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THE late Sir Henry Howorth was an indefatigable worker in many fields, and in certain circles his studies in the early history of the Church will always be highly appreciated. His name, however, will perhaps be best remembered as the author of a monumental history of the Mongols. A defect of that great work was the absence of an index, which the author had always deplored. Now, after his death, his sons have undertaken the publication of separate indices to Part 1 and Part 2, Divisions 1 and 2, and Part 3, which are issued together in the present volume. The author had also planned a new edition which should take into account the vast mass of material which had accrued in the fifty years since the original edition. Certain introductory chapters to Part 1 had already been written when the War and growing physical infirmities interrupted the work. These introductory chapters, however, are now issued as a supplement, substantially as they were left by the author, and with the indices form Volume 4 of the whole work. These chapters deal with the ethnography and zoology of Central Asia, the life of the Mongols, and their religion. The last-named chapter, in view of the increase of our knowledge of Lamaism in recent years and the comprehensive nature of the survey, will be found particularly helpful to the student.
History of the Mongols from the 9th to the 19th Century.
Sir
Henry H.
Howorth
By the late. Part 4: Supplement and Indices. Pp. iv + 378. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1927.) 42s. net.
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History of the Mongols from the 9th to the 19th Century . Nature 122, 274 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122274b0
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