Boctar in China By Alice "Tisdale Hobart. bol jew York. Hobart. "habbe Servi, New" York Shai ete gps sum of pee gone Bella te a eet Steed at ree Yang forever united, In this wise does the author, who needs no introduction to readers of modern fiction on China, explain the arresting title of her latest novel, the text around which she has writ. ten the dramatic story of the life of a scientific American doctor, a medical missionary in an inland station in the Yangtze Valley.
The book is in part a tale of Yh impact of Western ideals and civilization upon the conservative culture of China, with its background of the centuries; of the eénflict between the customs and superstitions of ancient people with the humanitarian science of medicine as practised in the West; and of clashes between East and West in the daily routine of a mission hospital a few decades! ago, It is-the poignantly moving story'
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