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atasbeenTHE CHINA CONTINUATION COMMITTEE 379Foreign Secretary, It has been decided to reduce the size ofthe book to approximately five hundred pages, and to printthe directories separately.This BOOK under the editorship of Dr. D. MacGillivray,and of Dr. Bondfield in 1912, has become increasingly valuable since its first issue in 1910. The ContinuationCommittee has accepted the editorial responsibility at therequest of the Christian Literature Society, hoping thereby tofulfill more adequately, by disseminating accurate information, its duty to promote co-operation and co-ordinationamong the Christian forces of China. The Committee aimsat producing a BOOK which will be so valuable that allmissionaries, board secretaries and others who are trying tokeep in touch with the progress of Christian work in Chinawill find it indispensable.^ie Committee has authorized the issue ofHandbooksHandbooks on "Social Service, and on"Evangelistic Meetings for Special Classes in Cities.These Handbooks have already appeared. Both of these Handbooks have been taken over by the Young Men s ChristianAssociation as their regular publications, but the Committeeprovided a small subsidy for printing.The Special Committee 011 the Training of Missionarieshas secured from the Board of Missionary Preparation,New York, permission to reprint the China Section of itsFourth Report, and the Presbyterian .Mission Press has. atthe Committee s request, issued the same in pamphlet form,at no expense to the Committee.Dr. Arthur IT. Smith, D.D., has kindlyconsented the>request of the Committee,acting on the recommendations of the SpecialCommittee on the Training of Missionaries, to undertakeeditorial responsibility for a Manual for Young Missionaries.This will take some time to complete.The four hundred books referred to in theAnnotated fifth recommendation on Christian literatureEva a (ngfnstfc P"a"e? 85) havin reviewed>byLiterature the Chinese Secretary, were chosen by himfrom the twelve hundred books and tracts inthe library of the China Continuation Committee, and he