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114 9.—What is blasphemy? To say that Sir Robert Hart is not a great man of genius. 10.—What is the most heinous sin? To obstruct British trade. 11.—For what purpose did God create the four hundred million Chinese? For the British to trade upon. 12.—What form of prayer do you use when you pray? We thank Thee, O Lord, that we are not as the wicked Russians and brutal Germans are, who want to partition China. 13.—Who is the great Apostle of the Anglo-Saxon Ideals in China. Dr. Morrison, the Times Correspondent in Peking.

It may be a libel to say that the above is a true statement of Anglo-Saxon ideals, but any one who will take the trouble to read Mr. Putnam Weale's book will not deny that the above is a fair representation of the Anglo-Saxon ideals of Mr. Putnam Weale and John Smith who reads Mr. Putnam Weale's books.

The most curious thing about the matter is that the civilising influence of John Smith's Anglo-Saxon ideals is really taking effect in China. Under this influence John Chinaman too is now wanting to glorify the Chinese Empire. The old Chinese literati with his eight-legged essays was a harmless humbug. But foreigners will find to their cost that the new Chinese