In this connection, the reporter's attention was drawn to a copy of a [school textbook which, from its bind. ug, was almost an exact replica of the imported copies. In this instance, however, the author's name and that of the publisher were both omitted from the front page, A few lines of print on the last page read "Printed in Great Britain by." and the name of a publisher followed.
It was also stated that one Chinese publishing house in Shanghai had long ago ceased "pirating" western books, not because uny pressure was brought to bear, but because the [house in question' is reported (o have decided that the practice was against Confucianist principles "and constituted unfair trading, This fact was brought forward forcibly by the dealer interviewed as indicating the finer spirit of a house already covering a wide range of textbooks in the publishing. eld, Action Being Taken view of the Reuter telegram [published in the "North-China Herald" last week, the importer remarked: "It would appear. that neers mane Geet eae taka a y's aL, ete tae BEA mpm tact att Sg vee other decision in favour of a foreign sua ule tenets reece a a ay Ses ae, teat lat amos aoa book becomes known and read, it SmE ow Stan Dr. Hu Shi, the Chinese philosopher and historian, left Peiping on Monday afternoon by train for Shanghai to attend the forthcoming meeting of the Board of Directors of the China Foundation for the Promotion of Culture Education,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.