Good string from Gertraude Roth Li's "ManchuStudy" list: Begin forwarded message: From: Paling Wu <[log in to unmask]> Date: March 14, 2008 2:39:19 AM EDT To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ManchuStudy] Re: Manchu phrases/strategy for beginning students Reply-To: [log in to unmask] You can download many documents with manchu script at this site,anaku manchu resources http://anaku.5d6d.com , but the website is in Chinese. Eben Lindsey <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Thank you, It is nice that such a resource is available online for independent students without access to an academic library. I was wondering if anyone knew of any scanned images of original Manchu documents that might be useful for students who have worked through Dr. Li's textbook and want to practise on some original translations. I guess it would also be most useful if they were available online and in the public domain. Sincerely Eben Lindsey On 2/29/08, Yan Du <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Hi, The Mollendorff book can be downloaded from google books. Here is the link. http://books.google.com/books?id=KgkQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepag! e&source=gbs_summary_r Yours, Yan Du --- On Fri, 2/29/08, Eben Lindsey <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Eben Lindsey <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [ManchuStudy] Re: Manchu phrases/strategy for beginning students To: [log in to unmask] Date: Friday, February 29, 2008, 8:17 AM Hello, I would appriciate the scanned image for the Mollendorff text! Could you send it to me? Thank you, Eben Lindsey On 2/29/08, tunguskic <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I have "A Manchu Grammar with analyzed Texts" by Paul von Mollendorff, published in 1892. I can email you a scanned copy; with you can print out and study. I also have some books on Manchu in French Aisin-Gioro Jason-Adam Tonis --- In [log in to unmask], "Peter L Huston" <plh25@...> wrote: > > > I don't mean to quibble, but another option is that if you have access to> a very good University library there were a couple of English language > "How to read Manchu" books published in the 19th C. > > The names and copyright dates on these can be found in Li-Roth's > bibliography. > > > > > > > John, > > > >> I am searching for a Manchu > >> language guide. > > > > As you may have gathered from other recent comments on this list there > > isn't > > much of a choice when it comes to Manchu textbooks. And if you are > > looking for > > one in English, then I'm afraid you are pretty much stuck with mine, even > > though that targets students of Chinese history. > > > > If you can handle Chinese and just want some simple writing exercises and > > contemporary Sibe stories, I'd recommend the little Sibe readers that > > are/were > > used in the elementary schools in Cabcal in Western China. The only > > problem > > there is that you won't find them in any bookstores. > > > > You see, you don't have much to choose from. :) > > Best, > > > > Traudl Roth Li > > > > > > > >