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370 CHRISTIAN LITERATUREto be one in which the East and West have co-operated,though the number of Chinese able to produce good booksindependently is undoubtedly increasing. At present, however, foreign buyers are inclined to prefer the books undera foreign name. This is a handicap to purely Chineseauthorship which may be removed in time.The Mission Book Company, which is atn* P a n lnfh r Present a union of the bookstores of theDistribution \ T .. ,., nMethodist Press and of the PresbyterianPress, has now functioned successfully for more than ayear. The Chinese Tract Society, Shanghai, gave up itsbookshop and sells through the Mission Book Company only.11 was hoped that other organizations would follow suit, butnone so far have done so. Such a union should have abeneficial effect on sales, but it is too early to say whetherthe hoped for results have been attained. At the very leastthe Societies entering the combine Tor the sale of their stockwill not suffer, and may possibly gain thereby.