
 Mildmay, London, in 1878, published by John F. Shaw & Co., London. 
 Neither of these books, however, take the place of the larger book 
 referred to above, and as they are out of print it is difficult to secure 
 copies. 
 
 Oriental Religions and Christianity. F. F. EUinwood, D. D. 1892. 
 
 New York. 1 ^ 
 
 A series of lectures delivered at Union Theological Seminary, 
 touching especially upon Buddhism and Mohammedanism, not so 
 much by way of description as of discussion of their characteristics, 
 their development and the relations to them of Christian missions. It 
 is unquestionably the best presentation in popular and brief form of 
 the topic that there is. 
 
 The Religions of the World. An outline of the great Religious Systems. 
 
 D.J. Burrell, D. D. Philadelphia. 1888,.•. I - 25 
 
 This is more popular than Dr. Ellinwood’s book, and is generally 
 
 descriptive. 
 
 Religious Systems of the World. A Contribution to the Study of Com¬ 
 parative Religion. ..‘ ‘ 4 ' 5 ° 
 
 A series of addresses delivered at South Place Institute 111 London, 
 revised and in some cases rewritten by the authors and new articles 
 added. Almost all are prepared by the best available writers on the 
 different topics and most by the best English authority on the subject. 
 
 They cover not merely the greater systems, as Mohammedanism, Bud- 
 hism, Confucianism, Shintoism, but a number of minor forms of re¬ 
 ligious belief. 
 
 Heroes of the Mission Fields. W. Pakenham Walsh, D. D., Bishop of 
 
 Ossory. London and New York.. • • ’- 2 5 
 
 This book embraces short biographical sketches of prominent 
 missionaries up to the close of the eighteenth century, among them 
 Ulphilas, St. Patrick, St. Boniface, Ravmund Lull, Xavier, John Eliot, 
 
 Hans Egede, Schwartz, and others. 
 
 Modern Heroes of the Mission Field. By the same author.1.50 
 
 This has sketches of Henry Martyn, Carey, Morrison, Judson, 
 
 John Hunt, Captain Gardiner, Alexander Duff, Livingstone, Bishop 
 Patteson, and others. 
 
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 American Heroes on Mission Fields. H. C. Haydn, D. D.,.$1.25 
 
 A series of brief biographies, chiefly of missionaries of the Ameri¬ 
 can Board, including William Goodell, Elijah Bridgman, Dr. Grant, 
 
 S. Wells Williams, W. G. Schauffler, and others. 
 
 Pioneers and Founders; or, Recent Workers in the Mission Field. 
 
 Charlotte M. Yonge. 1871.6j 
 
 Biographies of Eliot, Brainerd, Schwartz, Martvn, the Judsons, 
 Gardiner, and others. 
 
 Africa. 
 
 In missionary literature the continent of Africa is generally divided 
 geographically rather than politically. Egypt, Abyssinia, and Congo 
 Free State are the only sections uniformly spoken of as distinct countries, 
 and the last is not infrequently included in Central Africa. Taking up 
 these separate divisions. 
 
 North Africa includes Egypt, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, and Morocco. 
 Egypt acknowledges the suzerainty of the Sultan at Constantinople, but is 
 practically under British protection ; Tripoli is tributary to Turkey ; Tunis 
 is under the protectorate of France; Algiers is a regular French colony, 
 and Morocco is independent. The races occupying these countries are 
 chiefly Arabs and Berbers, though the Copts form a strong element in 
 Egypt. Of the Berbers the principal tribe is that of the Kabyles. With 
 the exception of the Copts, all are Moslems. The uniform language is 
 Arabic, although the Berber tribes retain some of their own language, the 
 Shellaha being the most extensively spoken. 
 
 West Africa includes the Atlantic coast from Morocco to Liberia and 
 the northern coast of the Gulf of Guinea. The countries are Senegambia 
 (French), Bathurst (English), Sierra Leone (English), Liberia (Indepen¬ 
 dent), Gold Coast (chiefly English with a small section German), Dahomey 
 (French), and from there on to old Calabar (English). Back of these are 
 the native tribes. Of late French influence has extended so that it con¬ 
 trols the greater part of Western Soudan and a portion of the Niger. 
 English influence, however, extends up the Niger from the coast to a 
 point parallel with Timbuctoo. There is a considerable element of the 
 Moors in Senegambia, but from there southwards there are the various 
 Central African Negro tribes, including the Dahomans, Yorubas, and 
 others. 
 
 Central Africa includes the whole section between the Atlantic and 
 Indian Oceans from the fifth parallel north of the Equator to the seven¬ 
 teenth south, at Cape Frio on the west, and the mouth of the Zambesi on 
 the east. It includes the Cameruns, Gabun, Loanda, Benguella, Congo 
 Free State, Mozambiqne, and the region of the Great Lakes (Uganda, 
 Massai, etc.), and Zanzibar. This is the region of the great journeys of 
 Livingstone and Stanley, and their successors. The races and languages 
 are very numerous, chiefly of the Bantu family. 
 
 South Africa commences with Damara Land on the Atlantic Coast 
 and the banks of the Zambesi on the east. It includes Mashona and 
 Matabele Land, Bechuana Land, the South African Republic, Orange Free 
 
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 State, Cape Colony, with Natal and Zulu Land. It is the great home of 
 the Bantu race, and the languages are mostly of that family. 
 
 East Africa is really the smallest section, the most important state 
 being Abyssinia. Aside from this are the Galla and Somali countries on 
 the borders of the Indian Ocean, Darfur and Nubia inland. Tne lan¬ 
 guages are, in the Soudan Arabic, and in Abyssinia the Abyssinian or 
 Amharic. The eastern portion of Abyssinia on the Red Sea has an Italian 
 protectorate, the French and English holding sections of the southern 
 coast of the Gulf of Aden. 
 
 Mission Work in Africa. 
 
 The missionary societies at work are as follows : 
 
 North Africa. Egypt is occupied chiefly by the mission of the United 
 Presbyterian Church of America. The Church Missionary Society of Eng¬ 
 land has some work at Cairo, and there are two British missions at the 
 same place for the Jews. Bible work is carried on by both the American 
 and British and Foreign Bible Societies from Tripoli to Morocco. The 
 only missionary society in strength is the North Africa Society of England 
 (undenominational). The London Jews’ Society has a station at Tunis, 
 and in Algeria the Evangelical mission of Paris is at work. Bible work 
 is carried on by the British and Foreign Bible Society. 
 
 West Africa. Senegambia is occupied by the French Evangelical 
 Society. The Church Missionary Society of England and the Wesleyans 
 are at work at Bathurst and below. Sierra Leone has an independent 
 self-supporting native church established by the Church Missionary 
 Society. There are also missions of the Wesleyans, Lady Huntingdon’s 
 Connection and the United Methodist Free Churches; and two American 
 colored societies are carrying on some work in the interior. In Liberia 
 there is a mission of the American Presbyterian Church (North) and a 
 colored Baptist mission. The Gold Coast is occupied by the Wes¬ 
 leyan Society of England, the Basel and North German Societies of 
 Germany. About the estuary of the Niger are some important stations of 
 the Church Missionary Society, the Wesleyans and American Baptist 
 Southern Convention. From this point also branches off important 
 Church Missionary Society work along the Niger basin. It was here that 
 Bishop Crowther worked. 
 
 Central Africa. The United Presbyterian Church of Scotland has an 
 important mission on the Calabar River; below that comes the German 
 Basel Mission of the Cameroons, then the Presbyterian mission at Gabun. 
 The Congo River opens up the region of the Congo, which is occupied by 
 the Baptist Societies of America and England. The Congo-Balolo 
 mission, the Paris Evangelical Society, the American Missionary Alliance, 
 and the Southern Presbyterians of America. The Portuguese colony of 
 Angola has no missionary work. Then comes the West-Central Africa 
 mission of the American Board and Bishop Taylor’s Methodist Episcopal 
 mission. Passing to the eastern part of the central section there is in 
 Uganda the mission of the Church Missionary Society. Along the coast 
 comes the work of the Universities mission at Zanzibar and Mombasa. 
 Further south are the missions of the Free and Established Churches of 
 
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 Scotland, along the borders of Lake Tanganyika and at Blantyre. 1 here 
 is also a mission of the English Primitive Methodists and the French 
 Evangelical Society. German societies are occupying the section east ol 
 Victoria Nyanza in what is understood to be tbe German Sphere ol In u- 
 ence, especially the Moravians and the Berlin Missionary Society. On the 
 borders of Lake Tanganyika is the well-known London Missionary 
 Society Mission; on the great table lands of the interior is the Arnot 
 Garenganze mission. 
 
 South Africa. Here we find a very large number of societies. 
 The American Board of Foreign Missions occupies Natal and Zulu Land, 
 and has recently extended its work to Gaza Land. There are also the 
 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (English High Church Episco¬ 
 pal), the Wesleyan, Free Church of Scotland, Norwegian, Berlin, Iler- 
 mannsburg Societies, the London Missionary Society, the Moravians, 
 the Missionary Society of the Canton de Vaud, the Dutch Reformed, the 
 Finnish, Primitive Methodist, Paris Evangelical, Rhenish, and some othei 
 
 minor organizations. . 
 
 Eastern Africa. In Abyssinia at present the only missionary work 
 is carried on by a Swedish society, though the United Methodist Free 
 Church of England has a mission in Galla Land. In Darfur and Eastern 
 Soudan there is at present no work being done. 
 
 Literature. 
 
 The literature of Africa grows so rapidly that any list made out one 
 year needs supplementing the next. The ordinary divisions of travel 
 history, biography, description, political, missionary, etc., hardly avail 
 classing the books. Almost all deal more or less with each one of these 
 departments. We shall therefore give below those books which are not 
 directly related to some particular section or topic, and then following the 
 geographical divisions given above, mention those that belong to eac 
 
 section. 
 
 Africa. Translated from the French of Elisee Reclus. 4 vols., per yol., $ 6 .c 
 This is the most complete general statement of the continent, its 
 geography, ethnology, languages, etc. It is a part of the author s 
 series The Earth and its Inhabitants. Its general information is full 
 up to about 1888, and is very accurate, but the same cannot be said of 
 its statements as to missionary work. This is natural as the author is 
 a Frenchman. It is well gotten up, with illustrations, tables of 
 statistics, wherever such are available, and is in general invaluable 
 to the student. The general reader will not find it so valuable. 
 
 Africa. Keith Johnston. London. 1878. , vol , izmo, 600 pp. . . . - 8. 
 
 This is probably the most available general volume on Africa, 
 forms a part of Stanford’s Compendium of Geography and Trave , • 
 and is reliable so far as it goes. It should be remembered, howevei, 
 that very much has been learned since it was published. 
 
 Missionary Landscapes in the Dark Continent. Rev. James Johnson, ^ 
 
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 Here are given excellent descriptions of the people and the mis¬ 
 sions of Morocco, Egypt, North Africa, Uganda, Kaffraria Soudan, 
 and on the shores of Lake Nyassa, Upper Zambezi, Lake Tanganyika, 
 and the Congo and Niger Rivers. The author is an English writer, 
 who has for many years made a specialty of missionary literature, 
 especially those departments about which there is comparatively little 
 known. 
 
 Africa Rediviva; or. The Occupation of Africa by Christian Mis= 
 sionaries of Europe and North America. Robert Needham Cust, 
 LL. D., author of Modern Languages of Africa, Bible Translation, 
 and Notes on Missionary Subjects. London. 1891. 
 
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 Sketch of the Modern Languages of Africa, with Language Map. 
 
 R. N. Cust. London. 1884. 2 vols.,. 2 5 shillings 
 
 Dr. Cust is one of the most trenchant writers on mission topics of 
 the day. His wide experience in the civil service of India for many 
 years, and later as a member of the Committees of the Church Mis¬ 
 sionary Society and the British and Foreign Bible Society, have 
 been supplemented by a habit of careful observation and pro¬ 
 found scholarly investigation. He has made Africa a specialty, and 
 these two books stand at the head of all books dealing with mission¬ 
 ary problems in that continent. Both are primarily descriptive and so 
 arranged that the reader can easily find any item that he wishes to. 
 
 The Partition of Africa. J. Scott Keltie. London. 1893.$ 6 - 4 ° 
 
 Mission work is so intimately connected with and dependent upon 
 the political changes that have been taking place for the past few 
 years that such a book as this is invaluable. Its author is thoroughly 
 competent to his work. A member of the Royal Geographical 
 Society and editor of The Stateman's Year Book, he not only has 
 had access to the best sources of information, but the habit of exact 
 writing. 
 
 The Rise of Our East African Empire. Capt. F. D. Lugard. Edin¬ 
 burgh. 2 vols.,...16.80 
 
 Captain Lugard was the officer in charge of the British troops 
 during the troubles in Uganda. 
 
 Africa. Geographical Exploration and Christian Enterprise. A. G. 
 
 Forbes. London. 1874,. . 6 d. 
 
 Trophies from African Heathenism. Robert Young, F. R. G. S., author 
 
 of Modern Missions, etc. London. 1893,.. • $140 
 
 A collection of brief narratives of African converts. The history 
 of all missions furnishes like instances-the miracles of modern times. 
 
 The most noticeable chapters are those relating to the Boer Mission 
 in Natal and to the liquor traffic in South Africa. Drink is shown to 
 be “the supreme .urse” of that land. 
 
 Pictorial Africa: Its Heroes, Missionaries, and nartyrs. New York, 2.50 
 A good deal of valuable information loosely compiled. 
 
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 North Africa. 
 
 PRICE 
 
 EsrvDt’s Princes. A narrative of missionary labor. Julian Lansing. 
 
 .. $I -°° 
 
 Life and Work of Miss Mary Louisa Whately. By her sister, E. J. 
 
 Whately,.. ' 
 
 Miss Whately was for many years engaged in the conduct of mis¬ 
 sion schools in Cairo, especially for Moslem girls. 
 
 Child Life in Egypt,. 110 
 
 Scenes from Life in Cairo. Miss Mary L. Whately. 
 
 Daybreak in North Africa. Mrs. F. S. Haig, wife of Gen. F. S. Haig, 
 founder of the North African Mission. London. 
 
 A sketch of missions among the Kabyles or Berbers. 
 
 Pioneering in Morocco. Dr. Robert Kerr. England. 
 
 This book tells of medical mission work in the district of Rabat, 
 
 Fez, Tangier, etc., by one who for seven years represented the Presby¬ 
 terian Church of England. 
 
 Morocco as It Is. With an account of Sir Charles Euan Smith’s Recent 
 
 Mission to Fez. By Stephen Bonsai, Jr. I - 5 ° 
 
 The story by a clear, intelligent observer of much that is generally 
 misunderstood in regard to the character of the races of North Africa. 
 
 i -75 
 
 •25 
 
 •75 
 
 West Africa. 
 
 African Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United 
 States. Historical Sketch. 
 
 Crowned in Palm Land. Story of African mission life. R. H. Nassau, 
 
 Among the Palms ; or, stories about Sierra Leone. R. Brewin. London, 
 
 Mawedo: The Palm=Land Maiden. R. H. Nassau, M. D. i6mo, 
 
 4 cuts.* * * * ’ * 
 
 Mawedo, born in slavery in Africa, grows up a heathen, ine 
 customs of the people with whom she lived are described as the stoiy 
 goes on. When about thirteen years old she is rescued from death, 
 to which she had been condemned as a witch. She is converted, lives 
 a brief, but useful and happy life. 
 
 The Gospel on the Banks of the Niger. Samuel Crowther. London, 1.75 
 
 Mungo Park and the Niger. Joseph Thomson. 1891. T ' 25 
 
 One of the series of “ The World’s Great Explorers,” an old story 
 retold in the light of modern knowledge and later exploration. 
 
 Life of George Pauli of Benita i6mo,.- 100 
 
 The memoir of one greatly honored bv God and earl v called to bis 
 reward. It will interest those who wish to know something of Africa 
 and mission work in that benighted land. 
 
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 Gabun and Corisca Mission. R. H. Nassau. 
 
 Abbeokuta. Origin and Progress of the Yoruba Mission, 
 Tucker. (A. L. O. E.) London,. 
 
 Miss C. 
 . $ 1.00 
 
 The Yoruba Country ; its people, customs, and missions. Lem. G. 
 
 Primock, Baptist missionary. London,. 
 
 Expedition up the Niger and Tshadda Rivers. Samuel Crowther. ^ 
 London,. 
 
 The Siave Boy who Became Bishop of the Niger. A Biography of 
 
 Samuel Crowther,. 
 
 Glimpses of West Africa. With sketches of missionary labor. S. J. 
 Whiton,. 
 
 Central Africa. 
 
 The New World of Central Africa, with a history of the first Christian 
 
 Mission on the Congo. Mrs. H. Grattan Guinness,. . 
 
 The most comprehensive and the best book on Central Africa, 
 from the missionary standpoint, with good maps and illustrations. 
 Although primarily English it describes much American work. 
 
 The Bishop of Africa. William Taylor, with an account of the 
 
 Congo country and mission. E. Davies. 1885,. 
 
 Life on the Congo. W. Holman Bentley, of the Baptist Mission. New 
 edition, revised. With illustrations,. 
 
 Health Hints for Central Africa. Horace Waller, M. A., ..... • 
 
 This is the fifth edition of a book prepared by one who was for¬ 
 merly Lay Superintendent of the Universities Mission in East Africa 
 and associated with Dr. Livingstone and other missionaries. It in¬ 
 cludes in addition to Mr. Waller’s experience, the observations of 
 many others, and is invaluable for those who propose to visit Central 
 
 Africa. 
 
 Missionary Labors in the Interior of Africa. T. J. Bowen. 
 
 Bihe and Garenganze ; or, Four Years’ Work and Travel in Central 
 
 Africa. With maps and illustrations. F. S. Arnot. 
 
 A sequel to “ Garenganze ” by the same author. 
 
 Garenganze ; or, Seven Years’ Pioneer Mission Work in Central Africa. 
 
 1889. F. S. Arnot. 
 
 One of the most interesting and valuable books on African 
 
 Missions. 
 
 From Natal to the Upper Zambezi. F. S. Arnot. 
 
 The Story of Uganda and the Victoria Nyanza Mission. Sarah 
 
 Geraldina Stock. With a map and illustrations. New York . . 
 
 A full sketch of the whole wonderful story of the Uganda Mission. 
 Miss Stock’s knowledge of missionary facts, and skill in arranging 
 them, are well displayed in this volume. 
 
 1.25 
 
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 PRICE 
 
 James Hannington, First Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa. E. C. 
 
 Dawson. New York,. $2.00 
 
 One of tne most fascinating of missionary biographies, and es¬ 
 pecially valuable for the insight it gives into the peculiar perplexities 
 connected with the commencement and early history of such mission¬ 
 ary enterprises. 
 
 Bishop hannington. Peril and Adventure in Central Africa. Being 
 
 illustrated letiers to the youngsters at home. Illustrated. i2mo, cloth, .50 
 
 Eastern Africa as a Field for Missionary Labor. Bartle Frere. Lon¬ 
 don, ... I - 2 5 
 
 Valuable to those who are studying the possibilities of missions in 
 new and untried fields Sir Bartle Frere looks at the matter from the 
 standpoint of a Christian statesman. 
 
 Alexander M. Mackay, Pioneer Missionary of the Church Missionary 
 
 Society to Uganda. By his sister. 1890,. . Ip 5 ° 
 
 A most interesting and valuable book, dealing especially with the 
 development of industrial work. 
 
 - -Cardinal Lavigerie and the African Slave Trade. Richard F. Clarke. 
 
 (Society of Jesus), . . 4 - 5 ° 
 
 This is very valuable as a biographical sketch of the famous Ro¬ 
 man Catholic prelate, and as a setting forth of the problem of African 
 slavery, especially in its relation to Islam and Christian Missions. It 
 is distinctively from the Roman Catholic and Jesuit standpoint, and 
 valuable to all who seek to become thoroughly posted as to the deeper 
 problems of African Missions. It is interesting also in connection with 
 the Uganda Mission, as the “White Fathers” were sent there 
 especially by the Cardinal. 
 
 The Personal Life of David Livingstone. Wm. G. Blaikie,. 3 - 5 ® 
 
 David Livingstone. . 1-25 
 
 A delightful story of the life, adventures, and devotion of the great 
 missionary-explorer of Africa, so told as to attract young readers. 
 Illustrated by pictures and map. 
 
 There is a smaller book by Arthur Montefiore, and there are 
 sketches in most of the books of general biography. There are also a 
 
 large number of biographies. 
 
 Livingstone’s life and work lay at the foundation of all mission 
 work in Central Africa, and it should be read and studied carefully. 
 
 In the same connection attention should be given to Henry M. 
 Stanley’s books : “ How I found Livingstone.” $ 3 - 5 ° 1 and “ Through 
 the Dark Continent.” $10.00. 
 
 Tanganyika. Eleven Years in Central Africa. Captain E. C. Hare, of 
 
 the English Army. 1892. London._. 3-00 
 
 This is valuable for its independent observation of the country, 
 the character of the natives, and the ideas expressed as to the kind of 
 mission work that will prove most valuable. 
 
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 South Africa. 
 
 PRICE 
 
 Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. David Living¬ 
 stone, N. .. $ I -75 
 
 Reminiscences of Early Life and Mission Labors ; Fifty Years’ Mission 
 
 Work in South Africa. John Edwards, London, .i-°o 
 
 Forty Years Among the Zulus. By Rev. Josiah Tyler, missionary of 
 
 the A. B. C. F. M. Illustrated,. I - 2 5 
 
 A most thrilling story, told with simplicity and directness. It 
 gives a clear conception of the customs, religion, and character of the 
 Zulus. 
 
 Gospel Among the Caffres ; Story of Dr. Moffatt and his Missionary 
 
 Labors. 1-00 
 
 The Lives of Robert and Mary Moffat. By their son John S. Moffat, 2.50 
 As essential to South Africa as Livingstone to Central Africa. 
 
 Rivers of Water ; or, From Africaner’s Kraal to Khama’s City. The 
 
 story of Dr. Moffat. Illustrated. 1 -°° 
 
 Heroes of the Desert. The Story of the Lives of Moffat and Livingstone. 
 
 By the author of “ Mary Powell.” With numerous illustrations and 
 two portraits. New and enlarged edition. i2mo, cloth extra, . . . . 1.25 
 
 South African Missions. C. H. Malan. London. Nisbet, 187S, : . . 1.00 
 
 Zulu Land ; or, Life among the Zulu Kaffirs of Natal and Zulu Land, 
 
 South Africa. Combining valuable facts and pleasing incidents. i2tno, 1.50 
 
 1.15 
 
 Children of the Kalahari. i6mo. A. M. Barnes, . 
 
 Reality versus Romance in South-Central Africa. Being an account 
 of a journey across the Continent. By James Johnston, M. D. With 
 fifty-one full-page photogravure illustrations from photographs by the 
 author, and map indicating route traversed. New York and Chicago, 5.00 
 An interesting and valuable book which, however, must not be 
 taken too implicitly. It is easy for the most conscientious travelers to 
 form misconceptions. 
 
 Tiyo Soga, a Page of South African Mission Work. J. A. Chalmers. 
 
 London. 1878. I- 5 ° 
 
 Mashonaland. A journal of the Mission of the Society for the Propaga¬ 
 tion of the Gospel (High Church, England), 1888-1892. London, . . .75 
 
 My Life in Basuto Land. A story of Missionary Enterprise in South 
 Africa. Eugene Casalis. Translated from the French by J. Brierly. 
 
 A picture of missionary life before the times of Moffat and Livingstone, 1.75 
 
 Among the Matabele. The Rev. D. Carnegie. London. 
 
 An interesting book by a neighbor of Lobengula. 
 
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 East Africa and Madagascar. 
 
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 Story of Madagascar. ..f 1 -^ 
 
 Told in a lively and graphic manner, with eleven illustrations. 
 
 Madagascar, Its Missionaries and Martyrs. Illustrated. W.J. Town¬ 
 send. i2mo, cloth.. 
 
 This manual, by a missionary of the London Missionary Society, 
 tells in brief the marvelous story of Christian work in Madagascar. 
 
 Madagascar and France. George A. Shaw. i2mo. 20 cuts,.1.00 
 
 A full account of the great island of Madagascar, its inhabitants, 
 history, productions, missions, etc., together with a full history of the 
 recent attempts of the French to seize the island, written by Mr. Shaw, 
 who was a missionary from England. Fully illustrated and map. 
 
 The Martyr Church of Madagascar. W. Ellis. London.1.00 
 
 Mr. Ellis was for many years a missionary in Madagascar of the 
 London Missionary Society, and no one writes more accurately of the 
 great work than he. 
 
 Through Abyssinia. An Envoy’s Ride to the King of Zion. F. Harri¬ 
 son Smith. .. 2,00 
 
 The story of a journey by the author as the special envoy of the 
 Queen of England to the King of Abyssinia, well told and with very 
 much of valuable information. 
 
 Abyssinia. A Narative of Captivity in 1868. Henry Blanc. London, . 5.00 
 
 Three Years’ Residence in Abyssinia. Bishop Gobat. London. 1850, . 2.00 
 
 British Mission in Abyssinia. Hormuzd Rassam. 2 vols. London, 11.20 
 The best book on Abyssinia published. 
 
 American Indians and Alaska. 
 
 It is unfortunately the case that many Americans are better acquainted 
 with mission work in China and India than with that among the Aborig¬ 
 ines in their own country. While this is not surprising, every effort 
 should be made to overcome the difficulty. The annals of missionary 
 enterprise show no more interesting records than those of Eliot, Biainerd, 
 Sheldon Jackson, Riggs, and many others. It is an interesting fact that 
 the oldest missionary society in existence, the New England Company, 
 was created by charter in England in 1649, for work among the Indians 
 of this continent, and is still at work in Canada. 
 
 Life of John Eliot. J. B. Cajverly. 1881. 
 
 The history of early New England life is so fully told in geneial 
 histories that there has been comparatively little attention paid to the 
 special biography of this leader of American missions. This book 
 published in London is perhaps the best. 
 
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 PRICE 
 
 Oavid Brainerd, the Apostle to the North American Indians. Jesse Page. 
 
 75 cents. David Brainerd. J. M. Sherwood. ..$i- 5 ° 
 
 The former of these books belongs to the series of missionary 
 biographies and is rather brief, but intensely interesting. The latter 
 is a'fuller, more complete account of the life 01 one whom all Ameri- 
 cans ought to know about. 
 
 Mary and I; or, Forty Years among the Sioux. Stephen R. Riggs, . . . 1.50 
 
 This is an old book but one of those that never becomes out of 
 date, and it is intensely interesting from beginning to end as setting 
 forth the story of pioneer missionary ehorts among the Indians of the 
 Northwest. 
 
 Skokomish : Ten Years of Missionary Work among the Indians. M. 
 
 Eells,.. 1,25 
 
 This is valuable not only for its missionary work but for its 
 
 general ethnological information. 
 
 Our Life Among the Iroquois Indians. Mrs. Harriet S. Caswell, . . 1.50 
 Those who suppose that the interest in mission work is confined 
 to Africa, Asia, and the Pacific will learn from this book that theie 
 are just as touching stories of devotion and gratitude as in any other 
 place. There is also much of general information such as every 
 American should have. 
 
 A Century of Dishonor. Helen Hunt Jackson,. 
 
 While Mrs. Jackson was in no sense a missionary her intense 
 sympathy for the Indians enabled her to understand very clearly their 
 life and the conditions under which work was being done for them; 
 also the cruelty of the treatment of them by the United States govern¬ 
 ment. Every one should read this book. 
 
 History of Indian Missions on the Pacific Coast. Myron Eells, . . . 1.25 
 
 The Gospel Among the Dakotas. Stephen R. Riggs,.i- 5 ° 
 
 Anything by Dr. Riggs needs no special introduction. He was 
 the veteran missionary of the American Board among the Indians and 
 understands their condition and needs. 
 
 The Story of Metlakahtla. H. S. Wellcome. i- 5 ° 
 
 The story of this Indian tribe on the Pacific coast and the work 
 among them is. in truth, one of the most interesting stories of work 
 among the Indians. The story itself is like a romance. 
 
 Two Volunteer Missionaries Among the Dakotas. S. W. Pond, Jr. 
 
 1890,. I-2 5 
 
 This is the life of two missionaries, Samuel H. and Gideon H. 
 Pond, who at first went out at their own expense from Connecticut to 
 labor among the Indians of Minnesota, but were afterward taken into 
 the service of the American Board. They endured privation in every 
 form, but had a great reward in the success of their work. 
 
 Biography of the Rev. G. H. Atkinson, D. D. With illustrations, 
 journal of sea voyage to Oregon, in 1848, and selected addresses and 
 
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 printed articles, and a particular account of his church work in the^ 1 ^ 
 Pacific Northwest. Myron Eells. Compiled by Nancy Bates Atkin- 
 
 Dr. Atkinson was one to whom the Northwest owes almost as 
 much as to Dr. Whitman, and this book gives the story of his life in 
 
 opening up a new Christian civilization in the great Western wilder- 
 ness. 
 
 Amanda Smith’s Own Story, with an introduction by Bishop Thoburn 
 Chicago,. 
 
 1 he autobiography of a colored evangelist born in Maryland in 
 1837, and who worked very successfully in England, Scotland, India, 
 Africa, Canada, and the United States. 
 
 Fifty Years on the Skirmish Line. Elisha B. Sherwood, D. D. New 
 York,. 
 
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 A story of pioneer home missionary work by a Presbyterian min¬ 
 ister. 
 
 Stories from Indian Wigwams and Northern Camp Fires. Edgerton 
 Ryerson Young, . . 
 
 .I 25 
 
 Mr. Young was well known as a missionary among the Indians of 
 Canada, and gives in this book many interesting incidents from his 
 missionary life among them. 
 
 Forty=two Years Among the Indians and Esquimos. Beatrice Batty 
 1893, . .. 
 
 Pictures from the life of Bishop Horden, a missionary bishop of 
 the Church of England. 
 
 Alaska and Missions on the North Pacific Coast. Sheldon Jack- 
 son,. 
 
 Dt. Jackson is almost the father of Alaskan missions, and there 
 was none better qualified to speak of them than he. 
 
 Life in Alaska. Mrs. E. S. Willard. 1883. 
 
 A series of lectures from the wife of a Presbyterian missionary in 
 that country, giving a journal of the daily life with its sacrifices, hard¬ 
 ships, and difficulties. 
 
 Among the Alaskans. Mrs. J. M. Wright. 1883. x 25 
 
 Another book of missionary work by a missionary lady. Well 
 illustrated. 
 
 Ruhamah, Alaska; its Southern Coast and the Sitkan Archipelago. 
 
 Miss E. Scidmore. i88q. . 
 
 * .. 
 
 Kin=da-shon’s Wife. An Alaskan story. Mrs. Eugene S. Willard 
 1892. 
 
 • • • .1.50 
 
 A story true in every particular in its representation of the life 
 and the customs of the Kling-gets and their country. An excellent 
 book. 
 
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 Burma. 
 
 PRICE 
 
 This is the most eastern of the provinces of British India, and was 
 only acquired in full in 1890. The early kings of Burma were bitterly 
 cruel, and it was this same cruelty in their descendants that compelled the 
 British Government to annex the whole of their territory. The population 
 is divided into four distinct peoples, although there are said to be over 
 forty races. These are the Burmans, the ruling race; the Talaings, 
 formerly the ruling race; the Shans, generally Nomads and of different 
 affinities, as Chinese, Siamese, and Burmans; and the Karens. There 
 are also a number of hill or mountain tribes of very many different races 
 and languages. The religion of the whole country is Buddhism, although 
 the Karens are many of them spirit worshipers, practically Fetichists. 
 
 Almost the entire mission work is in charge of the American Baptist 
 Missionary Union, and the outcome of the labors of the veteran Adoniram 
 Judson, D. D., although the first entrance of the country was by the 
 English Baptists in 1807. While there has been some success among the 
 Burmans, the chief results of mission work are found among the Karens, 
 and their progress has been one of the wonders of American missions. 
 Burma is in many cases included in India, always in the statistics and 
 often in references to mission work. 
 
 The Life of Adoniram Judson. By his son, Edward Judson,.$2.00 
 
 No one can understand the early history of missions in the East, 
 and especially in Burma, without a pretty clear comprehension of the 
 life and experiences of this pioneer in the work. Dr. Judson, as is 
 well known, sailed from Boston as one of the first missionaries of the 
 American Board for India, but on the voyage changed his views with 
 regard to baptism, and finding himself no longer in sympathy with the 
 Congregational churches, took up the work in Burma for the Baptist 
 churches. His whole life was one of wonderful sacrifices, devotion, 
 and success. As told by his son, the well-known Baptist minister in 
 New York, it is not merely valuable; it is intensely fascinating, and 
 should be in the hands of every one who desires to know the origin 
 and difficulties of mission work in that land and in those early years. 
 
 A Sketch of the Life and Missionary Work of the Rev. Cephas 
 Bennett and his Wife, Stella Kneeland Bennett. 1829 to 1891. 
 
 Ruth Whitaker Ranney. 1892,.. . 1.00 
 
 The life of two earnest and successful missionaries of the American 
 Baptist Board in Burma. 
 
 Rivers in the Desert; or, The Great Awakening in Burma. John 
 
 Baillie, .2.00 
 
 Burma: Its People and Productions; or, Notes on the Fauna, Flora, 
 and Minerals of Tenasserim, Pegu, and Burma. F. Mason. 1883, . . £3 
 
 Four Years in Upper Burma. W. R. Winston. 1893.$1.40 
 
 A general book of information with regard to Upper Burma and 
 telling also the author’s experience in commencing a mission in con¬ 
 nection with the Wesleyan Missionary Society. 
 
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 PRICE 
 • $2.50 
 
 The Burman : His Life and Notions. Shway Yeo. 1882, 
 
 My Child-Life in Burma. Recollections and incidents. Olive J. Bixby. 
 
 1880. 75 
 
 Self-support. Illustrated in the history of the Bassein Karen Mission. 
 
 1884,. I - 5 ° 
 
 Civilizing Mountain Men ; or, Sketches of Mission Work Among the 
 
 Karens. Mrs. Mason. 1862. I - 5 ° 
 
 One of the most interesting of mission books. Unfortunately it is 
 out of print and only occasional copies can be secured. 
 
 China. 
 
 In order to understand missionary work in China, or to read intelli¬ 
 gently books on missions there, there should be a pretty clear comprehen¬ 
 sion of the geography and government of the Empire, also of the history 
 of the relations between it and the European governments. A complete 
 understanding would require also some knowledge of the history of the 
 Roman Catholic missions three and four centuries ago Hence, an essential 
 prerequisite for all libraries is some authoritative book on the Empire at 
 large. The races of China and the language, or languages, for the differ¬ 
 ent dialects almost amount to different languages, do not require so much 
 of study as do the customs of the people and their forms of religion, the 
 latter not so much from a theological or philosophical standpoint as from 
 the standpoint of daily life. There are few countries where religion 
 is so intimately connected with ordinary family intercourse as in China, 
 and it is almost impossible for a foreigner to understand the difficulties 
 or appreciate the successes of missions, except as the characteristics of 
 the faith and ordinary life of the people are clearly understood. Especially 
 is this true in estimating the relation to mission work of great political 
 movements, such as the war between China and Japan. 
 
 The Empire of China, as ordinarily spoken of, includes only China 
 proper, but Mongolia and Tibet really belong to the Empire, and books 
 upon them are included in the books upon China. Manchuria is a prov¬ 
 ince of Northern China, not distinct from China proper, as are Mongolia 
 and Tibet. Cochin-China is properly no part of China at all, but is in¬ 
 cluded in what is sometimes termed Farther India, the section of Anam, 
 Tonquin, etc. 
 
 The literature of China is very large, and there are many books of 
 great value not included in the list given below. They are mostly, how¬ 
 ever, published in England or on the continent of Europe, and valuable 
 rather for special investigation than for general use. From the very 
 beginning of modern missions China has held a foremost place in the 
 thoughts of the different missionary societies. Long before entrance into 
 the Empire itself was possible, efforts were made in the border lands to 
 reach the Chinese, just as now Tibet is besieged by bands of missionaries 
 to whom entrance into the country itself is denied, but who work among 
 Tibetans who find their way across the border. Thus Mrcao, Borneo, 
 Bangkok, Batavia, and Malacca were occupied. As treaties opened the 
 seaports one after another the different societies entered until America, 
 
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 England, and Germany were all well represented. Territorial division 
 was not attempted, indeed was scarcely thought of, the immense popu¬ 
 lation furnishing field enough for all. As was natural, the southern border 
 cities were first occupied-Canton, Shanghai, Fuh Chau ; later came 
 Tientsin and Chefu, and gradually the forces spread into the interior, 
 until now there is scarcely a province, up to the very border of Eastern 
 Turkestan, Tibet, or Mongolia, where there is not a hand of missionaries. 
 
 The Middle Kingdom. S. Wells Williams, LL. D. 1883. 2 vols.$ 9 - 00 
 
 The only standard book on this great Empire. Dr. Williams went 
 to China in 1833 to take charge of a printing office established in 
 Canton by the American Board. In 1835 he removed his office to 
 Macao. He was associated with Dr. Bridgman in the editing and 
 publishing of the Chinese Repository , in the preparation of a Chinese 
 Chrestomathy , and in the printing of Dr. Medhurst’s Hokkeen Dic¬ 
 tionary. On a trip to America, in 1844, an effort to raise funds for 
 securing a new font of Chinese type was the occasion of a series ot 
 lectures which formed the basis of this book. In 1853-4 Mr. Williams 
 accompanied Commodore Perry on his two trips to Japan, as Japanese 
 interpreter. From 1855 to 1875 he was Secretary of the American 
 Legation in China, and was instrumental in introducing into the 
 Treaty with China the clause tolerating Christianity in that Empire. 
 
 This book was revised after his return to America in 1883. It is in¬ 
 valuable as a book of reference, and as an authority on Chinese His¬ 
 tory, Languages, Customs, etc., is unquestioned. 
 
 The Life and Letters of S. Wells Williams. By his son, Frederick 
 
 Wells Williams,. 3-00 
 
 An excellent addition to the preceding volume. 
 
 Travels in Tartary, Tibet, and China. Abb6 E. R. Hue. 2 vols, . . . 2.00 
 One of the most graphic and valuable books of travels on China. 
 
 AbbS Hue was a French Lazarist priest, who, immediately after his 
 ordination, in 1839, went to Macao, studied Chinese carefully, and then 
 having dyed his skin, shaved his head, adopted the Chinese costume, 
 and spent several years in various parts of China, Mongolia, and 
 Tibet. He and his associate traveler Gabet were the only foreigners, 
 during the present century, to enter the sacred city L’hassa, except 
 an Englishman named Manning, in 1811. Since then every effort to 
 gain access to it has failed. Abbe Hue’s book has been very sharply 
 criticised, but one of the most enterprising explorers of that region, 
 
 Mr. W. W. Rockhill, speaks in the highest terms of its substantial 
 accuracy. It was prepared some years later from notes, and hence is 
 not alwavs reliable in minute details. In general, however, it is said 
 to be one of the most faithful descriptions of the country and people. 
 
 The Land of the Lamas. Notes of a journey through China, Mongolia, 
 
 and Tibet, with maps and illustrations. William Woodville Rockhill, 3.50 
 Mr. Rockhill was for some years connected with the American 
 Legation at Peking, and has given a book full of exceedingly valuable 
 information. His conception of mission work is very inadequate, but 
 
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 PRICE 
 
 his general knowledge of the country, its manners and customs is 
 excellent. 
 
 Chinese Central Asia. Dr. Lansdell, author of Through Siberia, Rus¬ 
 sian Central Asia, and Through Central Asia. 2 vols.$14.40 
 
 Dr. Lansdell is an earnest believer in missions, and pleads very 
 earnestly for mission work in this neglected section, which, however, 
 he says is open to work. 
 
 Among the Tibetans. Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop,.1.00 
 
 This is the account by Mrs. Bishop, well known as a trained ob¬ 
 server, of some experiences on the border lands of Tibet. 
 
 Bokhara: Researches and Missionary Labors. Joseph Wolff. Lon¬ 
 don, . 4 .8 o 
 
 Mr. Wolff was the pioneer missionary of Central Asia, and his 
 writings are as fascinating in their way as those of Livingstone in 
 Africa. 
 
 The Religions of China. James Legge.1.50 
 
 This is a description, especially of Confucianism and Taoism, and 
 a comparison of them with Christianity. 
 
 Christian Progress in China, with map. Arnold Foster.1.00 
 
 A book showing the growth and development of missions of vari¬ 
 ous societies in that Empire. 
 
 A Short History of China. D. C. Boulger. 1893,.5.00 
 
 This is a good-sized volume, in rather fine type, published in Lon¬ 
 don, and written by one who has made the history of China a specialty. 
 
 It is valuable as a book of reference. 
 
 The Chinese; their Education, Philosophy, and Letters. W. A. P. 
 
 Martin, LL. D. 1881,.. . 
 
 This book, by the veteran missionary and president of the Uni¬ 
 versity of Peking, is invaluable in the departments which it covers. 
 
 There is no one who can speak with more authority than Dr. 
 Martin. 
 
 Chinese Immigration in its Social and Economical Aspects. George 
 
 F. Seward, 1881,.. ... 2.50 
 
 This book, by one who was for many years United States Consul 
 at Shanghai and Minister at Peking, is the only book on this topic. It 
 is to be regretted that it is out of print and only occasional copies can 
 be secured. 
 
 China and its People. W. H. Withrow, D. D. 1893. 
 
 This is a new book by the editor of the Methodist Magazine, in 
 Toronto, Canada, and is a careful compilation of facts respecting the 
 country and people, with a brief history of Protestant missions, their 
 present condition, statistics, etc. 
 
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 E„»ri in Cht„r.»i -hi. hook i, a «*.«- «- » «■» 
 
 an elaborate account of the country. 
 
 The Chinese; their Present and Future; 
 
 Social. Robert Coltman, Jr., M. D. 1893 
 
 PRICE 
 . $ .80 
 
 Medical, Political, and 
 
 1-75 
 
 ial Robert Coltman, jr., m. j--. >"wi ■ ... 
 
 Dr Coltman was a surgeon in charge of a Presbyterian hospit 
 and dispensary at Tungchow, in North China. With much that is 
 valuable, there are certain chapters on medical subjects that make the 
 book fit for students rather than general reading. 
 
 nected with China. 
 
 Things Chinese. Being notes on various subjects con 
 
 J ' D Thewriter was connected with the British Civil Service at Hong- 
 kong for Tome time, and has prepared this, a series of topical notes 
 rather than a consecutive book. 
 
 3.00 
 
 S. A. 
 
 Mutchmore, 
 .... Net 
 
 1.50 
 
 The Moghul, Mongol, Mikado, and Missionary 
 
 U ' A popular and'attractive book, entertaining in its general style 
 and suggestive of much of interest in connection with mission woik 
 in those lands. It is the result of Dr. Mutchmore’s travels around 
 
 the world. 
 
 * Winter in China. The Rev. T. M. Morris. 1891, . . . • • • • ' ’ ’ 150 
 
 This is the account of a visit by a deputation from the English 
 Baptist Missionary Society to its own stations in the provinces of 
 Shantung and Shensi, but it includes many comments upon other 
 fields and is thus very valuable. 
 
 1889, 
 
 1.50 
 
 In the Far East. Miss Geraldine Guinness. 
 
 These are a series of letters from China, by one who has been com 
 nected with the China Inland Mission. It is fully illustrated an 
 written in a chatty, pleasant style, with many sketches of h e. 
 
 The Story of the China Inland Mission. Miss Geraldine Guinness . 1.25 
 The China Inland Mission is unique in its inception, taking the 
 position held by some that definite stated support for "rtss.onanes is 
 not in accordance with the true spirit of missionary work, but that 
 those who undertake it should do so content to receive whatever 
 comes to them. They have also taken the position that they should m 
 a special degree live as the people, adopting their manner of life and 
 dress and in every way seek to lessen the difference between them¬ 
 selves and the people. A large number, especially of young people, 
 have joined the mission, and it has accomplished some work of very 
 great value. The story of the mission, as told by Miss Guinness in 
 fhis book, should be read by all who are interested to know not 
 merely the incident but the genuine character of foreign mission 
 
 work. 
 
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 Chinese Stories for Boys and Girls, and Chinese Wisdom. A. E. 
 
 Moule. London,.,.$ .50 
 
 Old Wang, the First Chinese Evangelist in Manchuria. Rev. John Ross. 
 
 1889.60 
 
 Mr. Ross is a missionary of the United Presbyterian Church of 
 Scotland, and is thoroughly acquainted with the northern se.tion of 
 China, and was one of the first ones to interest himself in Korea. He 
 writes in a racy style, and this little book is a valuable contribution to 
 Sunday-school literature. 
 
 Ling Nam ; or, Interior Views of China, including Explorations in the* 
 
 hitherto untraversed Island of Hainan. B. C. Henry, D. D 1886,. . 1.50 
 This well-known missionary of the Presbyterian Board has given, 
 in this volume, information such as can hardly be secured anywhere 
 else. The style is interesting and the book a standard one. 
 
 The Cross and the Dragon; or, Light on the Broad East. B. C. 
 
 Henry D. D. 1885.2.00 
 
 Dr. Henry gives in this book excellent sketches of mission life 
 from that section of the Empire; its history, organization, and 
 agencies. 
 
 The Evangelization of the World (China). B. Broomhall. 1888, . . . 1.00 
 Mr. Broomhall is Secretary of the China Inland Mission, and in 
 this book sets forth more distinctly the principles that control its 
 action. 
 
 China and the Chinese. A general description of the country, its in¬ 
 habitants, civilization, forms of government, etc., with particular 
 reference to missions and methods. John L. Nevius, D. D. 1882, . . 1.50 
 Dr. Nevius, of the Presbyterian mission, was a most careful ob¬ 
 server of customs and most fertile in plans for the development of 
 mission work. 
 
 When I Was a Boy in China. Van Phou Lee,.60 
 
 A narrative of a Chinese young man, with a glimpse of life in the 
 Empire from the inside, written in a quaint and naive style. 
 
 James Gilmour, of Mongolia. Richard Lovett,.1.75 
 
 Among the Mongols. By the late Rev. James Gilmour,.1.4a 
 
 More About the Mongols. James Gilmour, M. A., .... .2.00 
 
 James Gilmour and His Boys, .... .1.00 
 
 These books, all of them, set forth the life of one of the most 
 unique and successful missionaries in Northern China, and give not 
 only an account of his work but of the tribes who inhabit the great 
 Mongolian table-land. His life stands on a par with that of Paton, 
 Mackay, and others. 
 
 Demon Possession To-day and Kindre'd Phenomena. J. L. Nevius, 
 
 D. D. 1893,. 
 
 This little book portrays and discusses some of the strange 
 phenomena of China, and is of great interest, entirely aside from the 
 
 1.50 
 
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 PRICE 
 
 question involved in the title, as it sets fortli very sharply some of the 
 conditions of life among the people. 
 
 Characteristics of the Chinese. Rev. Arthur H. Smith. Revell, . . . $2.00 
 Mr. Smith is a missionary of the American Board in North China, 
 a shrewd observer, and a good writer. 
 
 Robert Morrison, the Pioneer of Chinese Missions. Wm. J. Town¬ 
 send. Revell,.. 
 
 Bright Celestials. John Corning, Chinaman (Rev. Archibald La- 
 
 mont). 2 - 4 ° 
 
 A story of Chinese life by an Englishman who has apparently 
 succeeded, in a great degree, in looking at the problems of Chinese 
 life from, the Chinese point of view. 
 
 The Life of John Kenneth McKenzie, Medical Missionary to China, 
 with the Story of the first China Hospital. Mrs. Mary I. Bryson. 
 
 Revell,. x - 5 0 
 
 Dr. McKenzie was a missionary of the London Missionary So¬ 
 ciety, and did a great deal toward establishing medical work in the 
 Empire. 
 
 The Chinese Slave Girl.. 
 
 Leng Tso, .. . . 
 
 Choh Lin. Rev. J. A. Davis,. ... 1.15 
 
 These books, by a missionary of the Reformed Church, are of 
 great interest, giving vivid pictures of Chinese life, all taken from 
 personal experience and observation. 
 
 Child Life in Chinese Homes. Mrs. M. J. Bryson. 1885,.1.25 
 
 A good descriptive book of child-life as it grows to womanhood, 
 by a missionary of the London Missionary Society. 
 
 Missionary Success in Formosa. Rev. Wm. Campbell. 2 vols. 
 
 An account of mission work in that island from the earliest times, 
 including the first efforts of the Dutch. 
 
 General Gordon. Archibald Forbes,. 4 ° 
 
 Chinese Gordon, as he was called, while a soldier was also a mis¬ 
 sionary in many respects, and his life should be familiar to every boy. 
 
 India. 
 
 To properly understand mission work in India, and the position of the 
 different societies engaged, correctly, the results accomplished, as well as 
 to judge rightly of the character of the different books printed, it is essen¬ 
 tial to have some clear conception of the condition of the country, both as 
 to its races, its languages, and its political divisions. The races of India 
 are almost legion. For centuries it was the camping and fighting ground 
 of different tribes which have mingled until in some places different com¬ 
 posites have been formed. Religion also has come in to affect these dif¬ 
 ferent races. Brabminism, Hinduism, Mohammedanism, Parseeism, and 
 Buddhism have caused amalgamation of races, and the resultant has been 
 
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 in many cases a something entirely distinct from what is found anywhere 
 else in the world. 
 
 The religions are dominant in different degrees in different sections of 
 the country; thus Mohammedanism is dominant in the north, especially 
 in the Punjab; Buddhism in Ceylon; Brahminism in the central north, 
 called the Northwest Provinces. Then there are the simpler forms of Na¬ 
 ture worship and fetishism of one sort and another among the aboriginal 
 tribes. Mission work has found its most successful field among these. 
 The contest with the older and stronger faiths has been bitter and 
 the conquest slow; hence, a book telling of experiences in the Punjab 
 will be radically different from one describing southern sections of the 
 Madras Presidency, as Madura, and both alike very different from one 
 telling of work among the Telugus of the eastern coast, or the Sweepers 
 of the Central and Northwest Provinces. Space here, and the object of 
 this catalogue, does not permit more than such hints, which, however, 
 must be kept in mind in judging of different works. 
 
 Another item to be noted is the political government in India. The 
 empire is divided into provinces. The Bombay Presidency is on the west 
 coast, and has Bombay for its capital; the Madras Presidency occupies 
 the remainder of the southern peninsula, with Madras as its centre on the 
 east. Bengal is the section, with Calcutta as its capital, still farther to the 
 east. Then there are the Northwest Provinces and Oudh, including the 
 cities of Lucknow, Delhi, etc. The Central Provinces lie between the 
 Bombay Presidency and the Northwest Provinces, and include the Gond 
 tribes, the cities of Jubbul-pur, etc. Then again to the northwest are 
 Rajputana, Sindhi, and to the north of Bengal and the Northwest Prov¬ 
 inces are the foot-hills of the Himalayas, from Cashmere to Nepaul; then 
 to the east come Assam and Burma, included in what is known as Far¬ 
 ther India. 
 
 The geography should be carefully studied by any one who seeks to 
 understand its missionary life. 
 
 Mission work in India includes so many societies that it is almost im¬ 
 possible to give the list here. They represent all the different churches of 
 Amei ica, Great Britain, and continental Kurope, many of them having 
 more than one field. The missions of the Presbyterian Boards are en¬ 
 tirely in the Northwest Provinces; the American Board is in Bombay 
 Ptesidency, Madura, and Ceylon ; the Methodist Board is chiefly in the 
 Northwest and Central Provinces; the Baptists occupy the Telugu district, 
 Burma, and Assam ; and the English societies are represented in different 
 sections, as are most if not all of the German societies. 
 
 The general literature of India is so great that it is extremely difficult 
 to select the best. Not only English but American authors have written 
 upon almost eveiv phase of life—native, foreign, civil, religious—and its 
 general history has been made clear in a multitude of books. The most 
 that can be done is to give a few of the most important. 
 
 Imperial Gazetteer of India. The Indian Empire. A Brief History 
 of the Indian People. 
 
 These three books, by Sir William Hunter, confessedly the stand¬ 
 ard authority in all matters pertaining to the general history of that 
 great empire, are all valuable. The Gazetteer , in fifteen volumes, 
 
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 including the index, is probably scarcely available for most church or 
 Sunday-school libraries. It is extremely valuable, however, in larger 
 libraries, containing as it does an immense mass of information of 
 every kind—geographic and descriptive—of every department of life. 
 The Indian Empire is a more compact work, generally describing the 
 people, history, and the products. A new edition has been recently 
 prepared, costing $11.00. The third, or Brief History of the Indian 
 People gives a bird’s-eye view of the development of the empire. 
 Any one of these is valuable. Perhaps the precedence should be given 
 to the second as on the whole the most useful. 
 
 J.25 
 
 1.60 
 
 Brahminism and Hinduism. Sir Monier Williams. 1889,.. ... • • $ 4 -°° 
 Sir Monier Williams is in Indian religions what Sir Wm. Hunter 
 is in the general history and description of the empire, and this book 
 is probably the most complete and valuable on that general subject. 
 
 Buddhism: The Life and Teachings of Gautama. Prof. T. W. Rhys 
 
 Davids. 1877,.. 
 
 Professor Davids is one of the best writers upon the Indian relig¬ 
 ions, and has furnished a number of articles or shorter sketches. 
 
 Hinduism : Past and Present, with an account of recent Hindu reform¬ 
 ers and a brief comparison between Hinduism and Christianity. The 
 
 Rev. J. Murray Mitchell, LL. D., . . .. ' • i 
 
 Dr. Mitchell was a missionary in India, and has made special 
 study of the religions. This book is valuable, especially as setting 
 forth the relation between Hinduism and the later developments, seek¬ 
 ing to purify it of its evils. It thus dwells upon the Brahmo-Somaj 
 and similar societies. It is short and yet thoroughly scientific. 
 
 The Light of Asia and the Light of the World ; a comparison of the 
 Legends, Doctrine, and Ethics of the Buddha, with the Story, Doc¬ 
 trine and Ethics of Christ. S. H. Kellogg, D. D. 1885.. 
 
 Dr Kellogg a professor in the Western Theological Seminary, 
 at Allegheny, was for a number of years a missionary in India. He 
 paid special attention to these topics, and this book is the result of his 
 examinations and is extremely valuable. 
 
 India: What it Can Teach Us. F. Max Muller. 1892, •• • • • • • ' 
 
 A series of lectures by the well-known professor, delivered before 
 
 the University of Cambridge. 
 
 of Lord Lawrence, Viceroy of India. Bosworth Smith. 
 
 1.25 
 
 The Life 
 
 1885, 
 
 5.00 
 
 The'history and development of India are so thoroughly identified 
 with the English occupation, and that is so dependent upon the char¬ 
 acter of the rulers, that any effort to thoroughly understand eitheir the 
 country, its people, or the influences at work among them would be 
 unavailing, except as some such book as this is read and carefully 
 digested. Lord Lawrence, who really saved India at the time of 
 the great mutiny, was perhaps the finest English Governor that 
 ever lived in India, and this story of his life 
 
 any biography that ever was written. 
 
 is as fascinating as 
 It is to be regretted that the 
 
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 biographer, while appreciating to the full the grandeur of Sir John’s 
 character, did not enter into the deepest sympathy with his religious 
 feeling; hence his relation to the department of Christian work is not 
 as clear as could be wished. It is, however, there, and no one can 
 read this book without a deeper sympathy and a clearer comprehen¬ 
 sion of the difficulties and the opportunities of mission work than he 
 could secure in almost any other way. 
 
 Where Three Empires Meet. A narrative of recent travel in Kashmir, 
 Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the adjoining countries. Mr. E. F. Knight. 
 
 With a map and fifty-four illustrations. New York,.$5.00 
 
 Mr. Knight is an experienced hand in books of this character. 
 
 The country traversed by the author lies between the Punjab on the 
 north, Tibet on the east and north, Afghanistan or Kafiristan on the 
 west. It lies in the path of that possible Russian advance in India 
 which is the chronic dread of the British, and is still a land which 
 both man and nature make difficult of access. Mr. Knight’s narra¬ 
 tive is interesting in all these points of view. 
 
 India: Country, People, and Missions. J. T. Gracey, D. D. 1884, . . 1.00 
 Dr. Gracey, himself for many years a resident missionary of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church in North India, and during subsequent 
 years constantly in touch with the broadest elements of mission life, 
 gives here a brief but extremely valuable sketch of the empire and 
 the success of Christianity in it. 
 
 The Syrian Church in India. G. M. Rae.3.00 
 
 This Syrian Church is the remnant of the work accomplished by 
 the Nestorian missionaries in the early centuries, and the statement 
 of their present condition is of great value and interest. 
 
 India and Malaysia. J. M. Thoburn, D. D. 1892..2.00 
 
 Dr. Thoburn, well known as the missionary bishop of the Meth¬ 
 odist Episcopal Church in India, has in this book given the result of 
 his acquaintance during thirty-three years with the people, institu¬ 
 tions, and religious needs of those countries. It is by no means a 
 denominational book, but is essentially pandenominational in its sym¬ 
 pathies and general outlook over mission fields. 
 
 Indika. John F. Hurst, D. D. 1891,. 3.75 
 
 This is a book of travels by the well-known bishop of the Meth¬ 
 odist Episcopal Church. It is sketchy, entertaining from beginning 
 to end, and valuable as the comments of a shrewd observer and one 
 well posted in the general topics considered. It is well illustrated and 
 a valuable book. 
 
 The Land of the Vedas. William Butler, D. D. 1871.4.00 
 
 An illustrated book of travel by a missionary of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. 
 
 Hong Kong to the Himalayas. E. W. Clark, 1880.1.50 
 
 A breezy book of travels of three thousand miles through India. 
 Illustrated largely from photographs. 
 
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 Seven Years in Ceylon. Mary and Margaret Leitch. 1890, ..$1.25 
 
 A sketch of life by these two well-known missionary ladies. 
 
 Two Happy Years in Ceylon. Miss C. F. Gordon Cuming. 2 vols., . . 8.00 
 A book of travels, or of residence, rather, by one who understands 
 thoroughly the art of writing, and while not distinctively missionary, 
 is in hearty sympathy with all good work. 
 
 Every-day Life in India. The Rev. A. D. Rowe,. I - 5 ° 
 
 A book of every-day life, in which the author, a missionary, tells 
 of the people, their manners, customs, dress, amusements, methods of 
 education, etc. 
 
 Every-day Life in South India ; or. The Story of Coopooswamey. 
 
 ....; * J - 00 
 
 A picture of real life, such as is led by millions in South India. 
 
 The illustrations are very good. 
 
 Native Life in South India. The Rev. Henry Rice. 1891,.60 
 
 The author was an English missionary for eighteen years, and 
 prepared this book with special reference to a young people s library. 
 Illustrations in it are from native sketches. 
 
 Scenes in Southern India. Mrs. Murray Mitchell, • • .. I '°° 
 
 Notes of a tour by this missionary lady through a region compara¬ 
 tively little known in America, with special reference to the changes 
 that missionary labors have brought about. 
 
 Bits About India. Mrs. James F. Holcomb,. J- 00 
 
 This book, by one who has long been a missionary of the Presby¬ 
 terian Board in that country, is especially notable because it contains 
 a great many of the minor facts, such as every one wishes to know, 
 but which most writers are apt to overlook. 
 
 The Child of the Ganges. A tale of the Judson mission. The Rev. 
 
 Robert N. Barrett. 1892.. ■ • • ■ i - 2 5 
 
 An attractive and indeed exciting story, whose incidents aie 
 drawn from scenery of India, and relates especially to the stiuggle 
 between Christianity and Hinduism in the native mind. The scene is 
 laid about thirty years before the siege of Lucknow. 
 
 A Girl’s Winter in India. Mary Thorne Carpenter. 1892.1.50 
 
 A journal kept on a visit to Ceylon, Bombay, Calcutta and the most 
 important cities of Northern India. The writer is a careful observer, 
 and her descriptions are excellent. There are some illustrations. 
 
 The Children of India. Written for children by one of their friends, . . 1.25 
 
 This nicely illustrated book is an exceptionally good missionary 
 book for children, well written and amusing. 
 
 Indian Gems for the Master’s Crown. Miss Droese. 1893. 
 
 Two stories from Indian life, illustrating the means used to win 
 the minds and hearts of Hindus, and the hindrances which must be 
 overcome by them. They are from real life, the first one being, The 
 
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 Indian Devotee and his Disciples,” and the second, “ From Bondage 
 to Freedom ; or, The Life of Tulsi Hall.” 
 
 Once Hindu now Christian. The early life of Baba Padmanji. 1891, .$ .75 
 An autobiography, edited by J. Murray Mitchell, LL. D. An au¬ 
 tobiographic account by a Hindu of the higher class of his early ex¬ 
 periences and progress out of Hinduism into Christianity. One chief 
 interest about it is the fact that it is not a Europeanized version of an 
 Oriental narrative, but contains very closely the exact form of tone 
 and sentiment of the author. It is also specially interesting as a reve¬ 
 lation of what Christians are in mission lands, and of the impression 
 already made on Indian society. 
 
 A Woman’s Talk About India. Miss Brittan.90 
 
 1.50 
 
 
 1.50 
 
 The Wellspring of Immortality. A tale of Indian life. S. S. Hewlett, 
 
 A vivid representation of the difficulties and trials of Indian con¬ 
 verts. Illustrated. Especially interesting for young people. 
 
 Lepers of our Indian Empire. Wellesley C. Bailey. 1893. 
 
 There is no country in the world where more has been done for 
 this class of unfortunates than India, and the pioneer of this work 
 has been Mr. Bailey, who is the secretary of a special society which 
 does some work by itself and also assists very largely other societies. 
 
 This book sets forth very clearly and in a most valuable manner the 
 peculiar needs of those people. 
 
 History of Protestant Missions in India. The Rev. M. A. Sherring. Re¬ 
 vised by the Rev. Edward Storrow. 1884. 
 
 A general survey of the work of missions, and valuable for refer¬ 
 ence. 
 
 The Conversion of India. George Smith, LL. D. 1893. 
 
 A series of lectures delivered by the well-known secretary of the 
 Free Church of Scotland before the theological seminary of the Re¬ 
 formed (Dutch) Church, of New Brunswick, N. J. Dr. Smith is a 
 thorough historian, very careful and judicious in his setting forth of 
 the facts, and this book is unquestionably a most important contribu¬ 
 tion to the history of missions in that empire. It is scholarly rather 
 than popular, and for reference rather than continuous reading by the 
 ordinary reader. Ministers, teachers, and students will find it ex¬ 
 tremely interesting and valuable from beginning to end. 
 
 The Life of William Carey, D. D.; Shoemaker and Missionary. 1885, 3.00 
 
 The Life of Alexander Duff, D. D. 1879.3.75 
 
 These two biographies by Dr. George Smith, of’the Free Church 
 of Scotland, are standard works, setting forth not only what these 
 noble men were but what they did. Carey is well known as the 
 originator of modern missions in India. Dr. Duff, less widely known, 
 was scarcely less influential in developing the educational system of 
 India. There is another biography of Carey in a more popular form, 
 by the Rev. John B. Myers,.75 
 
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 From Darkness to Light. The Story of a Telugu convert. J. E. Clough, 
 
 D. D. ... ' ' ’ * I-4 ° 
 
 A story of home life among the Telugus, by the veteran Baptist 
 
 missionary. 
 
 History of the Telugu Mission. David Downie, D. D. 
 
 This mission, known in missionary history as “ The Lone Star 
 Mission,” has a history not surpassed in interest by any in all the an¬ 
 nals of the work. For years there seemed to be absolutely no hope of 
 success The missionaries refused to return, notwithstanding that 
 they were repeatedly recalled, and at last their persistence was re¬ 
 warded by an advance, such as no one would imagine without reading 
 the history. Every one interested in missions should be posted upon 
 it. It is one of the miracles of missions. 
 
 The Bishop’s Conversion. Mrs. Ellen Blackmar Maxwell. 1892, ... 1.50 
 
 This book, by a missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 was called out bv the frequent charges as to the life and work of mis¬ 
 sionaries made by some English visitors. She represents the bishop 
 as a leader in the church and a thinking man, who goes to India, re¬ 
 mains there a year, lives like the missionaries, and then returns to de¬ 
 fend them, more impressed than ever with the value of their work. 
 
 It is in story form, but it is true and valuable for every library. 
 
 The Indian Mutiny. G. P. Malleson.. • • *-75 
 
 Some knowledge of the famous mutiny should be secured by all 
 who desire to understand life and work in India. The biography of 
 Lord Lawrence gives undoubtedly the best general history, but this is 
 valuable as having special reference to that period. It is a smaller 
 book, and written t entertaining style. 
 
 The Story of a Dedicated Life ; or, The Memoir of Dr. Joseph Owen, a 
 
 devoted missionary of the Presbyterian Board in North India.1.00 
 
 The Old Missionary. A narrative in four chapters. Sir Wm. Hunter, . 
 
 A description of an old Scotchman, at first connected with one of 
 the missionary societies, afterward independent, and his work among 
 the hill tribes of India, making a story as grand, pathetic, and mspn- 
 ing as any in the missionary annals. 
 
 The Land of Idols; or, Talks with Young People about India. 
 
 Rev John J. Pool (late of Calcutta). Illustrated. 
 
 This book describes the various conjuring tricks, sacred animals, 
 saints, prayer machines, etc., gives a sketch of the mutiny and de¬ 
 scribes much of the household life. It is not distinctively missionary 
 in its character, but is written from the missionary standpoint. 
 
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 1.25 
 
 Japan. 
 
 There is no mission field that has been more prominently before the 
 
 Christian world for the last few years than the Empire of Japan, and 
 this is increased by the war with China over Korea. The reasons 
 for this are many, chief among them the fact that the Japanese have 
 
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 themselves manifested so much of a desire to be fully acquainted with 
 Christianity and with everything else that has assisted to make Western 
 nations what they are to-day. As is natural, in consequence of this there 
 is a large amount of literature upon Japan. Many books have been pre¬ 
 pared by differing writers, giving many different sides of the work there. 
 Those given below are most reliable and the best from the missionary 
 standpoint. Any lengthy statement here as to the history itself is un¬ 
 necessary. There is practically but one race, one language, and one 
 general style of life, the only exception being the small number of aborig¬ 
 ines, or Ainu. Hence, the work carried on by any one of the different 
 societies is not dissimilar from that by any other, and the experiences of 
 one may be taken as descriptive of the experiences of any other. 
 
 The number of societies at work in Japan is very large, considering 
 the comparatively small territory. They are, however, almost confined 
 to America, the Church Missionary Society of Scotland, the United 
 Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and the Methodist Church of Canada 
 being the most important ones outside of this country. Japan, therefore, 
 appeals very closely to American interests. The native churches, under 
 the care ot the different Presbyterian Boards, are gathered in what is 
 called the United Church of Japan. The churches formed in connection 
 with the American Board (Congregational) are united under the term 
 Kunn-ai. These two organizations are about equal in numbers, and in¬ 
 clude the greater part of the Christian churches of the Empire. 
 
 r The Mikado's Empire. W. E. Griffis, D. D. 1876. 5 th ed., revised 
 1890. 
 
 ’ . . . 
 
 I his is a standard work on Japan, giving a survey of its history 
 
 as well as a general description of the country and the manners and 
 customs of the people. Dr. Griffis went to Japan, in 1870, to organize 
 schools on the American plan, was superintendent of education in 
 one of the provinces, and for three years held a position in the Impe¬ 
 rial University of Tokio. 
 
 Japan. David Murray, Ph. D. 1894. r 50 
 
 This is the latest book on Japan, and is furnished by one who was 
 for a long time adviser to the Japanese Minister of Education. As 
 one of the "Story of the Nation” series, it is a standard work. It 
 includes a physical and topographical description of the Japanese 
 Archipelago, a description of the original and present races, an ac¬ 
 count of the myths and legends of the early history, together with 
 vaiious appendices. It is illustrated and intensely interesting as well 
 as valuable. 
 
 Japan in History, Folk-lore, and Art. 1892,. . 
 
 Honda, the Samurai. 1892,. 
 
 These two books, by W. E. Griffis, D. D„ the author of The ' ^ 
 Mikado's Empire, are invaluable, the former for its brief but clear in¬ 
 formation, the latter for its vivid picturing of Japanese life. 
 
 A new book by Dr. Griffis, The Religion of Japan, is in press. 
 
 Life and Adventure in Japan. E. W. Clark. 1890,.. 
 
 Mr. Clark was for four years a teacher in the employ of the Japan- 
 ese Government. The book is illustrated from original photographs. 
 
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 The Real Japan. Studies of contemporary Japanese manners, morals, 
 
 administration, and politics. Henry Norman. 1890,.$1.50 
 
 A lively, vigorous sketch by one who knows Japan well. 
 
 Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. Isabella F. Bird.2.50 
 
 This is an intensely interesting book by a writer perhaps better 
 known as Mrs. Isabella Bird-Bishop. 
 
 The Sunrise Kingdom. 1879,.2.00 
 
 Kesa and Sajiro. 1888,. 100 
 
 Two books, by Mrs. J. D. Carrothers, a missionary of the Presby¬ 
 terian Board, written in a pleasant, entertaining style. 
 
 Life and Letters of Joseph Hardy Neesima. Arthur Sherburne Hardy, 2.00 
 The story of a life of wonderful simplicity and strength. Mr. 
 Neesima came to America in a ship belonging to the Hon. Alpheus 
 Hardy, of Boston. Mr. Hardy became deeply interested in him and 
 gave him an education. He studied at Amherst College and Andover 
 Theological Seminary, and then returned to Japan, where he took a 
 high position, not only among Christians, but in the nation at large. 
 
 He was the founder of the Doshisha University. 
 
 The Story of Neesima. Phebe Fuller McKeen,.60 
 
 A sketch of the early life of Joseph Hardy Neesima, as nearly as 
 possible in the quaint, fresh English in which he told it to the author 
 soon after his arrival in this country. 
 
 Japanese Girls and Women,.1.25 
 
 A Japanese Interior. Alice Mabel Bacon.. 
 
 These two books, by a daughter of Dr. Leonard Bacon, who went 
 to teach in a school for noble girls, under the management of the 
 Imperial household department, give a view of Japanese home life 
 entirely apart from missionary surroundings. 
 
 An American Missionary in Japan. M. L. Gordon, D.D. 1893, ... 1.25 
 Dr. Gordon has been a missionary of the American Board in Japan 
 for more than twenty years, and has had a wide experience both in 
 teaching in the Doshisha University and in evangelistic work. This 
 is considered by many the best book of its kind. 
 
 A Modern Paul in Japan. An Account of the Life and Work of the 
 Rev. Paul Sawayama. Jinzo Naruse. With an introduction by 
 
 Alexander McKenzie, D. D., ..1.00 
 
 Both the author and the subject of the story were born in Japan 
 and converted to Christianity. Mr. Sawayama was in early life a 
 soldier and was inclined to asceticism. After his conversion he came 
 to America for study in 1877, was ordained over a self-supporting 
 church, the first native pastor, it is'said, in the country. 
 
 Prince Siddartha, the Japanese Buddha. Rev. John L. Atkinson, . . 1.25 
 Mr. Atkinson is a missionary of the American Board and this book 
 contains the substance of a Japanese book published over two hun¬ 
 dred years ago, and is believed by many millions as giving the facts of 
 the sacred life which they very highly revere. It also contains com- 
 
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 merits on the life by the author and other information concerning 
 Japanese Buddhism, which increase its value to all who seek an ac¬ 
 quaintance with this form of religion. 
 
 The Ainu of Japan. Rev. John Batchelor,. 50 
 
 An account of the Religion, Superstitions, and General History of 
 the Aborigines, by a missionary of the Church Missionary Society of 
 England. 
 
 Japan ; Travels and Researches. J. J. Rein, Professor of Geography in 
 
 the University at Marburg. 1884. ' ? so 
 
 This book, undertaken at the request and cost of the German gov¬ 
 ernment, is probably the most comprehensive book on Japan that 
 there is. 
 
 A Budget of Letters from Japan. 1889. 200 
 
 Milo Yashiki. A tale of old Japan. 1889. ‘ ‘ ‘ / 
 
 These are two books by Arthur C. Maclay, for some time in¬ 
 structor of English in a university in Tokio. Both are interesting and 
 valuable. 
 
 The Wee Ones of Japan. Mae St. John Bramhall., 00 
 
 A little book descriptive of child life in Japan. 
 
 Paoli; The Last of the Missionaries. A picture of the overthrow of the 
 Christians in Japan in the seventeenth century. W. C. Kitchen. 1891, 1.00 
 A historical romance describing the war of extermination made 
 on the Jesuit Christians and their leaders. It is in general accord with 
 the well-known history of those times, and sets forth very vividly ex¬ 
 periences, the knowledge of which is essential to the understanding 
 of the present condition. 
 
 Jinrikisha Days in Japan. Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore. 1891,. 2 .oo 
 
 An illustrated book of Japanese life and scenery, the result of 
 nearly three years spent in the three larger divisions of the empire. 
 
 The Story of a Heathen. H. L. Reade. 6o 
 
 The account of the growth, conversion, and wide influence of a 
 Japanese man now holding a high position. An inspiration to every 
 reader. 
 
 Things Japanese. Basil Hall Chamberlain. 
 
 This book, by one who was for a long time Professor of Japanese 
 Language and Philology in the Imperial University of Japan, is a sort 
 of encyclopaedia containing notes on various subjects connected with 
 the country. There is no especial order to them, but they give a kind 
 of information such,as can be found in almost no other book. They 
 touch upon the festivals, describe the earthquakes, give notes of the 
 language, the manners and customs of the ordinary life of the people 
 trades, etc. ’ 
 
 Women of the Orient. An account of the religious, intellectual, and 
 social condition of women in Japan, China, India, Egypt, Syria 
 and Turkey. Ross C. Houghton,. ' i 20 
 
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 The Children’s Japan. Mrs. W. H. Smith,.$1.50 
 
 Printed in Tokio on untearable Japanese crepe paper and illus¬ 
 trated in color by Japanese artists. 
 
 From Egypt to Japan. Henry M. Field, D. D.2.00 
 
 Korea. 
 
 Korea has come to the notice of the Western World only within a 
 few years, but already it is attracting great attention, especially in view 
 of the war between China and Japan for the chief influence in its affairs. 
 Nominally under the suzerainty of China, the king has also felt the pres¬ 
 sure of the Japanese and Russian Governments, each of which claims a 
 right of special influence. He has in the main been friendly to foreigners, 
 following thus somewhat the example of the Japanese. Mission work is 
 carried on in Seoul, the capital, and in a few other cities to the south and 
 north by the Presbyterian and Methodist Boards, all working together 
 
 most harmoniously. The literature in regard to the country is still some¬ 
 what meagre. 
 
 Korea, the Hermit Nation. W. E. Griffis, D. D. 1888,.2.50 
 
 This is the standard work on Korea, giving its ancient and 
 modern history, as well as accounts of its manners and religion, by the 
 author of The Mikado's Empire. 
 
 Korea: Without and Within. W. E. Griffis, D. D. 1885,.1.15 
 
 Dealing more in general description than Dr. Griffis’ other book. 
 
 Korea : From its Capital, with a Chapter on Missions. Rev. Geo. W. 
 
 Gilmore. 1892,.1.25 
 
 A general description by one who had been for eight years a mis¬ 
 sionary there, and who claims that the Koreans have proved more re¬ 
 ceptive of Christian truth than the Chinese or even the Japanese. 
 
 Choson, the Land of the Morning Calm. Percival Lowell. 1887, . . 3.00 
 Finely illustrated. 
 
 Korean Tales. H. M. Allen, M. D. 1889.1.25 
 
 A collection of stories from Korean folk-lore, with an introductory 
 description of the country. 
 
 A Forbidden Land. Voyages to the Korea. E. Oppert. 1880,.5.00 
 
 Mexico, Central and South America. 
 
 Missionary interest in these countries is of comparatively recent 
 growth, and, indeed, there has not been until within a few years any 
 general information about them. Travelers have sought other fields, and 
 there has been comparatively little to engage the attention of the historian 
 since the standard works of Prescott. As a result the literature is very 
 meagre, and what there is is mostly general in its character, and with com¬ 
 paratively little reference to mission work. That work is chiefly among 
 the Roman Catholics. Allen Gardiner turned his attention to the pagan 
 Indians, but his successors found little to encourage them, and the chief 
 
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 efforts of the South American Missionary Society are to-day directed to 
 the British colonies in the seaports. 
 
 The Presbyterian Church has missions in Mexico, Guatemala, the 
 United States of Colombia, Chile, and Brazil; the American Board 
 in Mexico; the Methodist Episcopal Churches (North and South) in 
 Mexico, Argentina, and Peru; the Southern Presbyterian Church in 
 Mexico and Brazil; the Southern Baptist Convention in Mexico and 
 Brazil; the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Mexico; the Associate 
 Reformed Synod in Mexico, and the Moravians in Central America (Mos¬ 
 quito Coast) and Guiana. For accounts of this work see the Encyclopedia 
 of Missions , as also for work in the West Indies. There is ready no special 
 literature on that field that can be recorded or is available. 
 
 Mexico. 
 
 Mexico in Transition from the Power of Political Romanism to Civil 
 
 and Religious Liberty. William Butler, D.D. 1893,. $ 2.00 
 
 The best recent book on the general history of Mexico that there 
 is. It also gives a record of the advance of Protestant missions, and 
 is extremely valuable for Sunday-school reference. 
 
 About Mexico, Past and Present. Hannah More Johnson. 1887, . . . 1.50 
 A general sketch of the history of Mexico, especially with refer¬ 
 ence to the development of mission work. 
 
 Mexico. H. H. Bandelier. 1885,. 5 00 
 
 A standard general book on Mexico, on the country and its 
 people. 
 
 Popular History of Mexican People. H. H. Bancroft. 1888,.4.50 
 
 Twenty Years Among the Mexicans; a Narrative of Missionary Labor. 
 
 Miss Melinda Rankin. 1881. 1.25 
 
 Miss Rankin has been identified with mission work from its very 
 earliest period in Mexico, and no one is better qualified to write in 
 regard to it. 
 
 A Mexican Ranche. Mrs. Janie P. Duggan,.1.25 
 
 A fascinating book by a missionary of the Southern Baptist Con¬ 
 vention. 
 
 The Native Religions of Mexico and Peru. Albert Reville, Professor of' 
 
 the Science of'Religions at the College of France.1.50 
 
 Sketches of Mexico, in Prehistoric, Primitive, Colonial, and Modern 
 
 Times. John W. Butler, D. D.,.1.00 
 
 Dr. Butler was a missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 Central and South America. 
 
 The Gospel in Central America; the History of the Baptist Mission in 
 
 British Honduras. F. Crowe. 1850,.2.00 
 
 This is a book that will not so easily be found, but is the only 
 thing on the early history of missions in that section. 
 
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 Of general books there are three volumes by H. H. Bancroft on 
 
 Central America,. 
 
 Central America, The West Indies, and South America. H. W. 
 
 . 0.00 
 
 The volume of Stanford’s Compendium on this section of the 
 world. 
 
 Here and There in Yucatan. Alice Le Plongeon,. 5 
 
 . s.oo 
 
 Guatemala. W. T. Brigham,. 
 
 Incidents of Travel in Central America. J. L. Stevens. Two volumes, 6.00 
 
 States of Central America. E. G. Squier.. 4 00 
 
 In and Out of Central America. Frank Vincent,.. 2 00 
 
 The Spanish-American Republics. Theodore Child. 
 
 This is a large, fully illustrated and very valuable book on the 
 general condition of South America, especially of what are known as 
 the Spanish-American Republics in distinction from the Portuguese. 
 
 It is in no respect religious in its character, though Mr. Child is not 
 out of sympathy with missions. 
 
 The Capitals of Spanish=America. William Eleroy Curtis late Com¬ 
 missioner from the United States to the governments of Cential and 
 
 South America. 1888... 3 
 
 A book of very much the same general type as the preceding. 
 
 The Story of Diaz, the Apostle of Cuba. George W. Lasher, D. D., . . .25 
 
 Brazil and the Brazilians. Portrayed in historical and personal 
 
 sketches. The Rev. James C. Fletcher and D. P. Kidder, D.D., • • • 4 00 
 
 Sketch of Brazil Missions. A. L. Blackford. 1879. 
 
 Mr. Blackford was for several years agent of the American Bible 
 
 Society in Brazil. 
 
 Mission Work Among the Indian Tribes in the Forest of Guiana. 
 
 A book prepared under the auspices of the English Society for the 
 Propagation of Christian Knowledge. Not easily attainable. 
 
 Adventures in Patagonia. Titus Coan, .1 ", ' ' 3 
 
 With the exception of the Life of Captain Gardner this is about 
 the only book we have that treats of that section of South America. 
 
 Allen Francis Gardiner. J. W. Marsh. 1887. 1-5 
 
 Captain Gardiner was the pioneer of missions in South America 
 His work was a most noble one. and it was under his influence that 
 the South American Missionary Society of England was formed. The 
 story of his life ranks with the story of Judson, Caiey, Hannmgto 
 and others. While a layman his interest in missions was very great. 
 
 Pioneers of Fuegia. Sarah A. Myers. 1861,." ' “ ' ‘ 100 
 
 An account of missionary work with Captain Gardiner and his 
 
 associates. 
 
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 Life and Labors of John Wray. Pioneer missionary in British Guiana, 
 
 South America. From his own MSS.,.$ I-25 
 
 The Apostle of the Indians of Quiana. Rev. F. P. L. Josa. 1888, . . . 1.50 
 This memoir of the life and labors of the Rev. W. H. Brett, for 
 forty years a missionary in British Guiana, gives a sketch of work in 
 that section. 
 
 The Pacific. 
 
 The mission fields of the Pacific maybe divided into six sections: 
 Hawaiian Islands, Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Australia, and New 
 Zealand. This division is occasioned both by geographical location and 
 by the societies at work in them. Taking them up in order, we notice 
 first the Hawaiian Islands, the most northern section. 
 
 Interest in these islands is especially fresh at the present time, in view 
 of the political changes that have taken place. The work was originally 
 started by missionaries of the American Board, in 1819, as the result of a 
 visit of a Hawaiian boy to America. It grew so rapidly that it was not 
 many years before the islands were called and known distinctively as 
 Christian. Heathen influences, however, were largely reinforced by the 
 worst class of Western travelers and seamen, producing a state of things 
 very different from what had been hoped for, and which has resulted in 
 the resumption of missionary work in some degree. No one can under¬ 
 stand the real import of the recent revolution without a thorough study 
 of the history of mission work in those islands. 
 
 Polynesia includes the section of the Pacific between the 10th parallel 
 North Latitude and the 30th South Latitude, and 180 0 and 130 0 Longitude 
 east from Greenwich, and embraces the Samoan, Society, Austral, Tonga or 
 Friendly, Hervey or Cook, Marquesas, and other groups. Among the 
 special islands that are familiar to the readers of mission history are 
 Tahiti, Huahine, Rarotonga, Niue or Savage, and Pitcairn. These 
 islands weie the first to attract the interest of two of the missionary soci¬ 
 eties of Great Britain—the London Missionary Society and that of the 
 Wesleyan Methodists. They are the scene of many of the most thrilling 
 incidents of early missionary life, especially in connection with Tahiti, 
 where the London Missionary Society worked, and Samoa, where the 
 Wesleyans worked. It was in the Society Islands that so many of the 
 early missionaries lost their lives. Since many of these islands, especially 
 Tahiti, have come under French control a great deal of Protestant mis¬ 
 sionary work has been transferred to the Paris Evangelical Society. 
 
 Melanesia includes the corresponding section west of Polynesia, be¬ 
 tween the degiees of Longitude 130 and 180. The principal groups are 
 the New Hebrides, the Fiji, Salomon, Loyalty, and the island of New 
 Guinea. Here the work is shared by the Presbyterian churches of Scot¬ 
 land and Canada, the Wesleyan Methodists and the Melanesian Mission 
 of the Church of England. The Presbyterian missions occupy the New 
 Hebrides, especially among the islands of Eromanga, Tanna, Aneityum, 
 and others. The Weslevan Methodists started the work in the Fiji 
 Islands. The Melanesian Mission does work in the New Hebrides group, 
 the Santa Cruz, and Salomon Islands, while the London Missionary Soci- 
 
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 ety occupies the Loyalty Islands. New Guinea is occupied by the London 
 Missionary Society, and the Dutch section of it by the Rhenish and 
 Utrecht societies of Holland. Of all these, the best known in missionary 
 history are the Fiji Islands and the New Hebrides, the latter especially 
 through the life of Dr. J. G. Paton and his associates, Messrs. Inglis and 
 Steele. The story of the work in those islands is thrilling in many o its 
 incidents and intensely interesting as a setting forth of the power of the 
 
 Gospel over savages. . , . , 
 
 Micronesia lies to the north of Melanesia. It includes the Gilbert, 
 Caroline, Marshal, and Ladrone Islands. The individual islands that are 
 best known are Apaiang, Ponape, Kusaie. The work in them was com¬ 
 menced from the Hawaiian Islands by missionaries of the American 
 Board and has been very largely developed by the Hawaiian Evangelical 
 Society, supported in the Hawaiian Islands. It is in this section, about 
 the Island of Ponape, that the United States Government has had so much 
 difficulty with the Spanish Government, Spain claiming the Caroline Is- 
 
 lands as her own territory. 
 
 In a certain sense Australia is home mission field rather than foreign 
 mission field. Most of the societies are English, and combine work among 
 the English colonists with work for the aboriginal tribes very much as the 
 denominations in the United States carry on work among the negroes and 
 Indians. The same is in a degree true at present of New Zealand. The 
 pioneer work there, however, was accompanied with some of the most 
 thriliing scenes of missionary sacrifice and courage known in connection 
 with any field in the world. The chief work has been done by the Church 
 Missionary Society and the Wesleyans, and it is still being carried on 
 most successfully. The other denominations of England and Scotland 
 co-operate, so that at present it is hardly mission ground. 
 
 Malaysia, or the Dutch East Indies, as it is called sometimes, includes 
 the islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, and the Philippines, lying 
 just to the northwest of Melanesia. With regard to these islands there is 
 comparatively little literature. The mission work in them has been car¬ 
 ried on almost entirely by the Dutch societies, though the English Society 
 for the Propagation of the Gospel has for a long time had a fairly success- 
 ful work in Borneo among the Dayaks, and the London Missionary 
 Society has work in New Guinea. Within the past few years the 
 missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States, 
 located at Singapore, on the Malay peninsula, have extended theii work 
 among the people, thus bringing these sections more closely in relation 
 with the American churches. 
 
 Hawaiian Islands and Micronesia. 
 
 Although geographically distinct, missions in the history of these two 
 sections are inseparably connected, and most of the books on missions in 
 the Hawaiian Islands have more or less reference to or description oi 
 Micronesia. 
 
 The Hawaiian Islands. .. 
 
 Sandwich Islands Mission of the American Board. 1870,. 
 
 These two books, by the venerable Rufus Anderson, D. D., so long 
 
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 the Secretary of the American Board, are authority on the history of 
 those islands and the mission work in them up to 1870. Since that 
 time there has been no special attention drawn to that section until 
 within the last year, and as yet there is no general book setting forth 
 the history of the later movements. These books are invaluable for 
 reference and general description. 
 
 Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California. Mary E. Anderson. 
 
 1865 .$1.15 
 
 Honolulu : Sketches of Life, Social, Political, and Religious, in the 
 Hawaiian Islands from 1828 to t86i ; with a supplementary sketch 
 
 of events. Laura Fish Judd, . ..1.00 
 
 Mrs. Judd,, with her husband, the Rev. G. P. Judd, was a mission¬ 
 ary during that period, and her sketches are from personal observation. 
 
 A Brief History of the Hawaiian People. W. D. Alexander. 1892, . . 1.50 
 This is a book prepared and published by order of the Hawaiian 
 Board of Education, for school and home use, as a brief, trustworthy 
 history of the islands. It goes back to the legendary period and de¬ 
 scribes the barbarous customs preceding the coming of the mission¬ 
 aries, in 1820. It then describes the change that took place, and sets 
 forth the difficulties resulting from the weakness of the people and 
 their relations to European governments. It also describes the condi¬ 
 tions out of which have come the recent changes which cannot be 
 understood without some knowledge of those conditions. 
 
 One Summer in Hawaii. Helen Mather. 1891.2.00 
 
 This is the record of a traveler in the islands, and is written with 
 ease and vivid description. It is copiously illustrated, and generally 
 a pleasant and valuable book to read. 
 
 Life in Hawaii : An Autobiographic Sketch of Mission Life and Labors. 
 
 1835 to 1881. The Rev. Titus Coan,.1.75 
 
 Mr. Coan, one of the most successful and well-known missionaries 
 in the Hawaiian Islands, writes with a graphic style that gives a pic¬ 
 ture of life and work there such as is found scarcely anywhere else. 
 
 The Hawaiian Archipelago: Six Months among the Sandwich Islands. 
 
 Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop. 1881,.2.50 
 
 This book is by the veteran traveler, who has told us so much of 
 Japan, Persia, Thibet, and other countries. Anything that she writes 
 is well worth reading. 
 
 Morning Star : History of the Children’s Missionary Vessel. Mrs. J. S. 
 Warren. 
 
 This little book is one of the most interesting of books, especially 
 for children, telling as it does of the trips through the Micronesia 
 Islands and sketches of work there. 
 
 Ponape. Mrs. H. S. Thompson. 1874,. . 
 
 This island has come into special interest because of the relations 
 with the Spanish government. 
 
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 Polynesia and Melanesia. 
 
 Here again the two sections are so closely connected that missionary 
 
 accounts of one almost always carry with them references to the other. 
 
 John G. Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides. An autobiography 
 
 edited by his brother. 1889. 2 vols. Illustrated,.$2.00 
 
 These two volumes make, probably without question, the most 
 fascinating book on missions that is before the public. Full of inci¬ 
 dent, told in the simple and yet thrilling style of the veteran mission¬ 
 ary, it gives a view of missionary experience in the South Seas such 
 as has not been surpassed anywhere. It should be read by all who 
 desire acquaintance with those fields and the work. 
 
 The Story of John G. Paton. Told for Young Folks. By the Rev. James 
 
 Paton,. 1.50 
 
 This is the gathering up of some of the most interesting incidents 
 of the larger autobiography, and is fascinating from beginning to end. 
 
 New Hebrides and Christian Missions. The Rev. R. Steele. 1880. 
 
 Dr. Steele was a missionary of the Scotch Church there, and this 
 gives the story of his own experience. 
 
 In the New Hebrides. 1886,. I 2 5 
 
 Bible Illustrations from the New Hebrides. 1890.•• 125 
 
 These are two books by John Inglis, D. D., one of the Presbyterian 
 missionaries in that field, and both are invaluable as setting forth, in 
 connected form and somewhat more fully than Dr. Paton’s books do, 
 the life and history of the work there. 
 
 Cannibals Won for Christ. The Rev. Oscar Michelsen. 1890, ...... 1.00 
 
 The writer was a Norwegian by birth, and was sent as a mission¬ 
 ary of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand to the island of 
 Tonga. 
 
 Missionary Enterprises,.. 1 
 
 The story of the labors of John Williams in the South Seas, mis¬ 
 sionary of the London Missionary Society, who was killed at Ero- 
 manga, in 1839. 
 
 Cannibal Islands ; or, Fiji and Its People,. 
 
 Jottings from the Pacific: Fiji and Samoa,. 5 ° 
 
 Tonga Islands and Other Groups,. .5° 
 
 Sketches of travel, with some historical notes, especially from the 
 missionary point of view, by Emma H. Adams. 
 
 At Home in Fiji. C. F. Gordon Cuming. 1881,.. t -75 
 
 A general description of life there by one who has traveled in 
 many sections of the world and understands the art of description. 
 
 From Island to Island in the South Seas. George Cousins, D. D., 
 
 Secretary of the London Missionary Society. 1893.. .23 
 
 This book gives the account of a trip by Dr. Cousins through the 
 fields occupied by the London Missionary Society in the South Pacific, 
 
 25 
 
 .80 
 
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 and gives not merely some account of the people, but of the present 
 condition of the missionary work. 
 
 Life in the Southern Isles ; or, Scenes and Incidents in the South Pacific 
 
 and New Guinea. Rev. W. W. Gill,.$1.25 
 
 Fiji and the Fijians: the Islands and their Inhabitants and the Mission¬ 
 ary History. Thomas Williams and J. Calvert. 2 vols.,.1.50 
 
 Missions in Tonga and Fiji. Friendly and Fiji Islands. Two visits. 
 
 The Rev. W. Lawry,.1.25 
 
 East Indies. 
 
 Among the Cannibals of New Guinea. Rev. S. MacFarlane. 1892, . . 1.25 
 This is the story of the New Guinea mission of the London Mis¬ 
 sionary Society. 
 
 Work and Adventure in New Guinea. 1877 to 1885,.1.50 
 
 Pioneering in New Guinea .4,00 
 
 Two books by the Rev. James Chalmers, missionary at Port 
 Moresby, with maps and illustrations of' the London Missionary 
 Society. 
 
 Winter in India and Malaysia. M. V. B. Knox, D. D. 
 
 With an introduction by Bishop J. F. Hurst, D. D. 
 
 The Golden Chersonese. (Malay Peninsula.) Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop. 
 
 1883. 
 
 Another book by this well-known traveler and writer, describing 
 also somewhat Siam and Burma. 
 
 Java : The Pearl of the East. S. J. Higginson. 1892. 
 
 This is a volume of the Riverside Library for young people, and 
 gives a concise sketch of the history and resources of Java. 
 
 The Southern Cross and the Southern Crown ; or, The Gospel in 
 
 New Zealand. A. L. O. E. (Miss Charlotte Tucker). 1858,. 
 
 Anything that Miss Tucker writes is sure to be good, and no one 
 can read this without realizing somewhat the work that has been 
 done among those people. 
 
 Persia. 
 
 Missionary interest in Persia has centered chiefly about the Nestorians, 
 a Christian nation occupyingthe northwestern section and spreading over 
 somewhat into Eastern Turkey. Attention was called to them by mission¬ 
 aries of the American Board early in the present century, and a mission 
 established at Oroomiah, which afterward passed under the care of the 
 Presbyterian Board. The work has been enlarged of late years to include 
 that among the Armenians, many of whom are found in Northern Persia 
 and some among the Moslems. The Nestorian church is not unlike the 
 other Oriental churches—Armenian, Jacobite, and others—though in its 
 form of doctrine it is perhaps simpler and more scriptural than they. 
 
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 There is. however, about the same amount of priestly ignorance and 
 superstition. The work in Northern Persia has extended south to include 
 the cities of Teheran, Hamadan, and farther south still the Church Mis¬ 
 sionary Society of England has a station in the suburbs of Ispahan, with 
 special work among an Armenian colony brought there during the past 
 century. The Western Persia mission, with Oroomiah for its centre, has 
 general charge of work among the Nestorians and Chaldeans of Eastern 
 Turkey and Mesopotamia. Books of general reference are extremely 
 valuable; the most important are noted below. 
 
 Persia and the Persians. S. G. W. Benjamin. 1886.$4 00 
 
 This is the most complete book on Persia within the reach of most 
 readers. Mr. Benjamin, the son of a missionary of the American 
 Board, was the first United States Minister to Persia. His knowledge 
 of Oriental affairs helped him very much to form just opinions on 
 
 what he saw. The book is fully illustrated. 
 
 The Story of Persia. S. G. W. Benjamin. 1887.i- 5 ° 
 
 This is in the “Story of the Nations’’ series, and has the same 
 general characteristics as the larger volume by the same author. 
 
 Persia and the Persian Question. George N. Curzon. 1893.12.00 
 
 No one can properly understand the position of Persia without 
 some knowledge of the relations subsisting between the Shah and the 
 various European governments, especially Great Biitain and Russia. 
 
 Its situation on the borders of the Asiatic provinces of Russia and 
 Afghanistan give it a certain power, and there has for many years 
 been considerable strife between England and Russia as to which 
 shall have the predominating influence. The chief interest for Ameri¬ 
 cans in the matter lies in the fact that mission work depends very 
 largely for the freedom with which it is conducted on whether the in¬ 
 fluence of England or Russia is most strongly felt at Teheran. This 
 book is by far the best in that line, and should be consulted by any 
 who may wish to post themselves thoroughly on that land. 
 
 A Year Amongst the Persians. Impressions as to the life, character, and 
 thought of the people of Persia, received during twelve months’ resi¬ 
 dence in that country in the years 1887-8. Edward G. Browne, M. A., 
 
 M. B., Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and lecturer in Per¬ 
 sian to the University of Cambridge. Translator of A Traveler's 
 Narrative to Illustrate the Episode of the Bab, and of the New His¬ 
 tory of Mirza Ali Muhammad the Bab, .6.00 
 
 This is not merely a book of travels of an extremely valuable type, 
 but gives the best popular setting forth of Babism, a somewhat peculiar 
 type of religion, called by some an offshoot from Mohammedanism, 
 and by others held to be of radically different character. 
 
 Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan. Mrs. Isabella L. (Bird) Bishop, . 6.50 
 Mrs. Bishop is a well-known traveler who has tried many parts 
 of the globe, and written of her experiences with great success. This 
 is exceptionally valuable, both from the unique manner in which she 
 traveled and from her candid, shrewd observation upon mission work. 
 
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 Mrs. Bishop started out with a merely general belief in the value of 
 missionary enterprises. She returned with her faith in them fully 
 established. 
 
 Midnight Marches Through Persia. Henry Ballantine.$2 50 
 
 Mr. Ballantine, the son of an American missionary in India, passed 
 through Persia with his family on his way to America, and this book 
 is the record of his adventures, some of which are very interesting. 
 
 Persia : Eastern Mission. A narrative of the founding and fortunes 
 of the Eastern Persian mission, with a sketch of the versions of the 
 Bible, and of Christian literature in the Persian and Persian-Turkish 
 
 languages. 1890,.1.25 
 
 Persia: Land of the Imams. 1886.1.50 
 
 T wo valuable books to those who are interested in Persian mis¬ 
 sions. The author, the Rev. James Bassett, is a pleasant writer and 
 is thoroughly qualified by his long residence in Teheran as missionary 
 of the Presbyterian Board to speak authoritatively. The latter book 
 is perhaps the most valuable. 
 
 Henry Martyn. Saint and scholar. The first modern missionary to the 
 
 Mohammedans. Geo. Smith, LL. D.,.3.00 
 
 This by the well-known Secretary of the Foreign Mission Com¬ 
 mittee of the Free Church of Scotland and the biographer of Carey 
 
 and Duff, is by far the best of the many lives of Martyn. 
 
 Henry Martyn. His life and labors. Jesse Page,.75 
 
 A smaller but useful and interesting book. 
 
 A Sennessean in Persia. Memoir of Samuel Audley Rhea. Dwight 
 
 W. Marsh.2.00 
 
 Mr. Rhea was a most devoted missionary and especially interested 
 in the Mountain Nestorians and Kurds. This book gives an excel¬ 
 lent picture not only of his life but of the people among whom he 
 labored. 
 
 Faith Working by Love. Memoir of Miss Fidelia Fiske, one of the 
 
 earliest missionaries to the Nestorians and the founder of the female 
 
 seminary at Oroomiah, D. T. Fiske, D.D..1.50 
 
 Invaluable not merely as a sketch of a noble woman’s life but as 
 showing the early history of mission work in that land. 
 
 Woman and Her Saviour in Persia. Thomas Laurie, D.D.1.25 
 
 A sketch of the life and work of Miss Fidelia Fiske. It is less 
 biographical than the preceding and has even more of general descrip¬ 
 tion. 
 
 Life of the Rev. Justin Perkins, D. D., by his son, Rev. Henry M. Per¬ 
 kins. 1885,.30 
 
 A short but intensely interesting sketch of this honored founder of 
 the mission to the Nestorians. 
 
 Dr. Grant and the Mountain Nestorians. 
 
 A sketch of the early mission work among those people, intense 
 interesting and valuable, but unfortunately out of print and only stray 
 copies are to be found. 
 
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 Siam and Laos. PRICB 
 
 Siam is in some respects one of the most progressive of the Asiatic 
 countries The king, who was educated by Christian teachers, has always 
 shown great interest in mission work and has so far as possible introduced 
 Western civilization. Bangkok is a surprisingly European cty m many 
 
 ^Mission work was commenced by the well-known pioneer >*• &**- 
 laff of the Netherlands Missionary Society, in 1829, at Bangkok, as an en 
 Sing wedge to China. Later the American Board took it up, and then 
 passed it over to the Presbyterian Board which is now the sole occupant. 
 
 There are two missions in Siam proper, with Bangkok as its centre an in 
 Laos the hill country to the north. The latter is in many respects the 
 most interesting on account of the character of the people who are much 
 more simple and straightforward. The work among them for the last few 
 years has been almost phenomenal. The Siamese are rather effeminate 
 Special attention has been called to Siam of late by the aggressions of- 
 France. The religion of the country is Buddhism and .or tne books on 
 their religion see India and the general section. 
 
 One Thousand Miles on an Elephant in the Shan States. Holt S. 
 
 Hall This is an intensely interesting book of travels through Northern 
 Siam, written by one who passed through the country on a special 
 commission from the King on general surveys for railroads, etc. Mr. 
 
 Hallett had the good fortune of having as an associate in his journey 
 D C. McGilvary, D.D., the veteran missionary of the Presbyterian 
 Board among the Laos. Dr. McGilvary gives his own personal testi¬ 
 mony to the correctness and value of the book. 
 
 Siam and Laos, as seen by the American Missionaries, . •••••• • ^ 
 
 This is almost the only book dealing with the direct missionary 
 work among those peoples. It is composed of special papers pre- 
 pared by the missionaries on different phases of the \\oi . 
 profusely illustrated and contains a large amount of general informa¬ 
 tion. 
 
 Siam, the Heart of Farther India. Mary L. Cort, T -75 
 
 Miss Cort. for eighteen years an active and successful missionary, 
 gives here in a bright, easy, pleasant style a sketch not only of the 
 general country, but of the missionary work and progress. It touches 
 very fully upon the home life of the people. 
 
 Among the Shans. A. R- Colquhoun. 1885. 5 -°° 
 
 A standard book on the country. 
 
 An English Governess at the Siamese Court. Mrs. A. H. Leono- ^ 
 
 ^A somewhat highly colored but very entertaining book describing 
 the experiences of the author in the Siamese Court. 
 
 Siam ; the Land of the White Elephant. G. B. Bacon. 1873. 5 ° 
 
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 Kingdom and People of Siam. Sir John Bowring. 1857, 
 
 A standard work on the country. 
 
 Eastern Side; or, Missionary Life in Siam. Mrs. F. R. Feudge. 1871, 1.50 
 
 I his book represents a view of Siam from the standpoint of a 
 Baptist missionary. 
 
 Land of the White Elephant. F. Vincent. 1873, . ; 7. 
 
 A general descriptive book of the country of Siam. 
 
 Turkey. 
 
 The Turkish Empire, as referred to in missionary history, books, and 
 periodicals, includes the greater portion of the Balkan peninsula the 
 whole of Asia Minor from Constantinople to the borders of Persia Me¬ 
 sopotamia, Syria, and Palestine and Arabia. Egypt and Northern Africa 
 are sometimes included, but ordinarily references to them are distinct. 
 Iu 6 are divided primarily by religion into Moslem and Christian 
 The Moslem races are the Ottoman Turks, Arabs, Kurds, Circassians, Tur¬ 
 comans, and a variety of smaller tribes such as the Druses, Albanians, and 
 others. The Christian races are Armenians, Greeks, Bulgarians Jacob¬ 
 ites Maromtes, and Chaldeans. The Ottoman Turks are found chiefly 
 in Asia Minor. In the Balkan peninsula they are confined almost entirely 
 o the section between Constantinople and Adrianople. The Arabs are 
 found all through Mesopotamia and Arabia and a considerable element in 
 Syria. The Kurds extend from the mountains of the Persian border 
 through the mountainous sections of Asia Minor. The other Moslem 
 tnbes are likewise in different sections. The Armenians are found 
 throughout Asia Minor and northern Syria, Bulgarians in Bulgaria and 
 Macedonia and the Balkan peninsula, the Greeks in localities throughout 
 Asia Minor and Macedonia, the Maronites in Syria, Jacobi.es and Chal¬ 
 deans in Mesopotamia. 
 
 The missionary organizations at work are chiefly the American 
 Board, with general headquarters at Constantinople, and including the 
 greater part of the Balkan peninsula and the whole of Asia Minor; the 
 Presbyterian Board, with headquarters at Beirut and Mosul, through 
 Syria and central Mesopotamia (this latter work connected with the mis¬ 
 sion in Western Persia); the Reformed Presbyterian Board (Covenanter) 
 does work among the Nusairiyeb in the sections about Antioch and Tar¬ 
 sus ; the Methodist Episcopal Church has a mission in Northern Bulgaria. 
 There are also a number of other organizations established in Syria and 
 Palestine. The Church Missionary Society of England has the largest 
 force though the Friends, the Disciples of Christ, and the Free and Estab¬ 
 lished Church of Scotland do a considerable work. There are also a 
 number of educational institutions established in Syria for work under 
 English auspices, and considerable work done among the Jews by a 
 large number of organizations. 
 
 The American Board works chiefly among Armenians, Greeks Bul¬ 
 garians Jacobites, and Turks; the Presbyterian Board among Maronites, 
 Jacobites, Chaldeans and Nestorians, and the Moslem Arabs; the Metho- 
 
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 dist Episcopal Church among the Bulgarians. Some work among the 
 Armenians is carried on by the Disciples of Christ, the Friends, and Bap¬ 
 tists. For books on mission work among the Nestorians see Persia. 
 
 Histo-y of the Ottoman Turks. E. S. Creasy. ... 
 
 The work of missions in Turkey is so thoroughly identified with 
 the history of the Empire that no one can understand it without a 
 pretty clear comprehension of that history. Not only is it essential in 
 order to a clear apprehension of the difficulties met by the mission¬ 
 aries in their work, but also in order to an appreciation of the nature 
 of the problems the missionaries are to meet. For example, the mis¬ 
 sionaries have been severely criticised by some for undertaking work 
 among the nominal Christians of the Empire instead of confining their 
 entire efforts 10 the Moslems or Jews. The reason for this will be 
 made apparent as the development of the Christian communities is 
 understood. So again the question of special Protestant communi¬ 
 ties has been one arousing considerable discussion. The necessity of 
 such communities will be made apparent only as the early history of 
 the relations between the Moslem rulers and their Christian subjects 
 are understood. Hence a knowledge of Turkish history is essential 
 to an understanding of mission work in the Turkish Empire. There 
 are a number of histories and books on Turkey, but probably the best 
 general history is this of Creasy’s. 
 
 The Caliphate : Its Rise, Decline, and Fall. Sir William Muir. 1891, 4.20 
 There is no writer better qualified to touch this subject than Sir 
 William Muir, who has also written the Life of Mahomet , Mahomet 
 and- Islam, and some other books of the same general character. 
 
 While not as essential for the ordinary reader as the history above 
 mentioned, it is invaluable to those who desire a more thorough 
 acquaintance with the problem of Christian work among Moslems. 
 
 It sets forth more clearly and thoroughly than any other book the con¬ 
 ditions attending the rise of the great Moslem power, and as such it 
 is invaluable. 
 
 Turkey. Edson L. Clark. 2 00 
 
 A general description of the empire. 
 
 Among the Turks. 1877. 1 50 
 
 My Life and Times. 1897,... T ’ T ’ V ’n’ ' 2 5 ° 
 
 These two books by the veteran missionary Cyrus Hamlin, D. ., 
 the founder of Robert College, are invaluable for their general descrip¬ 
 tion of life in Turkey. They are both books of general interest 
 bright, entertaining, and descriptive, and charming to the general 
 reader. There is very little of complete description, but many 
 sketches, which, after all, give a better idea of the country and its 
 people than many more pretentious books. They refer especially to 
 Turks, Armenians, Greeks, and Bulgarians. 
 
 Turkish Life in War-time. Henry O. Dwight. 1881,. ••••••• I ’ 5 ° 
 
 Mr. Dwight is a missionary of the American Board in Constanti¬ 
 nople, and this book is based upon a series of letters sent by him to the 
 
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 New York Tribune during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78. It gives 
 a very vivid picture of the life at that time in Constantinople and a 
 valuable view of the condition of work at the time. 
 
 Forty Years in the Turkish Empire; or, Memoirs of Rev. William 
 
 Goodell, D. D. E. D. G. Prime, D. D. 1883.$1.50 
 
 Dr. Goodell was one of the pioneer missionaries to Turkey and a 
 man whose personality entered into his work most effectively. He 
 was identified with the life of missions there for nearly’ half a century. 
 
 A charming letter-writer, this book is based upon his personal letters, 
 and should be read by every one interested in that empire and Chris¬ 
 tian work, especially among the Armenians. Dr. Goodell prepared 
 the first version of the Bible in Turkish for the numbers of Armenians 
 who used the Turkish language. 
 
 Autobiography of William G. Schauffler, D. D. Edited by his sons. 
 
 1887.1.25 
 
 Dr. Schauffler was associated with Drs. Goodell, Riggs, Hamlin, 
 and others, and was especially interested in work among the Moslems 
 and Jews. He prepared a version of the Bible in Judaeo-Spanish, and 
 his later years were given particularly to the translation of the Bible 
 into what is known as the Osmanli Turkish—that is, the Turkish 
 printed in the Arabic character for special use by the Turks. 
 
 The Romance of Missions ; or, Inside Views of Life and Labor in the 
 
 Land of Ararat. Maria A. West. 1876.2.00 
 
 Miss West was identified with the earlier efforts for the education 
 of women in Constantinople, and later with general evangelistic work 
 for women, in the city of Harput, in Eastern Turkey. The book is writ¬ 
 ten in a charming style, and gives many illustrations of the develop¬ 
 ment of Christian work, chiefly among the Armenians. 
 
 Missions of the American Board to the Oriental Churches. Rufus 
 
 Anderson, D. D. 2 vols. 1872,.2.00 
 
 These two volumes cover the earlier work among the Armenians, 
 Greeks, Nestorians, Jacobites, and Maronites. They furnish the only- 
 consecutive history of mission work during the first forty years—from 
 1830 to 1870. 
 
 Life Scenes in the Mountains of Ararat. Moses P. Parmelee. 1868, . 
 
 A book of sketches by a missionary of the American Board, 
 among the Armenians at Erzrum and Trebizond. There are refer¬ 
 ences to Turks and Kurds. 
 
 On Horseback in Cappadocia. J. O. Barrows,. 
 
 Mr. Barrows was a missionary of the American Board stationed 
 at Caesarea, and this book gives sketches of missionary tours through¬ 
 out Central Asia Minor, among Turks, Armenians, and Greeks. 
 
 Talks on the Veranda in a Far-away Land. Charles C. Tracey. 
 
 1892. 
 
 This little book, by a missionary of the American Board in Con¬ 
 stantinople and Marsovan, gives many phases of mission work 
 throughout Asiatic Turkey. It is full of incident and very instructive 
 as to the Turks, Armenians, and Greeks. 
 
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 Ten Years on the Euphrates, . 
 
 Letters from Eden, . 
 
 Little Children in Eden. 
 
 Daughters of Armenia, .... 
 
 These four books, by C. 
 are very interesting sketches 
 among the Armenians. 
 
 H. Wheeler, D. D., and Mrs. Wheeler, 
 of mission work in Eastern Turkey, 
 
 Life in Asiatic Turkey. A journal of travel in Cilicia, Isauria, and 
 parts of Lycaonia. E. G. Davis. London. 1879, . .. 
 
 The Armenians; or, The People of Ararat. Rev. M. C. Gabrielian, 
 
 m. .... 
 
 Social and Religious Life in the Orient. K. H. Basmajian,. 
 
 These two books are by Protestant Armenians, and give much of 
 the history and present condition of Christian life and work in the 
 Orient, from their standpoint. 
 
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 Syria. 
 
 The Land and the Book. Wm. M. Thomson. 3 vols.. l8 -°° 
 
 This book, by the veteran missionary of the Presbyterian Board, 
 is invaluable, not merely for its general description of the country and 
 its elucidation of Bible references, but for its bearing on present mis¬ 
 sionary problems and life. It should be in every Sunday-school or 
 church library. 
 
 The Mohammedan Missionary Problem. Henry H. Jessup, D. D. 1879, .75 
 
 A sketch of the essential elements that must enter into any work 
 for Mohammedans, especially illustrating the divine method of pre- 
 paring them for this work. 
 
 The Women of the Arabs. 1873,.. • 2 00 
 
 Syrian Home Life. 1-25 
 
 Children of the East,.. 90 
 
 These three books, by Dr. Jessup, the well-known missionary of 
 the Presbyterian Board, are very interesting sketches of that country 
 and its people. The former of the books has a most interesting chap¬ 
 ter for children. The term Arab here includes Christians as well as 
 Moslems. 
 
 Bible Work in Bible Lands. James Bird,. I - 5 C 
 
 A sketch of missions in Syria and Palestine by one of the earliest 
 American missionaries to those lands. 
 
 The Ride Through Palestine. J. W. Dulles,. 20< 
 
 A popular book on Palestine as it is. It is fully supplied with maps 
 and illustrations. A very valuable hand-book. 
 
 Sweet First-Fruits: A Tale of the Nineteenth Century on the Truth 
 and Virtue of the Christian Religion. Translated from the Arabic 
 
 and abridged, with an introduction by Sir William Muir.1.0 
 
 An Oriental romance founded on facts, relating the history of 
 several martyr confessors, with a view to appealing to Mohammedans. 
 
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 The author is stated to be a Syrian convert, whose name, however, 
 cannot be divulged. Recommended by ail who have read it as ex¬ 
 tremely valuable. 
 
 Five Years in Damascus. J. L. Porter,.| 3 . 75 
 
 The Life of Mahomet. 5 6o 
 
 Sir William Muir. The standard book on the subject. There is 
 none better. 
 
 A Dictionary of Islam. A Cyclopaedia of Doctrines, Rites, Ceremonies, 
 and Customs, and Technical and Theological Terms. T. P. Hughes, 
 
 ..i6.8o 
 
 Dr. Hughes was for some years a missionary of the Church Mis¬ 
 sionary Society of England in India. His book is invaluable as a be jk 
 of reference. 
 
 
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