JOURNAL op Tu West CuiNA, Bonen estarcn' Soctety.—Vol. V.. 1932, LG. Kilborn. Eaito United Press, 'This volume is a very remarkable piece of work to come from Western whine and the Society is to be congratulated. The longest contribution is that of Dr. W. Morse on' nese Procedure of JAcupuncture", which extends to 67 exhaustive study phase of Chinese parts the ver-Edgar ix a prineideals for the part with border subjects of a Tibeto-Chinese nature. D. C, Graham supplies three papers of a similar character. F. writes on the animals and D. L. Phel There are several other interesting papers, including survey of the lizards of S.
Szechuen, Mesere, Pen a Mr. Brace on should be also. mentioned, but really more suitable for @ mi ary publication than for the Journal "ea te society. Mr. gestion that the upturned "eaves Edgar makes-a very interesting sui-
land lips of Chinese roofs may raced ack to the talismanic skulls lof horned animals. "A lurid deseription of the Tibetan method of disposal of the dead by vultures comes from his pen. Can this custom be Jassociated' in anyway with the Parsee practice, and so te a relic of BMazdaism in "Western China? This would march with Mr. Bdgars assertion (page sv) "that Bon-pa may be Persian in origin, 'The extraordinary manner in which old cultured nations persist in remote regions of the earth' gives much support to Professor." Eiliot-Smith's thesis as to the uniqueness of culture and the probability of its having arisen only jeentre and been pro} all over the earth. centre is Egypt 5,000 B.C. He lays great stress on jthe fact that for hundreds of thousands of years man remained ju the hunter" stage, with only slight cultural advance, and then jumped rapidly into civilization, 'Scout's motto, in not enough for a Christian, 'True educational culture is to St oneself to live at the best in one's own circumstances, ~The code "of eplture' given by Confuetus is for the highly educated, Taoism is foo! selfish, Mohammedanism is too} cruel. Buddhism is too empty. only! the religion of Christ can train on? for true service to mankind, Miss Teo told sis of many of her ts ce schools and other inst tions in England where she visited taking ker college work there.
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fal"swork in Changsha, jump, he contends, re been unique and all Jquent forms of civilize ion been generated from must. subse-ye Taking Egypt or Mesopotamia as he source, Persia and Turkestan lie on the route to China and traces of tran mission should be found there—
Saualid house with none of the come {outs he might have provided: "Unfortunately, instead of adopting a simple, straightforward style, the author has a tendency to strive too "much after effect, and, like Hampty. Dumpty and. inany''other modern authors, uses his words B'wrong sense, Thus we haves som fleet of dens ant motor [cit took possession" ofthe seeer thick wet alf cir sculling vibentings the
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