The Chin Woo Athletic Association has just published a very interest ing anniversary volume containing a history of the development of the Association as well as pictures descriptive of its history, development, and work.
Covering more than 260 pages in Chinese, but little space has been allotted to the English portion. However, in the three pages reserved for the English section, the Board of Directors give a brief description of the Association's history, while Mr. S. 8. Chow, the English secretary, has written a very able article on "The History of Chinese Kungfu"—Kungfu, by the way, means boxing—the. art of which is mainly emphasized in the Association.
The book, which is printed on white art paper and bound in foreign style, contains sever! tun-dred photos and pictures all of which are the work of the members. These show the beginning of the Association in: its very humble quarters and go on to the present modern buildings and the members playing all sorts of modern games. As stated, most of the photos were taken by the members and were also developed and printed by them in the Camera Department. The different movements of Chinese boxing are shown from the first to the last.
Militaify drill is not forgotten. The pictures also show the companies at drill at bayonet practice, and using machine-guns.
Not only are activities inside the club described, but the work of the members in various institutions and schools in Shanghai and outports are illustrated.
Many different articles on the value of physical culture, written by girls as well as men, appear in the Chinese section of the book, which concludes with a complete list of members. It is remarkable {that so big a book as this can be bound so well and printed' on such fine paper and yet be sold for a little more than 'a dollar.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.