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.
♦ ♦ Hwhenßaff ♦ ZOweg ♦
LOTsÇfDOü^, S.C.
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