The public has been amply served by various publications which have attempted to provide
Shanghol, 'The "Shanghai Times" has produced fan excellent collection of photographs; "The 'Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury," has lkewise contributed an illustrated record of the! war; its Editor, Mr. Randall Gould, has the' Gistinetion of having taken. the most telling Photograph of all in his wondertut study of the Fefugees crossing the Garden Bridge~a picture Which has acquired a remarkable circulation. "Oriental Affairs" and "The China Journal" have both produced their editorial narratives with appropriate illustrations s0\ that. the purely' Gescriptive side of contemporary history, supplemented of course by the labours of the Gally press, has" been well "handled. "This! Journal has'felt that it should not stand aloof. Te has, therefore, decided to Issue In the form! of an album of some seventy-odd pages a collection of Sapajou's cartoons. chaperoned by the comments of "In Patenthesis" as dally scintillating on these pages. The book is now avallable to the public and It Is Alting here to draw attention to-a pair of pleasant conspirators who have done much to bring mental relief in time of great anxiety. The manner in which they have succeeded in sensing the indomitable spirit of Shanghai gives this volume a value of its own, The wit and humour governing. the) work of Sapajou and Mr. R. T, Peyton-Griflin will be found to convey telling comment on the Braver aspects of the situation, but the artistry fof both Is attractive because they have the) knack of making their criticisms without malice and tempering their cynicism with a "broad tolerance which isthe essence of that good temper whereby Shanghai has "managed to weather the "schemozzle."
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