22 NOVEMBER 1884, Page 20

Little People of Asia. By Olive Thorne Miller. (Griffith and

Farran.)—Children undoubtedly like to hear about other children, and here they may have their taste amply gratified. Miss Miller tells, in a style perhaps too condescendingly simple and familiar—we fancy that the youngsters have a sense of literary dignity—about children in all parts of Asia,—among the wandering Tartars, in Syria, in Hindoostan, in Tibet, in the land of the Esquimanx, and, along with other places, in Japan. To Japan, indeed, she assigns the palm. The "Japanese Little People, the Happiest of All," furnish the sub- ject of the concluding chapter. This is a handsome volume, full of curious information, and adorned with a number of excellent illus- trations. It is quite one of the notable books of its class.