Show Chinese Life Portrayed in Travel Book A Wandering in Northern China China by Harry A. A Franck author of or A Vagabond Journey Around the World orld etc comprises the travel adventures of the prince of vagabonds vagabonds vagabonds vaga vaga- bonds in Korea Manchuria Red Mongolia and the northern half halt of China proper Travel writers as well as fiction writers may be divided into two classes romancers classes romancers and realists realists' and there are of ot course course many variations va Va- in between Harry Franck FranckIs Is naturally a pure realist It simply simply sim sim- ply noes not occur to him to ro romanticise ro- ro or dress up upa a country or people so that they appear in his book as different from what they actually are to him This book boole of Mr Franck's Francks is the first of ot two resulting from two years of ot continuous almost travel In Chinese territory Using Pekin as his headquarters he has spent months covering the vast and often orten little known reaches of the old empire empire em em- ln- ln pire going afoot atoot by horse by boat by any means necessary to reach his objective points Having studied studied studied stu stu- I died his material throwing out as Is his custom the least significant significant cant he has put upon paper as they are today those lands constituting the upper half halt of the magnificent empire which was as old when vIen Marco Polo journeyed from Venice to the palace of Ku Kublal lal Khan It has always be been the custom of Mr 11 Franck Francl to peale well ell the language language language lan lan- guage of the tho country tin in in which he heIs heis heis is journeying Otherwise his travel tra books hooks could not have reflected the theman man many adventures and experiences experIencE's far off the beaten track of tourists with which they are arc all nfl so fully He has been in China China Chi Chi- na since last spring and even his publishers did not know just how the business of ot acquiring Chinese reputed to be the hardest language In the world to to learn was proceeding proceed proceed- ing lag until they had the manuscript of his new book boole Wandering In Northern China In their hands The Century Co New ew York |