SERIES OF THE FIVE HUNDRED LO-HAN.
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PREFACE

There is no need of a long Preface to this small book. When the third
edition of the _Book of Ser Marco Polo_ was published in 1903,
criticism was lenient to the Editor of YULE'S grand work, and it was
highly satisfactory to me that such competent judges as Sir Aurel STEIN
and Sven HEDIN gave their approval to the remarks I made on the
itineraries followed in Central Asia by the celebrated Venetian Traveller.

Nevertheless occasional remarks having been made by some of the reviewers,
proper notice was taken of them; moreover, it was impossible to avoid some
mistakes and omissions in a work including several hundreds of pages. As
years went on, extensive voyages were undertaken by travellers like Sir
Aurel STEIN, Sven HEDIN, PELLIOT, KOZLOV, and others, who brought fresh
and important information. I had myself collected material from new works
as they were issued and from old works which had been neglected. In the
mean time I had given a second edition of _Cathay and the Way
Thither_, having thus an opportunity to explore old ground again and
add new commentaries to the book.

All this material is embodied in the present volume which is to be
considered but as a supplementary volume of "Addenda" and "Corrigenda" to
the Book itself. I have gathered matter for a younger editor when a fourth
edition of the _Book of Ser Marco Polo_ is undertaken, age preventing the
present editor to entertain the hope to be able to do the work himself.

To many who lent their aid have I to give my thanks: all are named in the
following pages, but I have special obligation to Sir Aurel STEIN, to Dr.
B. LAUFER, of Chicago, to Sir Richard TEMPLE, and to Prof. Paul PELLIOT,
of the College de France, Paris, who furnished me with some of the more
important notes. A paper by Prof. E.H. PARKER in the _Asiatic Quarterly
Review_ proved also of considerable help.

HENRI CORDIER.

PARIS, 8, RUE DE SIAM,

11th of November, 1919.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SIR HENRY YULE'S WRITINGS.

---- Notes [miscellaneous] by H. Yule, Palermo, August 28th, 1872.
(_Indian Antiquary_, I. 1872, pp. 320-321.)

---- "Discovery of Sanskrit." By H. Yule, Palermo, Dec. 26th, 1872.
(_Indian Antiquary_, II. 1873, p. 96.)

---- "Sopeithes, King of the [Greek: Kaekeoi]." By H. Yule. (_Indian
Antiquary_, II. 1873, p. 370.)

---- The Geography of Ibn Batuta's Travels in India. By Co