19 NOVEMBER 1898, Page 27

In the Yellow Sea. By Henry Frith. (Griffith, Farran, and

Co )—Mr. Frith takes care to be abreast of the times. His story deals with an event so recent as the war between China and Japan. His hero is a lad who has been " plucked " at home for defective sight, and by a series of accidents finds himself mixed up with the hostilities going on in the Far East. He tells us of various adventures, but his most important chapter is his description of the "Battle in the Yellow Sea." The Japanese victory, as given here, was of the most decided kind.