# The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. II., No. 4, August, 1890

Author: Various

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62827

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+National+Geographic+Magazine%2C+Vol.+II.%2C+No.+4%2C+August%2C+1890+Various&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The Koreans are to be noted among nations for the possession of two very different vehicles for the expression of thought, which they put to nearly parallel uses for general needs of communication: a simple and very perfect alphabet, and a complex system of hieroglyphics. The alphabet they owe to the Buddhist priests, missionaries, who took the idea of letters from their sacred books, and developed the Korean symbols for the writing of tracts and prayers; the hieroglyphics came from the mother country and civilizer, China.

## Chapters

- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-national-geographic-magazine-vol-ii-no-4-august-1890-62827/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-national-geographic-magazine-vol-ii-no-4-august-1890-62827/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-national-geographic-magazine-vol-ii-no-4-august-1890-62827/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-national-geographic-magazine-vol-ii-no-4-august-1890-62827/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-national-geographic-magazine-vol-ii-no-4-august-1890-62827/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-national-geographic-magazine-vol-ii-no-4-august-1890-62827/chapters/6/index.md)