Note 345 — Chapter XII · POLITE LITERATURE OF THE CHINESE. (continued 2)

Since the appearance of M. Bazin’s Théâtre Chinois (Paris, 1838) and Davis’ Sorrows of Han (London, 1829), there has been astonishingly little done in the study of Chinese plays. Compare, for the rest, an article on this subject by J. J. Ampère, in the Revue des Deux Mondes, September, 1838; The Far East, Vol. I. (1876), pp. 57 and 90; Chinese Repository, Vol. VI., p. 575; China Review, Vol. I., p. 26; also Lay’s Chinese as They Are, and Dr. Gray’s China, passim. Lieut. Kreitner gives an interesting picture of the Chinese theatre in a country town, together with a few pages upon the drama, of which his party were spectators. Im fernen Osten, pp. 595-599.