20 NOVEMBER 1926, Page 45

AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF CHINA. By Dr. H. H. Gowen

and J. W. Hall. (Appleton. 15s.)—Histories of China available' in the past have been too often technical studies or speciat pleas. This one is scholarly and interesting, and in the. main impartial. They present vividly the story of China's. ancient civilization from the beginnings in the cave villages. of the Upper Yellow River 5000 B.C. to the convocation of - the National Assembly at Peking in the winter of 1925-26.