Yuan's downfall is another epoch in energy and endeavour so tapped by course of events should have been ithe family fortunes and Tan is able to continue his education in which he '50 barren of positive results, Tt i a alns great distinction, picture of misdirected youth seething with elemental unrest, inspired It is during these stirring times of elevating ideas but dissipating Its plotting, counter-plotting, political strength in a welter of sordid consi: Jupheavals "and interminable erations which strew so devastating. gate-swinging tendency which marks the road to idealism not only in Chinese political life that the ideas China but in any other country, Tt Jwhich transformed his subsequent may be disillusionment but it does ife and set his feet on the super-r inet imply hopelessness. volutionary path which was the Perhaps the most interesting fea consequence of the infiltration of ture of the book is the charming ple-Communist ideas from Russia and tures of Chinese family life which the beginning of the student ferment balance the political bias of the in North China, Even the revolu-book and add to the humanity of the tionary beliefs of Tan's father are testament. One can excuse perfervid Jnot proof against the petty tyrannies revolutionary doctrines and exaggera lof the Chinese family system for Tan ated aspects of situations which lend is foreed into a marriage which he themselves freely to propagandist Sense" of personal injustice "which does not care for and this is the frst isto be commended "tt moves him to break away, leave me light of the new forces unleashed home and his wife and join a party by Chines youth: which: It properly of students bound for Peking. This applied, should play n great part the beginning of the enlightenment remoulding the Chinese state and which leads to disillusionment, Peking student elreles were thrilled Joy the great ideas coming out of Russia. Kropotkin and Tolstoy were mingle names which transformed shelr entire attitude. The students threw themselves into a mental orgy of everything new and modern. They sensed u new power in their posses-ion and flambuoyantly demonstrate] st. Mls greatest manifestations was in veneral restlessness. There was food of great thoughts and stirring deals but although it all seemed Chinese society arr, Mr. E. V. Lucas is perhaps best known for his scholarly work 'Lamb—but when the degree of LID was granted him at St. Andrews in 1922. the Public Orator described him fas "the Prince of Anthologiste." His most famous anthology, "The Open Road," now in its 35th year' of life "and its dist edition, Volume 1 in a new half-crown series entitled "The Fountain Library," published by Messrs. Methuen, A wonderful opportunity for outport Ubrarians and other booklovers their collect At extremely -asonable pri
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