... a gracious, classy human being. May is survived by her husband, Marvin Gelfand, and her sons, Adam and Jeremy. Buddhist ceremonies were held in Svay Village, Kandal Province, Cambodia, June 10 and 11, 2005. JUDY LEDGERWOOD Northern Illinois University ELGIN HEINZ (July 25, 1913 April 26, 2005) We sadly mourn...

...Arnold P. Kaminsky BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 181 Administration of Lord Elgin in India: 1894-99. By P. L. MALHOTRA. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing, 1979. xviii, 216 pp. Bibliography, Index. $15. (Distributed by Advent Books, New York, N.Y.) In the Dictionary ofNational Biography (1912-21), the 9th Earl...

... the Golovkin mission to China in 1805, but excludes all mention of the Amur. The extracts from K. A. Skachkov's Peking diary published in Moscow also exclude foreign affairs. Finally, the author's researches into the private papers of the 8th Earl of Elgin are described. They appear to confirm Ignatiev's claim...

... Illinois University ELGIN HEINZ (July 25, 1913 April 26, 2005) We sadly mourn the passing of Elgin Heinz, who died on April 26, 2005, at his home in San Rafael, California, at the age of ninety-one. Although his body had become frail in recent years, Elgin s mind remained as sharp as ever. Those of us who...

... the honesty and care with which the authors historic moment, China was a national issue of this report approached their work. If their in British politics. prejudices show through and they made mis- The Lord Elgin and Sir Frederick Bruce takes, who can say he did any better? period has fewer surprises...

..., Hamilton Papers, Vol. 2, ‣ 50. 54 Sir A. Mackenzie, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, to Lord Elgin, Belvedere, Calcutta, 14 Dec. 1896, Elgin Papers, Vol. 69, ‣ 286, I.O.L. 55 A. P. MacDonnell to Lansdowne, Darjeeling, 29 Oct. 1893, MacDonnell Papers, the Bodleian Library, Oxford University...

... . 2 Bruce to Malmesbury, February 5, 1859, in F.O. 17/312; Malmesbury to Bruce, March 1, 1859 (no. 5), in F.O. 17/311. 3 Elgin to Bruce, October 12, 1860, enclosed in Elgin to Russell, same date, in F.O. 17/331. 4 Elgin to Bruce, December 11, 1860, in Elgin Papers at Broomhall...

... their work. If their in British politics. prejudices show through and they made mis- The Lord Elgin and Sir Frederick Bruce takes, who can say he did any better? period has fewer surprises for the moden W. ALLYN RICKETT American scholar, but the personal and University of Pennsylvania rather pathetic...

... binding local Chinese officials, dependent on customs revenue to finance operations against the Taipings, to British interests. Finally, the author painstakingly analyzes Lay's unofficial but important role as an adviser, interpreter, and negotiator in Lord Elgin's mission in 1858-1859, showing...

... . Prostitution and Victorian Social Reform . London : Croom Helm . Malhotra P. L. 1979 . The Administration of Lord Elgin in India 1894–99 . New Delhi : Vikas Publishing House . Mani Lata. 1989 . “Contentious Traditions. The Debate on Sati in Colonial India.” In Recasting Women: Essays...

...S. C. Sutton Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1959 1959 1 For example, Sir Charles Wood (1859–66), Viscount Cross (1886–92), H. H. Fowler (1894–95), and Lord George Hamilton (1895–1903). 2 For example, the 8th Earl of Elgin (1862–63), Sir John Lawrence...

.... Fairbank, Lien-shong Yang and D. C. Twitchett. 5 The author regrets that owing to the fact that the manuscripts concerned are still undergoing reorganization, no useful reference can be given. 4 Wade's memorandum to Elgin, March 10, 1858, in F. O. 17/287. The following paragraphs are also...

...James Brow 182 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES word or deed, touched the imagination either of Indian or English society" (Curzon to Hamilton, 17 May 1899, Curzon Papers, IOL). Two decades later, however, Curzon acknowledged that Elgin was "a much more sagacious administrator than the world knew...

... is listed in the present work's bibliography): “ A New Look at the Diplomatic Missions of 1853–54 to Taiping-held Nanking ,” Chung Chi Journal , VI, No. 2 (May 1967 ), 171 – 190 ; “Introduction” to Oliphant Laurence , Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the Years...

... papers and other archival materials as well as the contemporary books and periodicals. The sheer bulk of his source materials is staggering. Yokoyama examines, for example, James White's early version of his review of Oliphant's Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission and compares it with the final...

..., David Weitzman, Tuckie Yirchott, and Lucien Ellington for their assistance. Information is also drawn from the fall 2000 issue of Education About Asia (5[2 and I would refer readers to Elgin s article, Teaching about Other Cultures, in the same issue.) DAVID GROSSMAN Hong Kong Institute of Education...

.... Among the papers are those of Cross, Curtis, Curzon, Dufferin, Elgin, Hamilton, Lansdowne, Minto, Morley and Ripon. In the footnotes, which number four or five per page, Mehrotra carefully cited his sources and inserted brief bibliographies of almost all persons mentioned. In the text he also included...

... the loot according to established practices. In contrast to the first wave of plunder, the subsequent burning and destruction of the Yuanmingyuan—which Lord Elgin in private communications claimed to deplore—was a carefully planned measure designed to humiliate the Qing court into submission and to punish...

..., October 11, 2003. He is one of the three pioneers (along with Jackson Bailey and Elgin Heinz) who created the movement to improve teaching about Asia in the nation s schools. Among his many other activities, he founded the rst Asian studies periodical speci cally designed for elementary and secondary...

... in a treaty which resembled Perry's. The Elgin Mission then followed Towns end Harris' example with a better agreement in 1838. Dr. Beasley's study is of particular interest for his utilization of Japanese documents. He finds there proof of multiple linguistic and mental misunderstandings which added...