Through the Yang-tse Gorges. By Archibald John Little. (Sampson Low,
Marston, and Co. 6s.)—This is the third edition of Mr. Little's book. Ten years have passed since the second edition was published, and many things have happened in China, and with respect to English relations to China, in this interval, "Trade and Travel in Western China" is the author's sub-title. Trade has been greatly affected during the last decade, and as to travel, Mr. Little has made an important addition to his experi- ence in this province ; for he has made his way up the higher stream of the Yang-tse, and a very interesting story it is that he gives of this journey. Anyhow this volume, enlarged as it is, and brought up to date, is a very seasonable publication. The preliminary chapter on "The British Sphere of Influence" is in itself a good reason for the new edition. The questions which it raises, however, are not such as can be discussed in these columns, for they are political rather than literary.
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