"Rover's? new book, '"Btories from Chinese Life" is one that haa just left the press.
The author has attempted to embody the practical side of Chinese lifo in story form and has to a very: great extent succeeded, Being evidently one who has spent most of his life in China in the province of Szechuan and the Yangtze regions, he rather emphasizes life in the Western provinces, much of which is entirely different from that along the coast.
Bound in pamphlet form, the book contains five interesting stories which are well worth reading. Two of these especially, Beneath a Yellow Skin" and Just a Chinese Girl," we would commend to our readers. The former is the story of a young Chinese who, from poverty works his way up to an official post—simply because of his ambition—and finally lays down his life for the cause of the Revolution. The story of the Chinese girl is a tale well-known to most residents of China, but the author has endeavoured to describe the, life suffered by China's unfortunate before and after they enter into the house of ill-fame.
A number of typographical errors are noticed which should receive correction.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.