“Were it not that he challenges comparison with the classics, we might almost call it a great novel.”
+ + Spec. 97: 172. Ag. 4, ’06. 1230w.
Denby, Charles, colonel. China and her people. **$2.40. Page.
Uniform with the “Travel lover’s library,” this new work is in two handy-sized volumes. “The first volume is filled with reminiscences of the author’s stay in China and his personal impressions of the land and the people, and with accounts of court life at Pekin and social life and customs elsewhere in the kingdom. The second volume is concerned with Chinese politics and industrial and commercial problems and conditions.” (Dial.)
“The material is arranged in an interesting fashion. The books are readable and, more important, reliable.”
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 27: 416. Mr. ’06. 310w.
“It must be accepted as the most authoritative of late contributions to the literature on Chinese affairs, and is especially valuable in its observations on political topics.” John W. Foster.
+ + Atlan. 97: 543. Ap. ’06. 130w.
“In general, the topics dealt with in both volumes are of the sort that would naturally interest a man of affairs, and Colonel Denby’s method of treating them will appeal particularly to masculine readers.”