The work of the Mission Fame was continued
still farther. In 1898 the mission published ( Recher-
ches sur hi literature dit Combodge^ du Laws ei die
Siam,) It was followed in the same year by another
work called Recherches sur Vhisioire du Cambodge^
du Laos et du Siam.
In 1900 Prince Vividh Wasna Preeja wrote
about Siam in the Journal of the Mahabodhi Society
( March, 1900).
The interest of the local scholars was awakened
and found expression in the formation of the Siatn
Society at Bangkok in 1904. The Society is intended
"for the investigation and encouragement of Arts,
Science and Literature in relation to Siam and neigh-
bouring countries." The papers read before the
Society are published in the Journal of the Siam
Society. Many important papers by Dr. O. Frank-
furter and other scholars hare appeared in this
journal.
The Siamese Government also have brought out
many important books in Siamese relating to the
history, religion and arcbseology of the country. They
have also published various Siamese Annals. These
Siamese books, however, are sealed books to those
scholars who are not acquainted with the Siamese
language.