Hitherto published as "Hongs & Homes."
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The 1930 issue before us follows much the game lines as "Hongs Homes" of last year, containing as does an alphabetical list of firms in business in Shanghai, a Hongs Who's Who, Street Directory and a Homes Who's Who, together with a Trade Directory, "Trade Agencies and other general information, It is of octavo size with a stiff paper cover and is thumb-indexed for convenience of reference.
A new feature has been introduced of giving wherever possible the telephone number of each house—a useful source of information in the event of the Telephone Directory not. being at hand.
The review of a directory is principally a matter of comparison and in this, by making a comparison with the "North-China Hong List," we note that the list of names in the ipal section, Shanghai hongs, Chinese, falls about 900 pines. In the chapter on Nicaragua there is due mention of the famous mission of Henry L. Stimson, Who soon afterward became Gover nor-General of the Philippines only to leap briskly into the Secretaryship of the State Department.
The portion of this book which will "probably prove of greatest interest to readers here, however, is 4 chapter near the end' of the book when the subject of Oriental Exclusion is dealt with in detail. Among the features of this chapter is a discussion of discriminatory legislation against Chinese by state, regulation ese immigration by treaty and by early federal laws, the Exclusion Acts, the long sequence of events connected with Japanese restriction and finally exclusion, and the effects of Japanese exclusion.
There is an adequate index and several well-prepared maps—R. G. any directory or correct, but particular section.
The title of the "City Directory" has been substituted for the old name of "Fiongs & Homes," the reason given by the publishers for the change being that "as most other towns in the world have a City Directory which deals exclusively with the city itself, Shanghai never had one until "Hongs & Homes' came into the field." This is not quite accurate, for the "Shanghai Directory," which has been published every July by the publishers of the "North-China Hong List" for very many years, is a City Directory h deals exclusively with Shanghai and is annually subscribed to by a large number of firms and residents here. be given credit, however, for realiz~ ing that he was a less heroic figure than Sasso The latter part of the book contains many interesting snapshots of English writers of the day. Law-renee of Arabia is here, Thomas Hardy, Masefield, Wells, Galsworthy. Toward the close of the beck a letter from Lawrence is quoted, a letter advising Graves what to expect in Egypt—a quot tion that unmistakably breathes that breath of personality which we know as style. It affords a striking contrast with Graves! own writing. But, then, Graves was too busy collecting: his facts, perhaps, to to more with them than he ha done, and of facts, or his reporting of frets, he hav given 430 fall pages.
Hodder & Stoughton, of London, have announced the winner of the £1,000 prize offered by them for the best religious novel. The book is "The Ship of Truth," by Lettice Ulpha Cooper. Tt was selected from over four hundred competing MSS., from every part of the empire, It will be: published in the "United States this spring by Little, Brown & Ca. Mise Cooper has already had four lustrical romanees published, "The Ship of Truth," which takes its title from Masefied, deals clergyman who faces the great religious problems of the day and secrifces his career in the Charch so as to begin life afresh for the sake of his conscience,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.