5 JANUARY 1884, page 19

Books.

THE STORY OF CHINESE GORDON.* THIS is the third time the story of Chinese Gordon has been told, to all intents and purposes against his own wish; and yet he is only a little......

The High Alps In Winter.* The High Alps In Winter

is written to prove two things,—that the air of the'mountains is a cure for consumption, and that mountaineering may be as easily and safely managed in the winter as in the......