THE following classes of fiber are employed for hairing dolls : human hair, mohair, cross-bred wool, horsehair, hog-bristle, unspun cotton. Human hair is only used for hairing dolls of an extremely expensive class.

In 1856 Tu Wen-hsiu rose up in rebellion and occupied Ta-li.…The conflict between the Han Chinese and the Moslems began over trifles. It has developed into a tragedy of mutual bloodletting because of poor management by the civil and military officials at Yung-ch'ang county and of Yunnan province. As a result, the mutual killing spread throughout Yunnan. The fault lies not with the people but with the officials.

Her presence was in some measure a restraint on the worthy divine, whose prolusion lasted the longer […]

The little volume of Professor Wacław Lednicki, who has already done so much in the domain of “Pushkinology,” contains three separate essays:[…]