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Hertslet's China Treaties. By Godfrey E. P. Hertslet, with the

Assistance of Edward Parkes. 2 vols. (H.M. Stationery Office. 35s.)—This is a third edition. The first, quite a small volume, appeared in 1877, and was the work of Sir Edward Hertslet ; the second, on a much larger scale, was published in 1896. Irk. Godfrey Hertslet now brings it up to the present time with new maps, complete lists of open ports, &c., and other information, political and commercial.