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Books in Brief
July 30, 1930 issue

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The article critically appraises several books. Some of them are "Wooden Swords," by Jacques Deval; "A Short History of British Expansion," by James A. Williamson; "People of the Small Arrow," by J.H. Driberg; "Confucianism," by Frederick Starr; "The Growth and Decadence of Constitutional Government," by J. Allen Smith; "Portrait of a Chinese Lady," by Lady Hosie; and "A Short History of California," by Rockwell D. Hunt and Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez. In the book "Portrait of a Chinese Lady," the Chinese lady is said to be the wife of one of the Kuomintang leaders. She is a charming figure and through her story the author leads us upon her larger quest, an acquaintance with Chinese life.

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BOOKS & reading; WOODEN Swords (Book); DEVAL, Jacques; CONFUCIANISM (Book); STARR, Frederick; PEOPLE of the Small Arrow (Book)
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