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Books in Brief

The article presents information on various books. Titles and authors of some books mentioned in the article are "Briand, Man of Peace," by Valentine Thomson, "How to Commit a Murder," by Danny Ahearn," "My Tropical Air Castle," by Frank M. Chapman and "The Chinese Drama," by Kate Buss. "The book titled "The Chinese Drama" focuses on Chinese theater. The Chinese theater, in its repertory, music and stage convention, was fixed in the Yuan dynasty, about 1200 A.D. It is a medieval art surviving to this day. Its historical subjects are taken from the remote past and its emotional content is derived from Confucian ethics and tradition, principally the relationship of a son to his parents. Those plays themselves are librettos rather than dramas and rarely rise above mediocrity.