试论日本所编的中国古籍索引

日本汉学界对中国古籍索引①非常重视,结合有关学术研究编制了大量中国古籍索引.据不完全统计,日本出版的中国古籍索引约占世界各地所出版的全部中国古籍索引的80%,仅唐代文学古籍索引就达38种,其对中国古籍索引的重视程度可想而知.这是日本学者在中国古籍整理研究领域最突出的成果.     

Transnational organized crime in West Africa: the additional challenge

Despite its vast natural and human resources and the undisputed progress made in the last decade towards the establishment of democratic culture and governing systems, West African countries continue to occupy the bottom ranks of the UN Human Development Index. Similarly, many of them score poorly in World Bank and Transparency International indexes that measure good governance. The international mass media have recently highlighted the role played by the West African region in the transatlantic cocaine trade, as well as in the flow of illegal migrants to Europe. Drugs and migrants are, however, just two of the numerous illicit activities that feed the growth of local and transnational criminal organizations, and the establishing of a culture of quick and easy money that is progressively eroding the foundations of any sustainable and well balanced socio‐economic development. The pervasive power of the corruption of criminal organizations, coupled with a general crisis by state actors in the administration of justice and enforcement of the rule of law, contribute towards the progressive diminishing of the credibility of the state as the institution entrusted with the prerogatives of guaranteeing security (of people and investments) and dispensing justice. In this context, the case of Guinea Bissau is probably the clearest example of what West African states may face in the near future if the issues of justice and security are not properly and promptly addressed. If primary responsibilities lie with West African governments and institutions, the international community as a whole should also review its approach to development policies by not only mainstreaming the issues of security and justice in their bilateral and multilateral agendas, but also by making it an essential cornerstone of policies and programmes aimed at supporting good governance and the establishment of states ruled by the law.     

Industrial clusters,organized crime,and productivity growth in Italian SMEs

We examine whether organized crime affects firms’ performance (defined using Total Factor Productivity growth) both directly and indirectly, by downsizing the positive externalities arising from the geographic concentration of (intra‐ and inter‐industry) market‐related firms. The analysis uses a large sample of Italian small‐ and medium‐sized manufacturing firms over the period 2010–2013. The results highlight the negative direct effects of organized crime on firms’ productivity growth. Any positive effect derived from industrial clustering is thoroughly debilitated by a strong presence of organized crime, and the negative moderation effect of organized crime on productivity growth is greater for smaller than for larger firms.     

The Ploughman and the Fairies

THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE BELLA COOLA INDIANS. By FRANZ BOAS. (Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. II. Anthropology, I. The Jesup North Pacific Expedition.) Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

MALAY MAGIC: BEING AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FOLKLORE AND POPULAR RELIGION OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. By WALTER WILLIAM SKEAT. With a Preface by CHARLES OTTO BLAGDEN. Pp. 685, 28 plates. Macmillan and Co. 1900. Reviewed by John Abercromby.

ARADIA, OR THE GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES. By CHARLES G. LELAND. Nutt. 3s. 6d.

BABYLONIANS AND ASSYRIANS. LIFE AND CUSTOMS. By the Rev. A. H. SAYCE. (The Semitic Series.) Nimmo.

A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANTHROPOLOGY, AND ETHNOLOGY OF EUROPE. By W. L. RIPLEY. Boston (Mass.). 1899

ALLGEMEINE METHODIK DER VOLKSKUNDE. L. SCHERMANN UND F. S. KRAUSS. Berichte ueber Erscheinungen in den Jahren 1890–97. Erlangen : F. Junge. 1899.

NEUE BEITRāGE ZUR KENTNISS DES VOLKRāTHSELS. R. PETSCH. Berlin: Mayer und Müller. 1899. (Palaestra, No. 4.)

FOLKLORE IN ENGLAND UND AMERIKA. C. KLÖPPER. Dresden: C. A. Koch. 1899. (Neusprachlichle Abhandlungen, No. viii.) Reviewed by Alfred Nutt.

SEGNIUS IRRITANT, OR EIGHT PRIMITIVE FOLKLORE STORIES. By W. W. STRICKLAND. Robert Forder. 1896. Reviewed by M. G.

NORTH-WEST SLAV LEGENDS AND FAIRY STORIES. By the same. A sequel to “Segnius Irritant.” Forder. 1897. Reviewed by M. G.

SOUTH-SLAVONIC FOLKLORE STORIES. With an Introductory Preface. By the same. Forder. 1899. Reviewed by M. G.

LA VEILLÉE : DOUZE CONTES TRADUITS DU ROUMAIN. Par JULES BRUN. Avec une Introduction par Mdlle. LUCILLE KITZO. Paris. Reviewed by M. G.

FOLK-LORE CATALAN. LÉGENDES DU ROUSSILLON. Par HORACE CHAUVET. Paris: J. Maisonneuve. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

THE TALKING THRUSH AND OTHER TALES FROM INDIA. Collected by W. CROOKE and retold by W. H. D. ROUSE. Illustrated by W. H. ROBINSON. London : J. M. Dent and Co. 1899. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

SHETLAND FOLK-LORE. By JOHN SPENCE, F.E.I.S. Lerwick: Johnson D. Greig. Reviewed by Florence Peacock.

PEASANT LORE FROM GAELIC IRELAND. Collected by DANIEL DEENEY. David Nutt. 1900.

BLUEBEARD, A CONTRIBUTION TO HISTORY AND FOLKLORE. BEING THE HISTORY OF GILLES DE RETZ OF BRITTANY, FRANCE, WHO WAS EXECUTED AT NANTES IN 1440 A.D., AND WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL OF BLUEBEARD IN THE TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE. By THOMAS WILSON, LL.D. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1899.     

The Historian and the Church

DEREK BEALES AND GEOFFREY BEST, eds. History, Society and the Churches: Essays in Honour of Owen Chadwick. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Pp. x, 335. $49.50 (US).