Ir Topsy Have No To-wosnow—By live Gilbreath. John Murray Yomion. 1926.
Among the many, many books! that have been written about the Russian revolution, this one, so far as we are aware, strikes an entirely new note, and that with a hand sure and a sound so ringing that it leaves on the mind an effect of truth and reality which we have not teen surpassed by any writer on Russia's débdele. Tt describes the life of the descendant of an old family of British sojourners in Russia where they have risen to wealth and position, before and dui ing the Bolshevik revolution; of Joe for one girl; of how he, is trapped by another, the daughter of Polish adventurers plotting for marriage with an Englishman for a house of defence in a reeling world; of the inevitable failure of the marriage; and of how Michael (the principal character), escaping through Siberia, finds his true love, who had tried to come from England to join him, dying in a convent, The book ends'on the tragedy of her death with a rather convention Al post-mortem vision, which, however, leaves the impression that]
isnot likely to forget the one of the other pupils. This is {followed by other sections; such as, Senior; Junior; Elementary; Organizations, concerning the girls' Dramatic Club which has given plays such as "Hassan;" Athletics, all sports as Tennis, Basket Ball ete, are very popular;. Art and Literature, with contains _short essays and poems by the class. The book altogether shows clearly ithe enterprise and energy of the Jschool. It is produced in faultless English, with only a section at the [back written in Chinese.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.