We acknowledge with pleasure receipt of Vol. 1, No. 1 of thy "China Law Review," a publication which it is intended shall be issued quarterly by students of the Comparative Lan School of China, Lai Department of Soochow University, under supervision of the Faculty, at No. 20 Qunsan Road, Shanghar—($2, per year).
In an editorial, the policy of the "Law Review'' is stated to be threefold: first, to introduce the principles of foreign laws to China, and to acquaint foreign countries with the principles of Chinese law. second, to facilitate a comparative study pf these principles, an, cause I wanted the sea.
And 1jtrd, to extend widely in China took French leave because I knew knowledge of these principles as 1 my father would never have let preparation for legal reform. Resides "Comments on Current me go." He shipped with a copy Events," there 1s wu article by Dr. of Browning and his savings, and Tsu Chien on "The Cowt System roughed it from year to year while of China," a report of a meeting he "dreamed prodigiously about of the American Bar Association, big things ahead," till he passed his a reproduction of an address by master's examination in Singapore. the' Hon, John W. Davis, former The curious thing about Shackle-U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain. ton was that, susceptible and res-It is entitled "Our Brethren Overpensive as he was at a dozen seas," and was delivered at the points, it did nothing to weaken 44th annual meeting of the Americar his extraordinary capacity for Bar Association at_Cincinnati, "collar work." His power of pull-Ohio, on August 31, 1921. It ably' ing through is typified explains the vast structure known episode of his service with Scott generally as English Law. The in the "Discovery" expedition, when he had broken a blood-vessel One night as he lay very near the point of death he heard Scott say to Wilson outside the tent. Do you think he will last?" and Wilson's reply. don't think so." Oh! won't I," he muttered to himself. When they came into the tent Shackleton raised - himself up a little and managed to jerk out, "I'm not going to die; I tell you this—shall be alive when both you fellows are dead."
He knew, we learn, that the feat of reaching South Georgia from Elephant Island to send succour to his marooned shipmates there was the climax of his life. As many who go back to the pages of volume also contains an account of "Laws Ruling in China To-day, contributed by "a Student of the Third Year Class." There are also references to recent court decisions in the Chinese Appellate Courts. International Mixed Courts and the Foreign Courts in Shanghai: The publication "is, very properly, published both in the Chinese and the English languages. We wish it every success.
"South" must feel, it was the most Homeric story of modern times. And Frank Wild's sustaining of those who remained behind was its worthy counterpart.
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