The first part of Mr, Barnes's book denis with his life in Italy and then woes on th the wilds of Macedonia where the author encountered bandits and bandit-tamers, not the least of these being ex-King Zog of Albania. Here it is interesting to note that Mr, Barnes was himself a nominee for that troublesome throne, and his account of the interview between himself, the Duke of Atholl and the ate Lord Curzon at the Foreign Office is one of his many entertaining stories. The most important part of the book, however, is his account of Holy's campaign in Abyssinia. He takes the -reador through the fr allan Iandings, through the great battles of Ganale Doria and Ogaden to the final entry into Addis Ababa. Needless to say, his views on that campaign are in'substantial disagree ment with those which found their way into the English pres 'A Portealt vent Srna clog og and ies tas Pea Gwe ne Tae I hae ait Sele alas es ers Kyi So Sgt had Stiga ay Meta Thene deaths cam practically be ati Sven savages con love. and Buted fo the callous stupidity of the For 9¢ Britain, SUPISHY of Let us hope that Mr, Barnes's next book will not be long in coming. It should make good reading—ns, Means of Purchase Tas Onion one onmonneeer or Cuuntse 'Mone, By 'Giaihe, 'The. China slishing' Gon Ltd. Shang To begin with, under the "Table of Dynasties," Mr. Glathe sts Fu Hsi, Shen Nung, Huang Ti, Yao, Shun as dynasties. 'The ye' names fre actually the names of the Five Legendary Rulers to whom the rulers of the Kingdoms of Hsia and Shang traced their ancestry.
In his outline covering the origin and development of Chinese money under the heading, "Barter Trade, Mr. Glathe reco!
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'Weepens "were "ted. with' notes, flat Actual barter a very early date and probably' prior to the "Age of the Five Rulers." It we trace back into the infancy of almost all races we shall find a well-organized system of barter, that is, the trading of one commodity for another. As time advanced the ordinary commodity was exchanged for some standard objects that might be more easily carried and hoarded away until required for the purchase of other necessities. Certain objects become recognized os tokens of value, for example the cowrie, Mr, Glathe in working up the "development of does not bring the cowrie into the picture. There is every evidence that cowries, both the real and bone imitations, were used as a medium of exchange at a very remote period of Chinese history and"long before metals were known. Dr. J. Gunnar Anderson proves that" during the Yang Shao period cowries were valuable objects, so much so that they were buried with the dead, The Shang bone inscriptions definitely prove that cowries were used as money during that period. The Shang, character representing Mai, "to purchase; was composed of the pictograph representing cowrie and the pictograph of a net. The Shang character fF Chu, "to store up treasure," was composed of 'a cowrie in an enclosure with OF Alen, ie giles king 238 opening barred as if to represent a strong-room. Many other Shang forms definitely prove that the cowrie was considered as a medium of exchange and thus money. It is also a known fact that cowries were used as money long after the advent of metal money anc in fact to a period well after the decline of the Chou Dynasty. It also a recognized fact that pieces of hemp cloth and silk cloth were from very remote times until well Into the Sung period used in Paying government taxes. iced Nae Goa devine teat tare play tu the getae of preserving. the integrity of my country Perhaps Mr. Barnes will explain recent happenings 19 Albania in his next book?
Here are examples of his account of the Abyssinian campaign, in which he does not deny that the Italians Used mustard gas against the warriors of the Negus:
Most people are apt to judge others iheaselves and {heretare the ority. Bally: just. psyeliologiea! " conclusion woul ber to" suspects tne Britigh Titre, and not the: Halians' of foun enaneing "frightfulness" in War The objects that Mr. Glathe classi-fes as shield cicada and _tingletangle money were nothing more or less than harness or cart ornaments oF trappings. There is nothing what-Soever (o prove that such objects, were ever current as money. careful examination of these objects will. disclose on the underside small bars for attaching them to leather oF cloth.
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