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"GEMS OF CHINESE

LITERATURE”

WEDNESDAY

PTEMBER

I watch the willow-catkins aspect of the question. Here in wildly whirled on every side: Hongkong, however, we have -I watch the falling peach-bloom better evidence than any book lightly floating down the tide, can give us on this point the The following, written by Met splendid roads of the Colony. Sheng, poet and statesman of the. These are a tangible testimony to

Green grows the grass upon the

bank,

The willow-shoots are long and

lank:

A lady in a glistening gown - Opens the casement and looks

down.

The roses on her cheek blush

bright.

L

The book.. which is published by Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, is well produced and freely illustrated.

A people's philosophy ran bend. Century B. C., might ppir Mr. Goldsmith's knowledge of gauged by its literature, and, to the case of a neg ected wife of road-making, and they prove that the author of this book is no thanks to the labour of Professor the present-day

mere theorist but is writing from Harbert A. Giles, whose claim to

an essentially practical point be an authority on the subject ist

of view, undisputed, there is now available | for those who would know the the Chinese outlook on life a rare collection of all that their best; writers have produced in prose and verse from the sixth century B.C, down to the present-day. "Gems of Chinese Literature" appear in two handsomely-pro- duced companion volumes, con- tained in an artistic case, which are a tribute to the modern prin- ter's art. Published by Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, they retail at the remarkably low price of $10;) and no true book-lover should bej without them.

Her rounded arm. is dazzling

white:

י י

A singing-girl in early life, And now A careless roue's

wife: Ah, if he does not mind his own. He'll find some day the bird

has flown!

Such are some of the treasures to be found in this collection of Oriental verse. One can read

LONGER LIFE FOR BABIES.

Myth that Diseases are Necessary.

The child of to-day can reason- It was so far back as 1883 that and re-read them, and ever find aably expect to live twelve years Professor Giles wrote the first

edition of "Gems of Chinese new delight therein. By the longer than his grandfather.

This was the opinion expressed Literature. Many additional diligence and patient study of

Professor Giles, they are made by Dr. J. R. Kr te,medical officer translations have been added to

available for all. Ten dollars the prose selections contained in

presidential address to the mater the volume now appearing, which spent in these two volumes is to the West Riding Council, in his has been doubled in size ander so invested that it will nity and child welfare section of the Royal Sanitary Congress at brought down to the present-day. bring a priceless reward.

Full

The translations are chronologi- MODERN ROAD-MAKING.

Chinese writers, whilst at the end'

be found a of the book will

AX

He described as "criminal" the view that the earlier children had measles the sooner they were through with them. The fact was that the earlier the attack the more likely was the chance of the issue being fatal

Expenditure on national health was far more profitable than tomb- stones

or ostentatious funeral display -

cally arranged and there are! Modern Road Construction Dr. Kaye said the impression brief biographical notices of all and Maintenance," by Mr. H. E. that measles and whooping cough. the authors quoted. This prose Goldsmith. the well-known were comparatively harmless had Tolumne is in the form of extracts PW.D. executive engineer in filled thousands of baby graves. | from the works of the most amons charge of Hongkong roads, has Parents must no longer labour now come into its second edition. under the theory that childhood collection of proverbs. household first appeared three years ago diseases were necessary.

and has now been thoroughly words, etc. It will thus be

revised and enlarged. The author realised that here we have a work tells us that every endeavour bas which gives a clear insight into been made to embody in this Chinese thought, and as the work the valuable hints and sug reader passes from page to page gestions received from members he will find his interest grip of the profession and others Iped as no novel can gain finterested in modern road cons

hold on his attention.

Great Struction since the publication of thoughts and true philosophy are the first edition, whilst new chap here expressed in the simplest of] ters have been added and others language. As we ponder over the sayings of the old Chinesextended. More than that, the masters and think of current-day simplified for the help of students controversiest the conviction

in technical colleges and others grows in upon us that there is

this branch of nothing new in earth or heaven engaged in

engineering, Is Life Worth Living?":"Against Drunkennes"; " Wind": popularity": ** On Slander": Flunkeyism here are a few of the almost innumerable subjects dealt with: they are selected at random. but will give some idea of the wide range of themes covered in this arresting book. The rolitical economist will find much food for thought in the writings of these old masters.

Here, for example, is the "back to the land idea expressed a century before the coming of Christ by the Imperial Counsellor Chao Tso: "Crime begins in poverty: poverty in insufficiency of food: insufficiency of food seein neglect of agriculture. Without agriculture, man has no tie to bind him to the soil. With- our such tie. he readily leaves his birthplace and his home."

Let us quote another philo sopher on the question of hoarding wealth. He was urged by his kinsmen to invest a sum of money, granted him by the Emperor, in landed property for his descend- ants and here are his words: -

There is the family estate. Let! them (his childrent work hard upon it, and that toil will find them in clothes and fod, like fother people. To add anything. and so create a superfluity: would be to hold up a premium for sloth. The genius of men who prosess is įstunted by possession.

Wealth only aggravates the natural im- Tbecility of fouts ..may not be able to do much to improve my children; at least. I will not stimulate their vices and cause) them to be objects of hate ..... Therefore I rejoice to spend it. This pension) freely among my clansmen and my fellow-villagers! as I pass to my appointed rest. Am I not right?"

These are but two little gems dug out from the store which Professor Giles places in the reach of us all. They will serve to illustrate the words of wisdom with which the volume abounds.

The companion volume of Verse is an enlarged edition of that, published in 1898 which has long since been out of print. The translations are in rhyme. It is indeed a rich casket of jewels which is here opened up to us. Humour, pathos,,

love and argument all are to be found, and the translator has wonder- fully managed to mine the gems without damaging them they sparkle and scintille te as though in their native bed. Here is a dainty 'little verse from the pen of Wei, Ying-wu (8th Century A.D.):-

When freshets cease in early

*spring

and the river dwindles low.

I take my staff and wander

by the banks where wild

flowers grown,

whole work has been revised and

The subject matter is, of course. purely technical, but there is ample evidence through- out the book that the anther is

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