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    THE YANG-T SE-KIANG* Mr. Little journeye...

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    CHAMBERS'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA* A very cordial...

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    years ago any author , whom a standard publ wi ishing house would vouch for , could be tested

    ¦ thout any such risk as must now be incurred . Of latesome good houses have even got into

    the habit , of returning unopened all manuscripts by unknown authors . '

    Amekica ^ Book Sta tistics . —Last year ' s out F put of books fell shor h t of that of ir- i h 188 ~ - 6

    which - ^^^ r v ^^ H ^^ B ^^ r ^^^^ B ^^ v was ^*^ r ^^^ . t ^^ he ^ r ^^^^ ^ . ^^ ^ larges ^^ . *^ . * ^^^ ^ M ^^ ^ H ^^^ t i v ^^ F n ^^^^ K ^^^^ t ^^^ he . ^^ ^ " annals ^^^ ^ ^ ™ ^^ ^^ of ^^ lit — — era ^ — , ^ - ture . The following table shows the number

    of entries made in the two years in The Publishers' Weekly :

    1886 . 1887 . Fiction 1080 1022

    Juvenile Books 458 487 Law 469 438 Theology and — Religion ... ... 377 353

    —CD % / C 3 Education , Language 275 283 Literary History and Miscellany 388 251 Poetry and the Drama 220 221

    Descri Biograp t h y , Memoirs Travel 155 159 201 180 ^^ pJ , - - - _ _ _

    Fine _ Art and Illustrated Books 151 175 Medical Science , Hygiene ... 177 171

    History 182 157 Political and Social Science ... 174 143 Useful Arts 112 123

    Physical and Mathematical Science 148 76

    Domestic and Rural 46 61 Sports and Amusements 70 48

    Humour and Satire 17 26 Mental and Moral Philosophy 18 21 4676 — _ w — 443 — — — 7 w

    For figures of the British output we refer the reader to our number dated December 311887 , -

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    292 The Publishers' Circular March 15 , 1888

    The Yang-T Se-Kiang* Mr. Little Journeye...

    THE YANG-T SE-KIANG * Mr . Little journeyed up the Yang-tse river

    for 1 , 400 miles . His furthest point was Chungking — — - ^ h ~ , « the — ' — cap - ^ v-w y -r - i v tal — w w - ^— of - ** ^» the ^ * v . ^ m - ^^ western w w " ^^ *^^ ^ r ^* «» ^» ^ ' back r *^ r « p *^ - ^^ « fe ^ h » country ^^^ ^^^ ^^ v ^» j ^ ^^ m ^ w , a '

    of di — — — p m S loma zechuen — — — — — ticall ~~ ~— ~— ™~ , y the f de -. * ~^ " ~ opening layed —^ ^^ " ^ m - ^^ ~* - ^^^ for ^^ ^^^ ^ up m m ¦ ^ several ^ rf ' ^ . ^ of ^ - ^ m ^ which ^^ ^ fc- *^» ^^ years w ^ ^ has *^ P ^^ b r J" , H been con ^ b ^ ^^^ « v fw t -

    trary to the text of the Chefoo Convention . Cap Wes tain tern China Blakiston is still made almost his a survey terra incognita twent .

    years ago , and the momentous question has y I a — — lways - w been — ^~ ¦ — the — possibility ^ p ^ " ^¦ ^ ¦ b ^— —> . ^ ^ v ^^ ^ b ^^ ^ of ^ ^ «^ ^ navi ^ ^^ ^ . ^^^ ^ ^^ ga l ^ B ^ 1 ^^^ t ^ B * ing ^ fc ** ** ^ ¦ ^ . ^ h ^ in ^ ^ w

    s t team ravell vessels er is convinced the great wate that rway with . The tabl present built sm ~ -v ~ -- - all — — s - teamers —_ - - ™ - — — —¦ ^ w - ^^ ™— " ^— there - ^ ^^^^ " ^ ir ^^ ^^^^ would » v ^ ta ^ r ^^^ v ^^ ^ p ^^ be ^^^ ^^^ no ^ b J ^ ^ ~ difficulty ^^^^^ ^^ ^ y J ^^ V ^^^ ^^^ ft ^^ ^^ W

    whatever in passing over the waters of the * Through the Yang-tse Gorges ; or , Trade and Travel in I Western * China / by Archibald John Ufctle . London : Sampson

    I ^ JLfOW , Marston , dearie ac Jttlvington , JLtmited .

    The Yang-T Se-Kiang* Mr. Little Journeye...

    upper river . Mr . Little says : So tedious are the antiquated modes of travelthat of the

    thousands of European residents , at the treaty ports , few have the leisure or inclination to

    journey 4 ' barbarian outside " steamers of the . routes Of covere the d by our to voyage

    of Chung 1 , 400 -king nautical , up the Yang miles -tse , 1 river , 000 , a miles distance are

    traversed by steamer to Ichang in a week ' s fi time ve t . o six The remaining ksa longer 400 time miles than occupy it takes from

    to go from London , to Shanghai . ' The continued extension of interest in all

    affairs relating to the ' Flowery Land' would in itself be a proper reason for the publication of Mr . Little ' s book . But it has another and

    a more irresistible claim upon readers . Asa traveller's story __ the __ style of narration is most fascina — ting —^ . . Sometimes — — _ we _ fear _ we lose sig CJht

    of the sober and sensible question of commerce i o f magni our admira ficent t scener ion of y p among icturesqu moun e descr tains iption rising s

    from the great Yang-tse gorges . We find in the descriptions of Chinese manners and customs an unhesitating account of their some- I

    times unsavoury surroundings . Mr , Little , in his observations , has had an immense

    advani tage through his knowledge of the language of | the country , and this has enabled him to

    I be describe quite forcibl a new y what country to . Eng As lish an reade examp rs l e of t his astute acquaintance with the Chinese

    character , we should note ( pp 7 . 232-233 ) his i ! of remar wha ks t were on the supposed word * T to 'ien be , its and equivalents the choice

    1 sec y ts m . issionaries These remarks from var are ious of countries tional and interes — — — t . As t — o — opium — — — -smoking — — f— excep Mr . Little

    -- - j- - j sees no harm in it , at least no more harm than might arise from an excessive indulgence in , kindred habits in our own country .

    Altogether this is a marvellously competent record of travelling experiences . Sound in its instructivenessand brightly vivacious in its

    descriptions , it , should long retain a hold on the favour of the general reader , not to speak

    of the more exacting scientist .

    Chambers's Encyclopaedia* A Very Cordial...

    CHAMBERS'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA * A very cordial welcome must be given to

    the new and revised edition of this excellent work . The changes which have occurred since its first appearance are very numerous ,

    and although efforts , we are aware , have constantly been made to keep the work in accord with progressthe time had certainly arrived

    when more cop , ious and more thorough alterations should be carried out . The fine appear-I ance of — the firs — — t volume — — commends it at once :

    the page is larger than the old edition ; the words type is are new boldl and y singularl printed y clear ( thoug ; the catch t so

    pretty , in our op inion 7 X , as the caps of ' the old edition ) ; and the illustrations are not only

    abundant , but through their excellence form a special feature of the book . When we look into the literary matter

    * Chamber *? s Encyclopaedia : a Dictionary of Universal Knowledge . New Edition . VoU I . London and Edinburgh : W . and E . Chambers .

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1888, page 292, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031888/page/6/