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CHRISTIAN PERIODICALS. 347Dr. Wm. Muirhead till the end of 1897, by W. A.Cornaby till end of 1908, and Dr. MacGillivray since(with W. G. Walshe and E. Morgan as editors duringtwo furloughs of a previous editor). It is a monthlybooklet of 70 pages ;in all about 39,000 words ;price$1.24, including inland postage. The greater part of thematerial is from the west, or the mind of the editor ;about a tenth is contributed by natives. It is distinctively a preachers magazine and organ of unity. Itscontents include editorials, expositions, topics for prayermeetingsand Sunday schools, illustrations for preachersand teachers, biographies, stories, news. The circulation is under a thousand ; the regions touched are Chinaand the places where its emigrants are to be found, alist similar to that given under the Ta Tiuig Pao.The Central China Monthly was started by theC. C. R. T. S., Hankow, in 1905, and ran for a year;the editors being Dr. Griffith John, C. W. Allan, andJohn Archibald. It was re-started in 1909 the editor;being C. \V. Kastler. It is a booklet of twenty pages ;partly in mandarin and partly in easy wen-li ;about15,000 words;price 20 cents per annum, postage extra.A little more than half the matter is contributed bynatives. Its circulation is 2,000, touching fifteen provinces and some places beyond the seas. It is an evangelistic paper, but contains something for varied classesof readers. Each number opens with a leader in wen-liand one in mandarin, followed by papers on devotional,scientific subjects, stories for the household, miscellaneous items, missionary news, and news of the day.The West China Christian jl/agazine was startedin 1905 by the West China Tract Society. Editors,J. Vale and J. Endicott. It is a booklet of 20 pagesand about 11,000 words, published at i cent per copy.Circulation about 2,000, chiefly in the west of China. Afair proportion of the material is contributed by natives.It is evangelistic, pastoral and educational, and chieflyfor church members.