SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1930.
THE WORLD OF BOOKS
MAIL REVIEWS.
USEFUL TEXT BOOK FOR
CHINESE.
{"An Introductory "History," by A. IL. Crook, O.B.E., ML.A., W, Kay, M.A., and W. L. Hondy- side, M.A., B.Sc.]
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A most interesting attempt to produce a text book for Chinese school boys has been made by three former musters of Queen's College. The book is a world his- tory from the earliest ages
modern times and includes "six maps, seven illustrations and un excellent index, which will be use ful for revision work, It is meant for the class below that taking the Junior Examination of Hong Kong University nad its thirty
chapters. covering 134 pozes, can be mastered in co year which is a great point.
The amount of work involved bas
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been tremendous-obviously no trouble has been too much for the writers-and the first thing to any is that their work is scrupul ously accurate and that the selec tion of material has been wisele and carefully made.
Good
books text
specially written for Chinese school boys are badly needed. It makes great difference to ease in tench- ing it words like Feudalism and Renaissance are carefully intro duced, and this book deserves praise for the simplicity and care zulness of its language, and also for the use of Chinese synonyms In chapters where Chinese kis- tory is being, studied,
even
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and turned away." Finally, one firm offered £25 for the copyright, and, "heartsick, at repeated dis- appointments" he accepted that, and "I never at any time received an ether penny for it."
Not
He accepted that small sum not only because he was heart-sick, but because he needed the money. the least interesting part of his record is that of the early days when he was struggling to make a start as a medical practitioner and writ ing fletion in his spare time. He comes of a family of artists. His grandfather was that John Doyle who became famous in his day as a caricaturist over the Initials
was "H.B.," his uncle
the more famous Richard Doyle, of 'Punch'; and his father was an artist of great gift. Nevertheless, the road to success was not made easy for Conan Doyle, as it sometimes is for those who are born in such an at- mosphere. He had to face poverty and make his own way with difficul ty enough, and I like the frankness with which he tells you how he did
One of the greatest difficulties of the most interesting of the many La be surmounted in the publica-autobiographical books that are ap- ton of School Text-Books locally pearing nowadays, Sir Arthur says: lies in obtaining 3 suficiency of "All things find their level, but suitable illustrations at a price I believe that if I had never touched that will not make the work ton Holmes, who has tended to obscure expensive. Authors in Eurove or my higher work, my position In America have not that difficulty literature would, at the present to contend with. A laudable at moment, be a more communding tempt has been made In the case one. If Is not a matter which to illustrate the text with pic-troubles me, however, for I have tures and maps. the former the always felt that justice is done in work of one of the authors the end, and that the real merit of. A.ILC). the latter drawn by any work is never permanently Schoolboys of Queen's College; lost." under the supervision of the au "That is the simple truth. thors. Considering all the condi- makes comment when he is speak- Lions, the work is well done, aling of his great historical novels, though, in certain cases, the maps "The White Company" and "Six try to show too much information. Nigel," and I think these books and Itsehools possess an ample sup "The Refugees" and "Mfenh ply of wall pictures and maps Clarke," and perhaps one or two this will not matter, but unfor others, will give him a higher niche tunately some people still believe than a yet accorded to him in the that a good text book is all that literature of our time after Sher- matters.
lock Holmes has retired to a back | ft. seat and left them in their proper places.
Tais is a very good text book. It will in the attention of the scholars and give them at sound groundwork fox Junior and Matriculation work. It is admir- ably adapted for its purpose and we hope it will be widely used. We hope that in future editions of this book it may be possible to include time charts and, sub- headings. The work of the pub- lishers has been carefully and ac- curately done. The book can be obtained at the office of the Pub. ishers, the Newspaper, Enterprise. Ltd. Price $2.00 net.
CONAN DOYLE.
Reminiscences and
Adventures.
become he Was no
It has been found most difficul to write a clear and simpl- uni- versal history for, Junior Classes. for British school boys.
Unfortunately hardly any author This book, we are glad to
wins popularity with his best work. does not attempt to crowd in t
He lives by his best; but makes a many facts, and it is freshy and living with his second best, wrote quite clearly written. Naturally Mr. St. John Adcock. Some years a definite point of view has been ago, his best,. did not adopted and the chier aim of the fully alive until writers has been to, describe the longer making a living and had de- -leading facts and changes of his parted from life himself. His tory and the social and geographi-second best served as a bonfire to cal causes that led up to them. keep him warm and give him com- The relation between geography fart, and not until after that roar and history has been speciallying fire has died down are most of well brought out, but the, influ us aware of his best, which has ence of personality has, not been been shining all the while more emphasised to quite the same en quietly, more permanently in the tent. though it is not of course heights that belong to the stars. igaored. It is implied that the This is a proposition that could classes lower down in the school be proved by any number of have already read collections, of examples. For the moment I am stories of famous men and famous contented to establish the first half events like the defence of Ther of it from a book I have just finish- mopylae. These stories of the ed reading; the proof of the second Past form the first approach to half rests with posterity, and I am History, and are the foundations confident pusterity will not fail to for any book of this kind. But justify the argument. It is indis- there are many Hong Kong putable
Sherlock Holmes schools in which the history syl- brought Sir A Conan Doyle into labus has not been developed to popularity as an author, and that, this extent, and for boys who have to this day, he is more widely as not done this previous readingsociated with Sherlock than with the book
will need supplement: any other of his
Ing.
that
creations.
In
his "Memories and Adventures", one
ROUND
THE CAMP
FIRE
SCOUT CHURCH WINDOW.
The Lord Mayor of Nottingham
WHAT IS A SCOUT?
(This was written by Colwyn with the Scouts in 1913). Just a little cleaner, smarter than
He
Which is not to deny that the Sherlock Holmes stories are as brilliant as anything in their kind
inspired that has ever been done; they have more (mitators than I
AN INTRODUCTORY
HISTORY hy
A. 1. CROOK, O.D.E.. M.A. W. KAY, M.A.
W. HANDYSIDE, M.A., B.Sc.
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have time to count; and the great detective himself has walked out of his books and become as much of a reality as if he had worn flesh about him and might any day be met in the street. Not since Pickwick has any character in fiction taken such a hold on the general imagination and seemed too much alive; to be merely the figment of a novellat's fancy. But it is not their literary quality; it is their ingenuity, their cleverness, which gives these stories their power: and elsewhere in his "Memories and Adventures" Sir Arthur lays it down that in clever. ness alore, for a work of literature, there fa ultimate salvation, though there is immediate popu- larity.
The odd thing is that, though there was immediate popularity for Sherlock Holmes, his author had great difficulty In getting a publish- er to accept the first story about him-"A study in Scarlet." James Payn declined it for Smith, Elder, "Cornhill" and because it was too long for the
thought for a book. Arrowsmith, short, he
writes Sir Arthur, "returned it un- read. Two or three others sniffed
too
HEIGHT OF A TREE.
When Scouts are in camp, they can always find interest in first guessing the height of a tree and then measuring it. To ascertain the height, the following method should be employed:--
Guess the height, and then take a straight stick and place it up- right in the ground, at a distance corresponding approximately with
many
But all his adventures. have not been in literature; he had a good others. Whatever he may have felt about them at the time he gets a good deal of amusement out of looking back on his checkered experiences as a medical practition- cr; there is a capital chronicle of a seven months" voyage he made as surgeon on a whaler; and, to say nothing of visits to Switzerland and Egypt, there are vivid accounts of of the service he saw through the Boer War and, more recently, through the World War; and he tells briefly of the strenuous fights he made for justice in the cases of Edaji and Oscar Slater. Here and there throughout, and in a final chapter, he indicates how, from being entirely opposed to it, he. came to have faith in spiritualism, and puts his final confession of that faith into no uncertain terms. He has known most of the great figures his period, and repeats his recollec In the literary and general life of tions of these and touches in little world-pictures of some of them with all the deftness of a born teiler of stories.
TO A WILD FLOWER IN HOSPITAL.
Graceful, feathery Meadow-Sweet, What memories you bring Of flowery ways in summer days, And lanes where linnete sing.
Feathery, downy Meadow-Sweet,
"Since childish hands," I sigh, "Too eager plucked you, stem by
root,
How have the years slipped
by!"
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Oh tell me, fairy Meadow-Sweet,
Are meadows strewn with hay? Are scented loads along the lanes Adown my old home way?
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Graceful, feathery Meadow-Sweet,
Bright memories you bring Of laughing brook and shady nook,
And lanes where linnets aing.
BROWNIES.
Brownies are little girls under. 11 and over eight years of age who are training to become Guides.
CHURCHES
A CHARGE OF ONE DOLLAK IS MADE FOR ALL NOTICES UNDER THIS
HEADING
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL HONG KONG
July 13, 4th Sunday after Trinity.
Holy Communion, 8 a.m.
Holy Communion, (Peak Church), 8 a.m.
Children's Service, 10 a.m. Maties and Sermon, 11 a.mL Preacher: Rev. H. V. Koop. Evensong, 6 pm.
Preacher: Rev. L N. Watkins. Note:-St. Paul's College Bazaar on Friday and Saturday, July 18th and 19th at 4 p.m. in the College grounds, Lower Albert Road,
UNION CHURCH, Kennedy Road, Hong Kong. Morning worship, 11 o'clock. About God?"
Subject:-"How Can We Know
Evening worship, 6 o'clock. Preacher, morning and evening. The Rev. J. Foster.
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FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.
(Branch of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Selen tist, in Boston, Mass., U.S.A.]
Macdonnell Road, below Bowen Road Tram Station. Sunday Service, July 13, 1930, 11.15 am,
Subject: "Sacrament."
The Sanday School is held on Sunday mornings at 10 o'clock.
Wednesday Evening Meeting at 5.36 o'clock.
Reading Room at above address, open:-
Tuesday and Friday 10 am. to 12 NeoD.
Monday and Thursday 8:30 to 7 p.m.
to attend the service and visit the Reading Room.
The Public is curants Jovited
STANDARD TIMES
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
COLONY.
LN
Sunrise and Sunset in Hong Kong for June (Standard time of the 120th Meridian, East of Greenwich) are as follow:-
Sunrise Sunse July
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p.m. 5.46 7.11 5.46 7.11 5.47 7.11
5.47 7.11
5.48
7.10
5.48 7:10
5.49 7.10
5.49
7.10
5.49
7.10
5.50
7.09
6.50 7.09
5.51
7.08
5.51 7.08
5.51
7.07 5.52 7.07 5.52 7.06
FINDING CAMP SITES.
In order to save time in locat- ing, possible sites for a summer A Brownie Pack consists of not
camp which the Tri-Valley Coun- less than two Sixes (or Patrola) cil of the Boy Scouts of America under a Brownie Guider, who is was planning to purchase, the called a Brown Owl, and her as President and. Secretary chartered appointed by the Brown Owl ton aeroplane and flew nearly 200 sistant (Tawny Owl). A Sixer is
tip
and
take charge of a Six, which con-
miles sists of Six or less Brownies. Each Moines River Valley. They were down the Deg Six assumes the name of an elf, thus able to find three prospective of her Six. and each member wears the badge
and Sir Lancelot Rolleston, were Philipps when he was camping the height of the tree. Thus, it pixie, gnome, Fairy, sprite, etc.. sites suitable for their purpose.
un-
among those present at the veiling of a stained glass window at St. Mary's Church, Nottingham, recently.
The window depicts three attri- butes of the Boy Scout Movement. The centre lower light is a repro- duction of the famous Boy Scout pleture entitled "The Pathfinder," the artist of which was, Ernest Carlos. This window seta forth
the rest- Rather better mannered, rather
better dressed; Prompt obeying orders, thoughtful
all the while, Not forgetting ever to whistle and
to smile;
Kind to every creature, gentle with
the old.
the first part of the Boy Scout, Strong against the bully, honour-stick, your next step is to mark the Promise of Loyalty to God.. On elther side are lights lustrating helpfulness towards other people and the love of the open air and nature. The upper lights contain shields bearing St. George's Cross and the Union Flag, together with
able and bold: Bold against the bad things, for
the good things strong: There you have a Boy Scout: (or Girl Guide)-subject of, my -Blue Certificate, Mifisirron.
song.
the Boy Scout Arrow-Head Badge, P.O., Turramurrà.
On the upper centre light appears
a figure symbolic of knighthood.
..
..
Having found A likely spot, A Brownie promises: (1) To do they circled over the site until her hest to do her duty to God and they had explored it thoroughly. the King and to keep the law of The previous day they had travel the Brownie Pack; (2) to help
those at home, other people every day, especially led on foot over similar country, spending many hours, in looking at land which appeared promis ing at first sight but which turn-
(1) The Brownie gives in to the The law of the Brownie Pack is:
older folk; (2) the Brownie does
not give in to herself. And the cd out disappointing when In- Brownie motto is: "Lend a hand." spected more closely.
Brownies may win badges, just air the two officials were able to From the the same as Guides. There is the obtain a better and more compre. Recruit, Second Class and First hensive view and to decide in a Claes Badge, and 16 others, which include First Alder, Signaller, ground was likely to be suitable very short space whether the Gardener, etc.
their purpose or not, The Headquarters Camping De- partment of the Boy Scouts of America, suggest the further use cf aeroplanes in similar circum- etances.
the tree is about 50 feet high, place the stick 50 feet away from the trunk. Then lie on your back, with
look over the top of the stick at your feat against the stick, and
the stick does not come in an exact the top of the tree. If the top of
the stick until it does. When you line with the top of the tree, shift
see the top of the tree over the spot where your head rested. The distance from the paint to the the trunk of the tree will give you its height. This can be paced in the ordinary way, but you should be careful to see that each stride ta just about three foot.
-Blue Certificate, Bern Weaver. -Blue Certificate, Kooka (16), (15), Elizabeth Street, Parkes. 50 Newcastle Street, Rose Bay.
During their voy-
Putting a hen's egg age, these Scouts
Egg in a into a bottle with a gave several capi-
Bottle neck smaller than the egg is a trick "ng old tal entertainments
as the hills," but there is always on board for the passengers. The new generation of boys growing most interesting was a Camp Fire up, and some of my young readers MEMORY RHYME.
Rally, put on by a party of Boy, may not have heard of the egg Scouts in the first class reception trick, although most of them are Last Saturday's room. A camp fire was laid in the familiar with "the hat trick.” If Guides, do you know this little
a party of middle of the room, around which the egg is soaked in vinegar until rhyme? We all know it in our
thirty-five several interesting Indian dances the shell is softened it can be company, and. And it a great help
Hawaiian Scouts were given by the boys in full In pressed into the bottle quite easily. in remembering the Gulde Laws.passed through the Colony by the dian dress. The Scouts Harmonica In fact, if the bottle. is heated ist There are 10 laws, and 10 words Empress of Canada. They are Band played several interesting beforehand the egg will gradually in the rhyme to represent each on a tour of the Orient under the selections followed by a Hawaiian slip into the battle without being Law
leadership of Mr. W. H. Hutton, Stringed Quartette. A concert was touched after it has been placed Scout Executive of Walluks, Maul, also given in the second class on the neck. This is due to the T.H. This body of useful Scouts lounge in which the Scouts took a vacuum formed as the bottle cools will tour, Japan and Ching and will large part. They were ably assist after heating. Of course a full- zive exhibitions of their work in Led by some of the passengers in sized hen's egg will not go into a the main ports,
"dancing, and music.
medicine bottle in this way.
The window has been presented to
the Church by Mr. J. A. Simpson, District Commissioner of Boy Scouts, as a thank-offering for the coming-of-age of the Boy Scout Movement.
Here it is
Honest, loyal, helpful, Sisterly, courteous, kind, Obedient Cheerful, thrifty, And pare sa the Autumn wind.
Hawa lan Scouts' Visit,
The
"Old Scont's" Colump.
Display On Board,
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)
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The solution of the above cross-word pizzle will appear
Conday's issued siong with a new grass-word punali.j