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xxvi Introduction

Koechlin, Mr. O. Raphael, Mr. A. E. Hippisley, Hon. Evan Char-

teris, Lady Wantage, Mr. Burdett-Coutts, the late Dr. A. Fischer,

Mr. L. C. Messel, Mr. W. Burton, Col. Goff, Mrs. Halsey, Mrs. Have-

Ameyer, Rev. G. A. Schneider, and Mrs. Coltart. portion of the

proofs has been read ])y Mr. W. Burton. Mr. L. C. Hopkins

has given me frequent help with Chinese texts, and especially in the

myreading of seal characters ; and colleague, Dr. Lionel Giles, in

addition to invaluable assistance with the translations, has con-

sented to look through the proofs of these volumes with a special

view to errors in the Chinese characters. Finally, I have to

mythank chief. Sir Hercules Read, not only for all possible

facilities in the British Museum, but for his sympathetic guidance

in the study of a subject of which he has long been a master.

R. L. HoBSON.