With a Foreword by SIR JAMES CRICHTON-BROWN, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. With a
Photogravure of the Whistler Portrait of Carlyle, Two other
Photogravures, and about 100 Portraits, full-page and other
Illustrations. Crown 4to, _10s. 6d. net_.

This new Carlyle Book deals with the Carlyles in all their multiform
relations to the Carlyle Country, and casts much valuable light upon the
complex problems raised by Carlyle's earlier and later life.

It forms a most useful and instructive Guide to the Carlyle Country, and
will appeal to old Carlylean Readers by its careful grouping of
biographical events around the places with which they are inextricably
identified.

A valuable Carlyle Chronology is appended, together with an Index and
Map.

HISTORY OF CHINA.

CHINA, PAST AND PRESENT. By E. H. PARKER, Professor of Chinese at the
Owens College, Manchester; formerly H.B.M. Consul at Kiungchow; Author
of "China," "John Chinaman," etc., etc. With a Map of China. Demy 8vo,
_10s. 6d. net_.

Mr. Parker is one of the great authorities on all that concerns China
and the Chinese, and has been writing upon every phase of the subject
for many years past. In this work he deals with the whole history of the
nation from the earliest times to the present day. His volume is divided
into nine books: I. Historical and Statistical; II. The "Boxer" Wars;
III. Religious; IV. The Imperial Power; V. The Foreigner in China; VI.
Mandarin or Official; VII. Celestial Peculiarities; VIII. Political; IX.
The Seamy Side.

Each of these books is divided into chapters dealing comprehensively
with the whole subject.

NEW WORK ON PAGAN IDOLATRY.

THE WORSHIP OF THE DEAD. The Origin, Nature, and History of Pagan
Idolatry. By COLONEL J. GARNIER, R.E. With Four full-page Illustrations
and numerous Pictures in the text. Demy 8vo, _16s. net_.

The intimate relation of the ancient Paganism to the early history of
mankind and its influence on the fate and fortunes of the human race
gives no little interest and importance to any inquiry into its origin
and nature, and the facts collected and compared in the present work
will be found, not only to throw a remarkable light on the early history
of Egypt and Babylonia but to have an especial bearing on important
questions of the present day.

EVERYDAY LIFE IN CHINA.

LIFE AND SPORT IN CHINA. By OLIVER G. READY, B.A. With Thirteen
Illust