Recent  (Books  ^
Something  tA-bout  Them.
“  The  first  book  on  social  life  in  China  written  by  a  Chinaman.”
The  Chinese  Painted  by  Themselves.  By
C^onel  Tchenq-ki-Tonq.  Translated  by  James  Millington.
LONDON  :  Field  6r  Tuer,  The  Leadenhall  Press,  E.C.  [Six  Shillings.
T he  truth  respecting  China  and  the  Chinese,  according  to  a
Chinaman  who  considers  he  may  be  allowed  to  know  as
much  about  his  country  and  its  people  as  the  more  or  less
veracious  travellers  who  have  discoursed  thereon.  The  subject
is  full  of  interest,  and  Colonel  Tcheng-ki-tong’s  book  is  destined
to  dispel  many  time-honoured  prejudices.

"  A  weird  and  fascinating  story  which  has  the  rare  merit  of  being  true.”
The  True  Story  of  Mazeppa:  The  Son  of
Peter  the  Great  :  A  Change  of  Reign.  By  Viscount  E.  Melchior
DE  Vogue.  Translated  from  the  French  by  James  Millington.
LONDON  :  Field  &•  Tuer,  The  Leadenhall  Press,  E.C.  [Six  Shillings.
F ew  are  unacquainted  with  the  mythical  Mazeppa  of  Voltaire,
Byron,  Hugo,  and  Poushkin.  Fact,  however,  is  stranger
than  fiction,  and  the  weird  and  fascinating  story  herein  related  of
the  hero,  who  is  every  year  solemnly  cursed  in  Russian  churches
—with  the  exception  of  those  founded  by  himself—will  possess
an  equal  interest  for  the  lover  of  the  romantic  and  the  historical,
"  Should  be  read  by  literary  aspirants.”—Graphic,
John  Oldcastle’s  Guide  for  Literary  Begin-NERS.
  LONDON  :  Field  6r  Tuer,  The  Leadenhall  Press,  E.C.
[One  Shilling.
T he  title  is  self-explanatory,  and  the  nature  of  the  book  will
best  be  gathered  by  a  perusal  of  the  chapter  headings:—
“Literary  Amateurs,”  “Introductions  to  Editors,”  “How  to
Begin,”  “Declined  with  Thanks,”  “Pounds,  Shillings,  and
Pence,”  “Journalism  as  a  Career,'  (i.  The  fair  side;  2.  The
seamy  side),  “  In  an  Editor’s  Chair,”  “  A  Miscellaneous  Chapter,"
“Ten  Journalistic  Commandments,”  “  How  to  Correct  Proofs.”
To  the  literary  tyro  “  Oldcastle’s  Guide  for  Literary  Beginners  ”
is  full  of  most  useful  hints,  while  to  the  outside  world  it  wil
afford  a  fund  of  amusement.

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