184 REVIEWS OF RECENT BOOKS 



Page 7 ^J|£ is used for "armistice," and on page 140 for "truce" ; 

 the same term is used for "cessation of hostilities." There is nothing 

 in the term as used to indicate the temporary nature of an "armistice." 



Page 35 if? ^ is used for "differing opinions," but is incorrect. 



Page 21 $K ffc J§1 JJL "Christian Science" can have no valid claim 

 to the appropriation of this term. 



Page 58 iltJ^iJfcip is a doubtful term to represent "Higher 

 criticism." 



Page 67 f|| ]$ j$t used for "kidnap" is surely a localism. 



Page 94 ^ W^fft is used for "penitentiary" and on page 148 for 

 "work house." Its use for either is open to question, and the term 

 might have a much better definition. 



Page 149 |f £fc ^ is not the full name of the Young Men's 

 Christian Association, though it is generally understood as such. Anv 

 Society of young people could be so called, therefore in a book of terms^ 

 the full title of the Y.M.C.A. should be given. 



Page 115 55, jjlffl t£ "{$, -fl" is not known as the equivalent of the 

 Royal Asiatic Society. We are known as the gi jJ>|>J ^ &r m 



But while drawing attention to these few cases where improvement 

 might be made, we would again express our warm appreciation of the 

 "Hand-book" as a whole. I. M. 



Who's Who of the Chinese in New York. By W. M. Van Norden. 

 This is a small illustrated book of Chinese persons in the United 

 States, and scenery in China. It gives an account of several successful 

 Chinese business men in America with a small directory of Chinese 

 in New York. It contains many items of interest about Chinese 

 things. It also seeks to advocate the use of Chinese farmers (married) 

 for land cultivation in America. But it is a book of very little value. 



M. 



A Sportsman's Miscellany, with Sketches by the Author, and 

 Photographs. By Arthur de Carle Sowerby, f.z.s., f.r.g.s., 

 etc. 



One of the best tests of the value of a book may be found by 

 putting a straightforward question to the men who review it — Do you 

 want to possess that volume even if you have to pay for it? 



In the case of the present book and the present reviewer, the 

 answer is an enthusiastic "Yes!" For Mr. Sowerby, who is already 

 well-known to members of the R.A.S., has in these twenty-one 

 chapters, with their fourscore illustrations, given so charming and so 



