Show dickens stories in china the chinese are rapidly taking up western ideas and translations ot and french novels are now in increasing demand our and sentimental treatment of lo 10 e at fairs however Is a thing so to oriental ethics that the hero of tha ordinary european novel appears to the chinese mind as a person of per averted moral sense and doubtful san ity translations of dickens there tore impress the chinese reader less than they amuse him and detective stories and tales of adventure corn mand a more sympathetic audience to the celestial mind the love at fairs of david copperfield can only de tract from the human interest of that hero a chinese novelist would have solved bis difficulties by making him woo and marry dora and agnes elmul laneous ly so of course john china man does not understand the pathos nevertheless dickens works command a steady sale romans life |