lated freim the Chin= Buck," (Two Joh Day Ca. New Any work by Pearl Buck is bound to command attention and this not less so. than its predecessors. On the other hand, it must be admitted that to the Western reader Chinese fiction lacks appeal. Its methods, its impersonality and its unfamiliar: ity put it in a category by itself, larly years ago Dr, Candlin called attention to its merits, but it is to be feared that the pseudo-Chinese of Brnest Bramah will find many more Western readers than the genuine article, "Strange Tales from 4 Chinese Studio", "Dream of the Red Chamber", and the "Three Kingdoms" are, we fear, more read By student of ihe Chinese language fan by the, general reader for amusement, "This will probably he true of "AN Men are Brothers". oven though it has the attraction of being: a work forbidden in the time of the Manchus.
Avlong extract has recently been published which giver a good idea the style of the book. The trans: ator does not claim to have produced scholarly work "meticulous [explanation and documentation" and faye" she had no purpose. "beyond my delight in "the original as. an excellent tale excellently told."
however, a very remarkable piece of writing, extending to over 1,200 pages, and hax evidently been Mout of Tave to the translator. The clear, foreibte and impressive. language is, as might be expected,
'To' all who wish to get into the mind of China and to know some: thing of its wealth of legend and the" uniqueness of its. popular Philosophy, "All Men are Brothers" can be most highly commended. The publishers have" made a first-class fob of the production. There are two frontispieces from old Chinese illustrations and numerous tailpieces portraying the weapons used by the robber band whose exploits form the connecting theme of the story Hue useful publication, By means of it Cornmeseial men and economists alike san arrive at valuable darn for the formulation of judgments on the prospects of China's future development. A guide is also given to the present depression pud its prevails Pauses,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.