Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-04-06 | Page 33 | The Book Parade

. The Book Parade 1 J Seamen Portrayed Cut Meets West Mystery WelTpone i. ' ' Poets Presented p ua- .mi 11111 By pon Howard ' i i i . lOUCtaTtMIMJ.m i, ClMHl.rikw',mH Ot Say, , ft th Gran hahe A eetl.tle f mmmmi HiWii V" telUM Sen W Mikes toHl ss art to th hint areno to tn Soy kefer gwailiary angina Mm ? ! CHINA ei-w. !, (Meto-A-eV Am iMImiti pi, or Ckjne tt old nly Mm fM th e f Chin. J. !' w" petmsrMy to arwesst bettor ndeeeo'..( kwM ItLi0 "" 'V.01 wtll e th.l. kvt . lent Hi !. . T!"' " ' rrsnarkabto BrtoblBr.Ty, wkkik la ilml . -?rM,'r "' " erlr.err fllmtum STOP myetery etorie will fled na ef their d linrHM ir.n "" "" , KimK. i, , TaJ . l?"-mr T'tW eoetairt.y. Km Ih tokn.u f hM tye tev t ltr f ineves!, V 0A0""i? STAR- -WW ,. ..MINMfr Me. w.sVr n!"Ji, T'lL,.".' W",w- Oil Rmvsril, a-T.. . ton wim.M la IKk volume, rWe" tot T '" HpvW to the Many ma have wrttten of tha 4 niwcatr tlahermen. kut In tk peat Saod Jameo H Cvtmolly ka kea their otrtataadlng portrayer. Hla aierte hare baa appearing la mi. a line and In nooka for many yoara Th coitoatioa of . twenty-seven eiortea preaentee In tllrracaetrr-!' tllrracaetrr-!' Is partly oomplled from hla avan prwvioua volumea, kvt thro m-toskavwappearodnlyln period-. period-. k-aJa. All kla stories ar of an era ' aaa flaking that now la hhnory. HI ahararler ar maa wb aaHed th tepe 1 seksonrrs la Ik daya wa-for wa-for they put kkJter hi th hold I tothe day when tk ok I p para soreed ovwry yard af can tea po. " sad than ahouied for more dara that are go forever, t ka replaced with tha eaa ronton 1 1 vea- y am of steam aad leaL There t a thrHI oa every page; wkotker you're a sea story fas or not, ovary alary ewrrte tk wKt moving drama of the e Itself. Each ater ekowtd k roasldered aaparauly br Ik review. r. bat lack of epar doe not per. snlt. rfar )ut t suggestions: Head U by ail mean, and read V 1ery Slalaa' last. Ji a story ' ti'll nerer forget. . Tt'g anusual for a itaaA t writ tile aalobtography when he a oaly thirty. Khng-t hang haa do a It, aad ha dona a bailer Job thaa if as t4 waited fifty yeara leaser. Ceo- V trary to all asportation ho kaa not a polled kls story by writing It wllti a "pur pone' In mind. That pe nu to th promotion of better andar stand I ng bet wean th C"hlna and 4irwpeaa peoples, and aa far aa attaining at-taining that, Hheng-Cheag will be eoreeeeful wltk every reader of hla bonk- Th reviewer, however, hu!4 concern himself wltk th story and forget Ha purpoea,. for It la the story of "A Hon of China- that I Important Import-ant eheng-Chepg la tha descendant of aa old Chlneae fam.ly. Ha la llv. ng la Purl, and haa written hla auiry In Krone h. Tho Uanelatlon Is dune by Paul alary. 0 . . T ouola from a alrart foreword by th author: writ neither of the lire of lit arholara of eld, nor ef th metaphyalca of the East or Ika west. 1 am a portrait, painter. I confine myeelf to depleting living soon, eon tempo rar ice whom t baa At aeea and wstchsd ' aad studied, whom I have hoard, understood, slagled eut and appraised. My book la a unity made of life. It la an Oortdemal analyala ef Ufa In all ensaa of the word: It la aa Oriental ayntheals In Ita breadth In spare and to tlma. Abov all things I wlak to be almple. clear, understood even , v br little rhlldrep. my frlenda In th T common bepe of mankind.' And ftheng-Cheng book Is what ka aays t Is. T haven't had time yet to go vary thoroughly Into "Daggers la a ftlar- but what llttls I have read strike rn aa he tier .vera than , 4 much that has been published by the flvs poets It represents. Heiilsh ' )laye sonnete preaent a variety of moods; ar rbythmlo and atroag aa aJwaya On of her boat, however, la Inclined to wantenne and gaiety. "Following In "The Night Hldora'': "Why should I. who weep at noma . and draw timid breath elect a rover gentleman and lev him ta my daathT . non tha wind cobim ruffling by and dark la on tha moor. I bx a horaa aoma galloping and atop bfnr my door. -Tandor man. atrangar man, man of my daalre. Hang your eloak upon a peg and f warm yau at my ftra, 9 Stng to ma and Ua to ma. and glra ma all your haart Though tha night la calling you and pulling ua apart Jou may f(nd aaotltar Ua any othor d-y, jof9 ma till tha moon la low, thaa ' alaa and rlda away.