Mr. Kotenev's book is well and interestingly written, while he is fully qualified by reason of his intimate knowledge of Chinese affairs to have undertaken it. His criticisms of the actions and motives of Foreign Powers is just as frank and unflinching as it is of the Chinese, for which reason we feel sure that it will be received on all sides as an impartial narration and summing up of the recent history of this great country in which we live—"The China Journal Obtainable at all leading Booksellers and from the Publishers.
"NORTH CHINA DAILY NEWS" OFFICE, SHANGHAI,
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