15 FEBRUARY 1908, page 19

Books.

THE FIRST DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO CHINA.* THE Mission of Lord Macartney to China (1792-1794) is one of the notable incidents of diplomatic history. He went out with a large staff......

Poetry.

THE SALMON RUN. VAGUE space, and in the hush Dawn's pencil drew On the damp clouds of darkness, line by line, Peaks and vast headlands, and a fresh wind blew Sharp with the......