The Path of Empire. By George Lynch. (Duckworth and Co.
10s. net.)—The "path of Empire" is the railway, says Mr. Lynch ; and he manifestly thinks that the Trans-Siberian line is a very important thoroughfare from the Empire point of view. Mr. Lynch saw some things, Japanese, Korean, and Russian, at a. very significant time. He witnessed, for instance, the review of the Japanese Fleet; he travelled in Korea; he hoard a good deal about Russian doings in Manchuria and on the Amur, and he travelled home by the Trans-Siberian line. He is a practical observer, and his impressions and opinions are worth noting. —With this we may mention Mr. E. Stanford's Map of the Seat of War in the Far East (65., 10s. 6d., 128. 6d., 14e., according to mounting). It is on the scale of twenty-four miles to the inch, and is admirably clear. The limits are Port Arthur and Chinampo (S.), Harbin and the Amur River (N.), Vladivostok (E.), Pekin (W.)
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