ki:\ n;\\ s OF RECENT BOOKS 



Letters trom China and Japan. By John and Alice Chipman Dewey. 



B. P. Dutton and Company. 



,1 Mrs. Dewej Bpent a year in China and Japan. These letters 



tten to their children at home. We who are strangers to 



them can enjoy fchem too. They are well worth reading. The experi- 



| ained minds arc always of value. The observations of these 



aerc in the East, coining as they did from the New World, 



ding Hit' things that impressed them, as they came in contact 



with the most ancient civilization, are full of charm and interest. 



immend this hook to all our readers. 



The Court Painters of the Grand Moguls. By Laurence Binyon. 



London. Oxford University Press. 



Tin Historical Introduction and Notes to this elegant volume have 



written l>\ T. \Y. Arnold. The work contains XL plates, and 



the letterpress inns to forty -three pages. The whole work is beauti- 



executed. The Plates deal with a variety of subjects. The 



tispiece is Jahangir drinking wine under a canopy, done in colour. 



Every phase of life is depicted and the style of Indian art is clearly 



shown in these illustrations. Mr. Arnold's historical explanation and 



us notes add greatly to the value and interest of the book. 



imon man will gain much help from his writing, and the 



illustrations will help him to life his eyes to the scenes of the past, 



and enlarge his vision of the pleasures and pursuits of people in 



other lands, during a fascinating period of history. 



Must We Fight Japan? By Walter B. Pitkin. New York. The 



( lentury ( !o. 



s is the question propounded by Mr. Pitkin and which he discusses 



in about 500 pages. The Washington Conference answered NO and 



I a pan assented to that verdict and is making it clear that she meant 



she then said. The book therefore is already somewhat out 



date. The author's final word is "Nothing will aggravate the 



yellow peril so much as the sanitation of Asia. If that comes, carried 



■lit in a thorough and effective way, it will inevitably lead to very 



tant developments. What course they may take, no one can 



Though the title is out, of date, the book contains a vast a 



nit of useful information which is of permanent value. 



