Tne Tave Story oF AM Q, By Lu-Tsux.
Translated into Engliah by George Kin Leung. "The Commercial Press, Mr. Leung has given us another excellent translation which follows closely on the heels of his first] attempt, "The Lone Swan," which, by the way, has met with consider-lable success. and has already reached its third edition.
The story is one of living condi-tons among the common people of China and it is the character sketch of a Chinese rustic written by the foremost scholar and writer of th new literary, movement in this country, who has well been described as "a truly great author.... 9 sincere writer of the Chinese people +.+.a master for mirroring the soul of the masses." Written in Pei-hua, jor the colloquial, style, there is in it which arouses in the reader an insatiable desire for more. Once having begun to read the story, one finds a reluctance to lay the book down until it has been read from cover to cover. There is in it a gentle ind charming dignity, there jate parts which are most humerous and yet there are others which are capable of moving one to tears. The quaint utterances, the freshness of the story of this simple villager and his inimitable actions. fare most delightful. The subject is an ordinary one, but surprising it to note that most writers have overlooked it.
We are indebted to Mr. Leung for his very fine translation, Being born in New Jersey, U.S.A, 20 years there, sarily mean that his English must be good, but it is good and polished just the same, The close-ress and precision of the translation precludes any doubt of Mr. Leung's having succeeded in his effort to preserve the beautiful tone of the original narrative, It is a book which can be read to advantage by all, Foreigners will gain an insight of Chinese life and conditions as they actually exist and Chinese students will find in it 2 text of well rendered phrase. An lexecllent book of this sort is sure to have a good sale and we should not be surprised to learn that it is going like "hot cakes." We strongly recommend i Hamilton's Braes of Yarrow (1724 Burns and Scott made it a poet favour 'A curious example of pseudoarchaism is the verb "wis," to know, which poets have constructed by understanding the obsolete.adverb version is the nearest—"Be my "wie," certainly (Anglo Saxon brother or I murder you."—"Sunday, as "I wis!"
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.