21 JUNE 1902, Page 23

Out in, China. By Mrs. Archibald Little. (A. Treherne and

Co. 2s. 6d.)—The primary object of this book may be said to be that of a political pamphlet. People in England do not think enough about China, or, if they think, probably think wrong. This is really what Mrs. Archibald Little has to say ; but then the ordinary reader of fiction has to be considered. A bride goes out to Mr. Lindsay in China, but unhappily the wrong one ; it should have been the aunt; it is the niece. Hence troubles which it is not difficult to imagine. There are some good things in the story ; but this toujours perdrix of unlawful love, served up everywhere and anywhere, is really beyond all bearing. So, at least, it seems to us; but multitudes of people must like it, for there is little else in novels, or on the stage.