22 JANUARY 1927, Page 27

TEN WEEKS WITH CHINESE BANDITS. By Harvey J. Howard. (John

Lane. 8s. (Id. Illustrations.)—Just now any book about China strikes a topical note. Having been captured by the Black Dragon River Bandits and ultimately rescued after many harrowing experiences, the author has thought fit to publish every trivial detail he can remember. This book should have been sub-edited—ruthlessly in places. But when Dr. Howard writes of the bandits first appearing like magic horsemen who had sprung out of the earth" we can only deplore the fact that with a little more discrimination here would have been a very enthralling adventure talc indeed.