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China have been justified ; but in this book he is chary of definite 

 prophecy and, if we remember aright, all he committed himself to was 

 the restoration of the Empire some day — a presage that every year 

 passed renders less likely of fulfilment. For ourselves we dread the 

 future into which this great country is heading since even alien 

 domination might be less harmful than domestic chaos which is surely 

 wearing out the sympathy of China's friends. 



The latter part of this volume consists of newspaper articles on 

 Chinese, Japanese, and Korean subjects. Of these the best is on the 

 Japan theatre. The essay on Shanghai opens with a very forced 

 rhapsody on the superiority of the East over the West. 



Despite our remarks above we hope that all will read this book 

 which is enlivened by that omniscient tone that flatters a reader by 

 crediting him with like knowledge. Should the reader suspect flattery, 

 <he can acquire the knowledge from the author's other works. 



The illustrations are good if not too apposite. *& 



