The 888 pages of the 1939 edition lure ten up on that of 1938, and it is pleasing to know that the cause of the extra length is an_ increase the Shanghai Hongs and Who's Who sections. The Outport section is not noticeably smaller, and when one realizes that this latter is up to date within the last two months it will be seen that it possesses an unusual The new arrival, indeed, makes a gallant showing, and congratulations. will be offered to its compiler. 'The years to him must resemble ever= recurring marathons in which, start ing steadily and easily, he pounds always increasing gradients, until a last fierce spurt against' Time himself he falls panting across the tape with the biggest Hong List on record to his credit.
Yet in spite of victory who, for the next few days, would stand in hhis shoes? A directory is subject 1 two classes of severe critic, its user, and the person or firm named in it, who is practically certain in this case to be a wer too, No other printed matter undergoes a more gruelling test than, for instance, a list of traders used for ao mail scheme. The postal authorities ca also be depended upon to witness automatically, through the "returned postal packet," to a directory's shortcomings.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.