The Yangtze Valley and Beyond. By Mrs. J. F. Bishop (Isabella "L. Bird), F.R.G.S._ With map and 116 illustrations, Murray's Imperial Library. In cloth, gilt. 8vo. 557 pp. London: John Murray, 1899, Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Ld.
This handsome: volume is dedicated by permission to the Marquis of Salisbury, which may be taken as a proof of the ro-putation Mrs. Bishop has won experioncol traveller and reliable observer. The journeys described were undertaken for recreation and interest solely, after some severe travelling in Corea. To the extraordinary interest of the journey in Szechuan the hook bears eloquent. testi-many, but it would be dificult to imagine travel much more severe: and it, must demand the cheerful philosophy of a Mark Tapley to find recreation in such hardships, especially when aggravated by a blew on' the head from a brick, the effects of which were felt for a whole' year, One gets a curious insight into the con: traditions of Chinese" character from this book, Mrs. Bishop is often full of admiration for their excellent qualities, but every now and then her disgust at their filth, brutality, and cruelty breaks out in forcible language. To the reader whose experience of China is limited to. a residence in Shanghai, this' hook will be quite a revelation. It shows what a marvellous country this is. Nature has poured out every conceivable gift with a lavish hand, in scenery of ideal beauty and grandeur, in fertility and variety of climate, and in stupendous mineral deposits." China may be fairly described as
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