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WONDERS OF THE MALAYA-By Sir Fran eis Younghusband-(John Murray. 10/8).
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TALES OF TIBAY AND LESSER TINT
By Lilian A. Starr. (Roddler and
Stoughton." 67-)-
In the concluding part of this book, we In the course of a varied but always have the narrative of an incident with all interesting to Sir Francis Young, the elements of romanes in it-marder, abduction, the quest, the redene-set husband has fived dangerously enough against the will background of the satisfy even Nietzsche. In 1897, when he Afghan hinterland. During the night of was a subaltern in the King's Dragoon April 14th, 1983, the cantonnent of Kohat Guard stationed at Rawalpindi, he spent on the North-West. Frouting was the Evan"] a short lifiday exploring the Kangra and of a crime that went deep into the hearts Kutu valleys. Two years later, at the of the English community Fer two days pearly age of twenty-four, he set out with previously a small party of Pathan ha Mr. James for Manchuria. This tripy been larking "about, the cantonment; seej brought him to Peking,ond from thenew-] ing na úpportunity to gemmit an offenée he started nevoss The Jonely, stretches of that" woukie make history. When” the the Clubi Desert, piased through Turks- moment arrived, they raided the hou Man from end to end, and explored this occupied by Major Ellis and his family. nute to India through this Mustagh Pain the scule that followed Mr. Ellis was leading into Baltistan, and on to Kasb-| killed and Miss Ellis was carried off. in mir. The reputation, already acquired by lng night attire, torn place abolit so miles this adventurous youth, who was the first European sine Maren Polo to cross Asia, épened the way, in 1989, for his appoint met by the Indian tiverament on a tission to investigate the Hunza raids into Yarkand and report on the military Ajab Khan and his brother Shahznika, importance of certain pasei." He had two notorious rascals, were the perpetra- already been through the Mustagh Pavers of this dark deed. The motive was #now hà had to wrest' from the mountains mtraged pride at the surgessful invasion the sorts of the Saltor" and Shimsha? | of their village a couple of months earlier, Passes, being the first white mut to leave and proof of their connection with the |h's footprints in them.
marder of Colonel and Mr. Foulkes in! It about the journeys, and the 1920 and rcovery of the pille stolph adventure, they entailed that Sir Fran- The rand scurred at a time of peculiar quits tently, from the Kohat police. writes. Since then he has explored Expresolution and ineptitude in the manage Himalayu backward and forward many fent of frontier affairs. A few Afridi times and told the story in other ruffians openly defied Gaverament, and
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journeys, related in a vivid and luck style, have a charm all their own. "Even
far back we find the peculiar combina al escort of faithful Pathans but none. tion of a man of action and a mystic. of her own mee or sex to look to carrind The British standard into the country of The reflective passages suggest more savage tribesmen and despotic adullahs, mature thought" But genug as he was, where no white matt or woman would his mind was unbiased; the ideals of have been permitted to enter. Early on Oriental thought, which he has since as the r morning of the 20th
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balance and be comfort of de story of the heroic rocar mit be rend pressed according to the result. What he in Mr. Starr's own words. It is a story did was to face the ills with courage and no Englishman can read without a thrill force himself to rise above them. And of pride constant triumph made him, bet a suling
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Mrs, Star is to the CM.S. Hospital at Peshawar. She bus chosen as her work
• What is the sterrt of the Himalaya ?*io life the task of ministering to the tribal asks Sir. Frate's. He answers / That folk, the people who murdered her hus there is a Power at work in the whole hand. Seven years, go Dr. Vivian Starr, making for higher and forcing good out the bead of this hospital was stabbed to of evil is the true gert of the Himalaya. death on his doorstep, ka the presence of Türkbook is a fascinating account off his young, with where he had married early adventures by "one of our foremost seventeen manths before The motive explorers-A.G.M.
A Pathan boy had been treated at: the hospital and showed leanings towards Christianity, his fanatical Moslem father Ekilled the boy and then the head of the
hospital to nyenge his son's death.
TIMOTHY RICHARD OF CHINA-By W.
Soothill (Seeley Service, 1276). Profes-or Soothill of Oxford - has The book includes Mrs. Starr's diary written a very interesting volume about of her trip to Ladak is Leser Tibet. the career of Dr. Timothy Richard, whom where she spent a vacation in 1922 and he describes as the most disinterested there is also a careful and interesting die advipe the Chinese ever had. Drcussion of the contrast between the country Richard is certainly the most widely and people of Tirah and Tibet.A.0.3. known foreigner in China and of bis whole-hearted devotion to the people for "whom he laboured for forty-six 3
there can a doubt. But there are others, to say nothing of Profesor Soot hill himself, whose lave for the people has been great enough to sustain "digin- terstedservice.
Tunathy Richard was born in a stud! village of Cherniarthenshire in 1845. On the 12th February, 1879, he landed Shang-
ar bai to commence the illustrious career that ended with his death in April, 1919. The first scene of his labours wa. Chefco. In 1876 he wreked on famine relief in Shantung and From 1877, to 1881 struggled with famine in
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Jackey mind, and h broad theological views incurred the dis favour of his colleagues, who worked for Followed From 1850 at
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16 was after the Boser trouble, in" 1902, when Protestant Missions refused to accept compensation for their losses in lives and property, that Richard proposed to the Chinese Government. the
establish ment of a University for education in modern knowledge of the ablest mvu in the Shanxi province His proposal was no- red immediately, and it was under his able management as
as Chancellor that the University was established. Only in a very limited sense-ent- foreign minson- aris, he the evangelion of "China.
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preach is the contradiction of all inunellate Chin- Pe experience. But Richard was enthusi
astic not only far
ar spiritual but for materi- al welfared his tremendous driving pow- er overcame all obstacles, and he educa ted the masses, raised them And
inspiral then. He knew that the transfer of rule from Manchus to Chinese was like, tum ing a bad dollar up side down--it still be i bad solist. Reform, a radical change in the heart ofi things, not revolu tico was needed. Hence China's chaos to- day. The almost bloodless revolution came as a surprise, but it has since made for its bloodless deficiency, aul is still up driving the people along the rin düler
His Chinese honours, which were were symbolical of the esterin of the higher classen, for no other missionary has had the entry into so many of the great yamens of China. Truly, Dr. Richard rendered wonderful service, and Professor Southill's book is an inspiring record of a great life;-A.G.M.
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