ART. I.-1. Voyage dans la Tartarie, le Thibet, et la Chine, 1844–46. Par le PERE Huc; 2 vols. 8vo., Paris, 1850.
2. Travels in Tartary, Tibet, and China, during the years 1844-5-6. By M. Huc. Translated from the French by W. Hazlitt, 2 vols, 8vo. (Illustrated Library.) Loudon, 1852.
3. Tibet, Tartary, and Mongolia: their social and political_Condition, and the Religion of Boodh, as there existing. By Henry T. Prinsep 8vo. London: Allen and Co., 1851.
4. A Journey to the Tea Countries of China. By Robert Fortune, Author of "Three Years' Wanderings in China." 8vo. London, Murray, 1852.
T is to the courage and zeal of the early Catholic missionaries in China that we are indebted for almost all that, until its opening to foreign intercourse since the last war, was known of the geography, the social and political condition, the history, and, above all, the religion, of that singular country. Its jealous and exclusive policy had held the curiosity of Europe for ages upon the stretch. Travellers had gone and returned in vain; merchants had employed every device and every allurement of commerce: negociations had been fruitlessly attempted; and, if it were not for the few vague and uncertain traditions derived from the half romantic narratives of mediæval travellers, China, at the commencement of the seventeenth century, might be called a complete blank upon the map of nations. But when, on a sudden, the mysterious veil was lifted at last, the revelation was as complete as it was