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Korea's Fight for Freedom. By F. A. McKenzie. New York : 

 Fleming H. Revell Co., 1920. pp. 320. 



After a brief reference to earlier centuries, the author begins at 1866 

 and gives a fairly complete history of the attempt of the forward- 

 looking and democratic elements in Korea to obtain independence for 

 "their nation ; and provides a detailed description of the Japanese 

 atrocities which were only too widely known, some two or three years 

 since. Much of the suffering from these atrocities came under the 

 eye of the author himself, and while he was evidently quite strongly 

 biassed against Japan from the beginning, nevertheless his tale, told 

 in straight-forward journalese, is a moving and convincing one. 

 How one can defend Japan for the actual course of her oppressions 

 in Korea passes belief. The book will be a useful finger to warn 

 the Japanese in time to come. 



We note one error ; on p. 270 there is a quotation from Mr. D. V. 

 Hudson, of the Southern Presbyterian University at Shanghai. There 

 is no Southern Presbyterian University in Shanghai, or elsewhere 

 in China. Does the author mean the Hangchow Christian College in 

 which the Southern Presbyterians have a share ? 



H. K. W. 



Li Duke of Ch'ien. Translated by J. A. Jackson. 



This is a chapter from a well known work in Chinese, the Ku 

 Chin Ch'i Kuan. The Chinese is given on one side, having the 

 English translation on the opposite page. The little volume is daintily 

 got up. Both types are clear. Neither the publisher nor the 

 price is given. We give a hearty welcome to this fresh student of 

 Chinese and hope that he will pursue the study of the language 

 and produce other things in future. The work of translation is by 

 no means an easy matter, especially when the attempt is made of 

 giving a fairly literal interpretation, such as would help students to 

 unravel the significance of each word as well as complete sentences. 

 This is the aim of the author of this book. The main purport is 

 quite clear. But it is evident that the translation is immature. Mr. 

 Jackson would have been well advised to have submitted it to an older 

 hand before publishing it. There are many imperfect renderings. 

 We need only mention a few. On page 1 a "torn cap" is rendered 

 as a "skin cap" : Ta kua, a summer jacket, is made into an overcoat. 

 On page 2 we have T'a hsin li cheng shih fen ti pit hao hsing liao 

 rendered as "Her affections were genuine, but would never flourish" 



