FROM CARD: "A FORM OF THE "MOON GUITAR." WOOD, WITH FOUR SILKEN STRINGS, ARRANGED IN TWO PAIRS. TRADESCANT LAY (THE CHINESE AS THEY ARE, LONDON, 1841,) RELATES: "AS THE STRINGS ARE SHORT, THE SOUND IS SMART AND KEEN, AND MUST BE DRAWN OUT BY FORCIBLY STRIKING THE STRING WITH THE NAIL, OR WITH A PLECTRUM OF WOOD OR METAL. I ONCE SAW A MUSICIAN AT ONE OF THE STROLLING THEATRES, WHO DISPLAYED A GREAT DEAL OF EXECUTION UPON THE YUE-KIN, WITH A VERY PLEASING EFFECT. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, IT WAS USED AS AN ACCOMPANYMENT TO THE UR-HEEN, AND AS THE MUSICIAN UNDERSTOOD HIS BUSINESS THE RESULT HAD SOMETHING PARTICULARLY EXHILARATING ABOUT IT. SEE MAHILLON, VOL. 11, P. 118, NO. 779."