The "China Journal" for November deals with the concluding phases, of the war round Shanghai und other articles which bear on the general situation la all" war areas.
Topical, too, is a well-illustrated apredation of the Chinese soldier by Sullus Bigner, and.as a.sct-off to war's alarms Mr. Tuan Ju-mei and Mr. Rewi Alley contribute a delightful sketch, again well iMustrated, of country children of southern Kiang. nig|su. The authors have closely studied the objects of their dissertation, with the result that they have produced a very informative article, from which thowing passage may be quoted:
fon so Acie a of country ponto Soon "ins herself being snatrusied Revie, dis, ome, inst tit ces belzent to Het itera sual Eaten tobe she's' irom fen 3 fnuSana ie eiten one to whom shel Rad'betn betrothed at birdie den ume re compared to beats who crossed fin your og ministers T'eould ieounter who waveo "of tne Reiaomsot"one of Chins's greatest "Pais "was the "tlbute' to. the Other articles in the issue include a Aiscussion of the influence of Maurice William on Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and an article on the famous litterateur of the Tung-cheng school, Tal Ming-shih, with copious extracts from his essays, The latter article is by Mr. Lucien-Mao and the former by Me.
Huang and Mr, W. P. Yuen, The monthly devotes itself entirely to arts and literature, with the exception of a brief, restrained and thoughtful commentary by the Editor fon the Sino-Japanese conflict, "The Chinese Recorder," under the Acting Editorship of the Rev. F, Millican, takes the motto "Busthess usual" and, while frankly recognizing the difficulties which confront it, the Editorial Board presses the belief that means will be found to continue the journal's service to the Christin community in China, The Board says: hen, children are, together by common 1 ul, fina the!
Just, bain The issue shows, indeed, every. sign of the readiness of contributors the to maintain the high standard of criticism—using the term In the, ieciute broadest sense—which has marked its efforts in the past. The problem of the present crisis naturally stimu-ates the attention of its writers. 38 isz|"The function of Christian medical The "Tien Hsia Monthly" for November has a contribution from Dr. J.C. Ferguson on the "Hanlin and Yuan, the famous Chinese Academy of Jeamed men from which in the 22] Imperial regime scholars were selected for official positions, a system which was followed for more than twelve centuries until it was abolished than in 1905, After describing the Academy and its history, Dr. Ferguson deals with the survivors of that famous. institution. The senior of these distinguished gentlemen is who celebrates
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