Future Trade in the Far East. By C. C. Wakefield.
(Whittaker.) —Japan is the important element in this question. There is nothing that the Japanese cannot do, and the pressing necessity for English trade, so far as it is concerned with this matter, is to accommodate itself to this fact. The first chapter deals with the Trans-Siberian Railway, which will, it seems, become a complete fact early in the next century. Chaps. 2 and 3 deal with Japan and China respectively, an account of the great ports, &c., being given. Corea follows, and under the title of the "Minor East" we have an account of Labuan, North Borneo, Singapore, Java, &c. This is followed by a supplementary chapter dealing with India and Ceylon, and this again by a general review of the whole subject. Mr. Wakefield is an expert whose views demand consideration.
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