168-173); Zaitun Researches (Chin. Rec., V. pp. 327-339; VI. 31-42;
VII. pp. 330-338, 404-418; VIII. 117-124); Changchow, the Capital of
Fuhkien in Mongol Times, read before the Society, 19th November, 1888
(Jour. C.B.R.A.S., XXIII. N.S., n'o 1, 1888, pp. 23-30); The Identity of
Marco Polo's Zaitun with Chang-chau, with a sketch-map of Marco-Polo's
route (T'oung Pao, I., Oct. 1890, pp. 218-238); Two Mediaeval Fuh-kien
Trading Ports, Chuean-chow and Chang-chow. - Part I. Chang-chow
(T'oung-Pao, VI. No. 5, dec. 1895, pp. 449/463). - Part II. Chuean-Chow
(Ibid., VII. No. 3, Juillet 1896 pp. 223/240, with 3 photog.).
57. WHEELER, J. TALBOYS. History of India (vol. iii. pp. 385-393)
contains a resume of, and running comment on, Marco Polo's notices of
India.
Mr. Wheeler's book says; "His travels appear to have been written at
Comorin, the most southerly point of India" (p. 385). The words that I have
put in Italics are evidently a misprint, though it is not clear how to
correct them.
58. DE SKATTSCHKOFF, CONSTANTIN. Le Venitien Marco Polo, et les services
qu'il a rendus en faisant connaitre l'Asie. Read before the Imp. Geog.
Society at St. Petersburg, 6/18 October, 1865; translated by M. Emile
Durand in the Journ. Asiatique, ser. VII. tom. iv. pp. 122-158
(September, 1874).
The Author expresses his conviction that Marco Polo had described a number
of localities after Chinese written authorities; for in the old Chinese
descriptions of India and other transmarine countries are found precisely
the same pieces of information, neither more nor fewer, that are given by
Marco Polo. Though proof of this would not be proof of the writer's
deduction that Marco Polo was acquainted with the Chinese language, it
would be very interesting in itself, and would explain some points to which
we have alluded (e.g., in reference to the frankincense plant, p. 396, and
to the confusion between Madagascar and Makdashau, p. 413). And Mr. G.
Phillips has urged something of the same kind. But M. de Skattschkoff
adduces no proof at all; and for the rest his Essay is full of inaccuracy.
59. CANTU, CESARE. Italiani Illustri Ritratti, 1873, vol. i. p. 147.
60. MARSH, JOHN B. Stories of Venice and the Venetians ... illustrated
by C. Berjeau. London, 1873, 8vo, pp. vii.-418.
Chaps, VI., VII. and VIII. are devoted to Marco Polo.
61. KINGSMILL, THOS. W. Notes on the Topography of some of the Localities
in Manji, or Southern China mentioned by Marco Polo. (Notes and Queries
on China and Japan, vol. i. pp. 52-54.)
- - Notes on Marco Polo's Route from Khoten to China. (Chin. Recorder,
VII. 1876, pp. 338-343.)
62. PAQUIER, J.B. Itineraire de Marco Polo a travers la region du Pamir
au XIII'e siecle. (Bull. Soc. Geog., 1876, aout, pp. 113-128.)
63. PALLADIUS, ARCHIMANDRITE. Elucidations of Marco Polo's Travels in
North-China, drawn from Chinese Sources.
