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Show R CHINESE ENCYCLOPEDIC B MODERN DICTIONARY K SlmiiKlial Threo years ago tho Com- m merclnl Press put out its New Diction- K nry, which has becomo an lndispcna- M able reference book. This firm ently published another grenter anU moro complete work known as the ICncjclopedlc Dictionary to bo for tho Chinest languago whnt the Century and other similar dictionaries are to KiiRllsh. Tho work meets a longfo'.t need. The Chinese language Is many centuries old, and Its literature has been especially enriched during recent rec-ent years with the now learning It still Is In process of evolution and many now expressions relating to tho sciences, law, medicine, history, cct., have found their Chinese equivalents. New words and phrases aro being coined dally to meet new conditions of modem civilization. Therefore, it was necessary to have n dictionary of the now languogo of modern China besides that of Confucious. Tho work under review is the prod-ict prod-ict of n lorge Btaff of scholars, under the edltonhlp of Mr I-u Erhkwei aftcryears of labor. It deals with lang-nngo lang-nngo and literature, philosophy and religion, natronomy and geology hygiene, disease and medicine, economics econ-omics and political science. It conta-lues conta-lues phrases, terms, idioms anil other (impressions not found in tin ordinary dictionary. Experts nnd specialists were consulted about the terms used. The definitions aro clear and to tho point, nnd tho workmanship excellent. excel-lent. The work is most valuable to students of modern and classic learning, learn-ing, bo th-Jy foreign or Chinese. It should bo In the study of students of tho Chlneso language, nnd no library is complete without it. |