19 FEBRUARY 1887, Page 24

A Wizard's Wanderings from China to Peru. By John Watkins

Holden. (Dean and Son.)—There is very little of the " wizard " iu these wanderings. If Mr. Holden would tell us how he astonished the natives by his tricks, there might be something in his narrative. As it is, he is nothing but a commonplace traveller, whose observa- tions on matters that come or do outcome under his notice, generally show how far the title which he claims has drifted away from its original significance of the "wise man."