5 OCTOBER 1907, page 30

Reforms In China.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—May I question the statement in your article of Septem- ber 21st on the progress of reform in China that " nothing good will ever happen......

Books.

SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE.* Bu a melancholy coincidence, Mr. Alexander Dines Shand died almost at the moment when this his latest book was published. His readers will regret that they......

Poetry.

BALLADE OF THE JOURNEY'S END. 'him far fair lands our feet have trod— The journey that was never done— The dreams that followed us golden shod— All mad adventure 'neath the sun—......

Unwritten History.

!To Till EDITOR OF THE " SPROTATOR.1 Sin,—The interesting article on the lake village near Glaston- bury in your issue of September 14th has in it an incorrect assertion, though......