4 AUGUST 1900, Page 24

SOXE BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

(Under this heading we notice such Books of the weac CO have not been reserved for review in other forms.]

and Japan," "Asia," "China," "The World," "From Taku to Pekin," "Port Arthur, Kin Chan, and Ta-Lien Wan Bay," " Kiao- Chan Harbour," and "The Environs of Pekin, Port Arthur, Wei- Hai-Wei, and Kiao-Chau." We do not find fault with the pub- lishers, who have doubtless done their best, but we could have done without "The World" and one of the Chinas to have the local maps on a large scale, or, say, a plan of Pekin, with the various cities.