Chapter 25 Hong Kong Bibliography

Hong Kong Bibliography During the more than one hundred years since Hong Kong became a British colony, publications on Hong Kong have been published since Bulletins and pamphlets compiled and printed by the local government, as well as travel notes and pamphlets written by ordinary authors on the subject of Hong Kong Say.All in all, the amount is naturally quite considerable.In fact, after Hong Kong became a British colony, Before 1840, before the Opium War, those foreigners who came to Canton for trade American businessmen, as well as ambitious colonialists and missionaries, their letters, sailing days

Diaries, travel notes and memoirs, in which you can find a lot of information about Hong Kong.these about Hong Kong After being developed, it has never become a record of the situation before it became a foreign colony. From the present point of view, it is not only in the historical and geographical resources The material is very valuable, and it is also very interesting to read. It is a pity that these books published after 1840 naturally hardly have the opportunity to be published today. can be read directly.We can only read occasionally from the historical accounts of Hong Kong's early days written by others.

To a verse or two that is repeatedly quoted.Because these books that have been out of print for a long time have become rare books, only a few There is only a library famous for its complete collection of oriental books. To check the bibliography of various works about Hong Kong, you can refer to the Hong Kong government's annual publication and publication The English version of "Hong Kong Government Annual Report", Vol. A very detailed bibliography about Hong Kong is attached at the end, and this catalog is expanding year by year, adding new data of.However, since 1964, the bibliography attached to the annual report has been cancelled, and a separate bibliography has been compiled and published.

This booklet, published in 1965, is called "Hong Kong Bibliography, 1965" (A Hong Kong Bibliography, 1965) Bibliography, 1965), published by the Hong Kong Government Printing Bureau, retails at one yuan per volume, and is in English. This "Hong Kong Bibliography" was edited by JM Braga, a Portuguese The Portuguese, the bibliography that was originally attached to the government annual report over the years was also compiled by him, but now After reorganization, a number of irrelevant works were eliminated, and they were classified into categories, and this booklet was printed.

The bibliography is divided into twelve parts, such as administration, finance, education, natural history and science, history and Archaeology, general, etc.There are about 400 titles recorded, some of which are government gazettes and the like publications, the rest are private works, and all of them are newly published in recent years, only a few are extinct. edition of the book. The bibliography originally appended to the end of the 1963 Government Annual Report contains about 800 titles species, which is more than the bibliography of a single book published in 1965.This is because the governments of London and Hong Kong have

published bulletins, and some novels set in Hong Kong, or only one or two children in a book are Those related to Hong Kong were deleted when Bai Lejia compiled and printed the bibliography. Therefore, when describing the title of the book, The total number is greatly reduced.But there are a few exceptions, such as Mason's novel "The World of Susie Wong", Naturally described in the bibliography of the annual report in 1963, although it is a novel, it is still included in the bibliography of the separate book in 1965 keep it. These hundreds of separate books and pamphlets about Hong Kong, for this one hundred years old, but already

It can be said that there are not too many British colonies that have become an important economic base in the Far East, but they cannot be said to be too little.However, for ordinary people, for a person who wants to know about the past and present of Hong Kong For the reader in different situations, if he selects more than ten kinds and twenty kinds to read through proper selection, he has already read them. It is enough to meet his need to understand the basic knowledge of the colony of Hong Kong.Naturally, if he is right Those who are particularly interested in the past history and development of Hong Kong should choose a few more books describing the Opium War and Hong Kong

Read works on the early history of Hong Kong.If he is particularly interested in the natural history and geographical environment of Hong Kong Yes, he must read GAC Herklots and SG Davis et al.'s books on the nature and geography of Hong Kong.If he is concerned about Hong Kong's political society and future prospects Of particular interest, then, whether it is a local government report, or a London publication on incense The communiqués on various issues in Hong Kong should not be ignored.Needless to say, the Hong Kong Bibliography describes Books written in English are limited, and works on Hong Kong written in other languages ​​are not cited.

In fact, although there are not many Chinese publications about Hong Kong, they are also important.especially historical materials And documents, due to Hong Kong's close relationship with China, have their own special value.Japanese about Hong Kong There are also quite a few works written by him, and naturally there are also those written in other languages.Bibliographies related to Hong Kong compiled and published by the Hong Kong Government, The absence of any reference to works other than English is a major shortcoming. "Hong Kong Bibliography, 196 Bai Lejia, the editor of "Five Years", said in the preface that he is currently working with Pensal of the University of Hong Kong Library.

Cooperated with the author to compile and print a relatively complete bibliography about Hong Kong, including some newspaper articles in the early years of Hong Kong It is also income, hoping to make up for the above-mentioned shortcomings.