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THE CHRISTIAN LITERATURE SOCIETY. 331has the Christian Literature Society made possible thebeginning of another great service to the mission causeof China.The society rejoices in steady progress since thelast Conference in 1907, when their work was describedin "ACentury of Missions in China," pages 629-634.Since that time a foreign manager, with experience in thebook trade, has come out from London, and one evidentresult is the doubling of our sales. Up to the presentour book depot at No. C444 Honan Road is a rentedbuilding; in many respects unsatisfactory, but we havejust completed the purchase of a very fine site for a newdepot on the northwest corner of Foochow and Shantung Roads. Since the Conference, the society purchased land on the North Szechuen Road Extensionwith a view to erecting offices at some future date, butwithin a short time a legacy of 20,000 Taels was left thesociety by its life-long friend, Sir Thomas Hanbury.With this money handsome and commodious offices forthe translating staff were erected and occupied on Junei, 1909. Our English consulting library was adequatelyaccommodated in the new building, and Dr. Richard, towhom the books, with few exceptions, really belonged,took occasion at the last annual meeting to present thewhole, consisting of some 8,000 volumes in English andChinese, as a free gift to the society. The whole isnow catalogued according to Dewey s system with cardindexes to authors and subjects. All missionaries, whenin town, are made welcome to come to 143 North Szechuen Road and make free use of the library.It is scarcely possible to speak about the results ofour work without seeming to claim too much. Perhapsthere are some who think we exaggerate its importance,but there are seers among us to whom is granted theglowing vision of golden harvests from all this sowing.In itself a book is dead, but fructified and used by theSpirit of God, it may contain potential dvuamite enoughto shake the world. We magnify our office. Let every-