In presenting the first volume of his new book "The Naturalist in Manchuria," Mr. A, de C. Sowerby once more places the reading public in China under an obligation. The work of this naturalist and explorer is too well known in China to need any comment here, as most of the readers of this paper will be familiar with the articles he ig writing on the natural history of this country. The present volume is a fitting addition to the series that he has produced in the course of the past few years dealing as they do with north China, Mongolia and now, Manchuria. They tell of the author's trips into thie interior, for which he has become famous, and give interesting accounts of the various forms of animal life encountered, together with vivid descriptions of his experiences, the country through which he has passed and the natives.
The volume under review opens with an introduction describing the geography, topography and something of the work done by previous explorers: of the Manchurian region, by which term the author means the whole of the area drained by the Amur River and its tributaries, as well as the three provinces of Chinese Manchuria. The rest of the book comprising 23 chapters, with the exception of one upon the human inhabitants of Manchuria, gives in narrative form an account of a series of expeditions made by him during the years 1913,.1914 and 1915, when owing to the War, further
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