Together with the history, a knowledge of the poetry and art is necessary to the proper understanding of a nation. A paper by Miss Ethel Lacey on the Odes is beautifully written. From it the reader is able to construct in imagination many delightful pictures of the past in China, of sacrificial ceremonies, of life among court ladies, of the officials' dress, and so on. From it, one is also able to learn of the standards of honour and conduct of those ancient times and to compare them with subsequent history.
The subject of feudalism in China—so interesting to the
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