Asiatic Quarterly Review (Full Title: The Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review, and Oriental and Colonial Record): Volume XIII, No. 26 [‎543v] (211/238)

4 2 4 Reviews and Notices.
Mr. Batchelor may be considered the pioneer of Jezo, and those who
follow in his footsteps will find the land well surveyed ; they should make
no mistakes when approaching these people, or in the manner in which to
proclaim “ the glad tidings ” of a higher, nobler life, a great hereafter, of an
example to follow, of a life worth living. Yet the Ainu is not without his
good qualities. Prehistoric barbarism has been supplanted by gentler
characteristics; there is but little cruelty left in their nature. Animal
creation is cared for—nay, even worshipped. Flowers and trees, reptiles,
and other living things which surround them, play important parts of a
strange faith that has satisfied dead generations. A religious system still
exists of a belief in things present, established by virtue of ancestral
convictions—accepted, but not proved. Weighed down by superstition,
trammelled by customs, the Ainus, grand of physique though childlike in
disposition, must not be forgotten or overlooked. The passive nature
needs arousing, for, save for such able men as Mr. Batchelor, they would
be more than content to remain as they are, or lag behind in this
momentous era of the world’s history, utterly ignoring the civilizing
influence now penetrating to the farthest stretch of Eastern territory.—S.
Smith, Elder and Co. ; 15, Waterloo Place, London, 1901.
17. The Tale of the Great Mutiny, by W. H. Fitchett, b.a., ll.d., author
of “ Deeds that won the Empire,” “ Fights for the Flag,” “'How England
saved Europe,” “ Wellington’s Men,” etc., with portraits and maps. This
is a very concise and well-written tale of the great Mutiny in India. It
ought to be perused and studied as a serious and an instructive lesson by
the present generation, in whose keeping the just administration of Indian
affairs rests. The work contains excellent portraits of Lord Roberts,
Lieutenant George Willoughby of the Bengal Artillery, Sir Henry Lawrence,
Sir Henry Havelock, Lord Lawrence, Sir Herbert Edwardes, John Nichol
son, and Sir James Outram, all illustrious in their respective spheres of
heroic action, in defence of the British position in India, and which has
resulted in inestimable blessings to the rulers and natives of the country.
There are also maps, illustrating the military operations at Cawnpore,
Lucknow, and Delhi, and the distribution of our troops on May 1, 1857,
with a minute and carefully prepared index. The work is an admirable
resume of a most critical period of British history in India.
Smithsonian Institution, Government Printing Offices \
Washington, 1901.
18. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution,
showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for
the Year ending June 30, 1897. This Annual Report, ending June 30,
1897, contains Part II. of the U.S. National Museum. It opens with an
admirable memorial of George Brown Goode, together with a selection of
his papers on “ Museums ” and on the “ History of Science in America.”
There are no fewer than 109 well-executed portraits of men of science and