'A hi-lingual edition of popular songs of China has been prepared by Mr, Koo. Some have been taken from Chinese music books, but the great majority were picked up at random from street-singers, temples, and country folk. New words for old airs have also been adopted by Mz, Koo in the hope that a body of patriotic songs will gradually be developed, and thus afford material for group singing. Mrs, W. A, Young of Mukden assisted Mr. Koo in the translation of the text and retains the copy-right for the English texts used in the book.
In this attempt to place before the musie loving public the popular songs of China, Mr. Koo has been most successful.—v.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.