th June, Ir is not that -variety of the genus Homo whose flowing robe and glossy queue are everywhere in evidence amongst us, and whom printers honour with quotation marks; it is tot of him, much as he deserves attention, that we speak to-day, but of the happy-go-lucky, and too often grimy young scapegrace of our own flesh.and blood who has been born, and must be brought up here on an alien soil. It would need a whole series of articles to do complete justice to his varying virtues, vices, abilities, and defects. We can therefore only glance at a few salient points in his complicated character, Physically there is little fault to be found with Shanghai Junior. 'The climate alternately forces and braces him. His growth during the hot months of the year is at times absolutely alarming. It is usually upward, as though he were desirous of emulating the Customs' Tower or the spire of the Cathedral, but instances
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