China Mpnfuedue en Puli-over by hftcalfe vurce 'Dekobra, "Trayated. from 'Wood Werner Laurie, London. 10/8 Its a surprise to find Mr. Dekobra wandering from his usual haunts Some ott to Ching, but ope' sure prise evaporates as one realizes tha The goods in which Mr. Dekobra trades are" international. Sure enough, we are treated to fantastic hough' doubtless true, stories of 3 devastating Chinese: beauty: who ex. {inguishes cigarettes. on the necks, her admirers when they" dis plea her; of the half-caste concubine of a Chinese general, and of a penniless fun-and "oplumeamuggling " Russi "But there are inaccuracies. The Majestic, of blessed memory, is described. 38" a. cabaret with dancing: partners! Andon page 7 there n_exposé of contemporary Chine politics which is respectfully ce Tmended Yo the Editor of the "Peoples Tribune" when he next runs Thort "of material for, his column Sense "and. Nonsense."
"The translation is inexcusably bad. The. translator did not trouble to familiarize himaelt with the common English romanization of Chinese frames, which causes "a certain Amount of dimMeulty. In one passage hho reales the impression thatthe Kuomintang is an individual and the Successor of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. He would also lead us. to believe' that the Chancery (not Chancellery) of Legation is inhabited by a Chancellor, Gri' page. 80 he speaks of "impor When he obviously means "taxes'—the French. being "impots." And writes "courtesan" for "courtier" and "Spush" for rickshaw' (French pousseposte). In addition, his style is Bhat of" schoolboy's' "construe."
The photographs illustrating the book are undistinguished where they fare not ghoulish, and appear for the ost part to have originated in one the Nanking Road. department Stores." Altogether a. shining. example of how a travel book should not be written—Naovs.
"dedication," was a miracle of perfection.
So the lady was deservedly buried in the Bast Cloister, Westminster Abey. Fanny Kelly only misses inclu-jon in this virtuous minority, og the author calls it, on the evidence of her Will, executed in 1830. In this Will she left the residue of her estate to her daughter, born in Edinburgh, and that is one of the passages in Fanny Kelly's life that the industry of the author has been able to reveal.
Altogether, this is an. attractive study of the Early Victorian stage and ft delineates the character of a truly Accomplished actress and deligntul
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