T have had a letter from Sir Reginal Johnston who has bought a roup of three istands in Loch Craig nish off the coast of Argyllshire. The largest, "Eilean Righ" (meaning Isand of the King) has a small house on it which he is having enlarged.
Sir Reginald's kingdom amounts over 400 acres, and to this remote seclusion he hopes ultimately to retire. It is the sort of thing friends have always expected. Im-Possible to associate bim indefinitely with crowded cities.
Sir Reginald's new book "Confu-clanism and Modern China"
Gol-Tane2) {is out to-morrow. It is a book that needed to be written, both for Chinese, one would venture to say, and foreigners. Notwithstanding hit really immense erudition (which extends to a close comparative study of other religion algo the book is: most lucidly and attractively written, essentially one for general readers as much as for students.
There are interesting recollections {n't which may aetuatly: be ews many readers, ax that there was 2 strongly Christiantzing impetus in the frat revolution of 1911. Then under Yuan Shi-kal came a still. stronger swing-back to" Confucianism, Bat from 192330, corresponding with the ascendancy of Communist ideology. Confucianism experienced the worst decline in all its history. Now there fare abundant symptoms of a revival indeed the "New Life" movement really Confucianism under another form. One cannot doubt that China's soul is bound up with the teaching of the Sage and she will recover it by going back to him as has often happened before. T have not read 10 important or interesting a book, writ ten as it is with knowledge, insight and affection for the Chinese people, for many years.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.