▁In ▁Chinese , ▁he ▁translated ▁books ▁on ▁arithmetic , ▁calculus ▁( Lo om is ), ▁algebra ▁( De ▁Morgan ' s ), ▁mechan ics , ▁astronom y ▁( H ersch el ' s ), ▁in ▁collaboration ▁with ▁Li ▁Sh an lan , ▁and ▁The ▁Marine ▁Ste am ▁Engine ▁( T J ▁Main ▁and ▁T ▁Brown ), ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁transl ations ▁of ▁the ▁G ospel ▁According ▁to ▁Matthew ▁and ▁the ▁G ospel ▁According ▁to ▁Mark . ▁In ▁English ▁his ▁chief ▁works ▁were ▁J ott ings ▁on ▁the ▁Science ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 3 , ▁Shang hai ; ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁articles ▁published ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁Chinese ▁Research es ▁by ▁Alexander ▁W yl ie ▁( Sh ang hai , ▁ 1 8 9 7 ); ▁Memorial s ▁of ▁Protest ant ▁Mission aries ▁( 1 8 6 7 ); ▁Notes ▁on ▁Chinese ▁Liter ature ▁( Sh ang hai , ▁ 1 8 6 7 ). ▁He ▁also ▁published ▁an ▁article ▁on ▁the ▁N est or ian ▁Table t ▁in ▁X ian . ▁ ▁Ret irement ▁His ▁health ▁and ▁eyes ight ▁were ▁failing ▁and ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁London ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 7 . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 2 , ▁he ▁sold ▁about ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Chinese ▁titles ▁and ▁ant ique ▁books ▁which ▁he ▁had ▁am ass ed ▁in ▁China ▁to ▁the ▁Bod le ian ▁Library ▁where ▁it ▁is ▁hous ed ▁as ▁the ▁Alexander ▁W yl ie ▁Collection . ▁Bl ind ▁and ▁bed -