Lin Yutang
Lin Yutang presents the case for Chungking in a book packed with "controversial dynamite" -HARRY HANSEN, N.Y. World-Telegram The Vigil of a Nation "What makes It sensational—and unique—ia Dr....
...Thia ia 'must' reading for a greater understanding of what goes oa ia China...
...and provocative...
...Cleveland News...
...It sound* like th* opening bell in what promises to be a lively argument, for Dr...
...Hi* analyaia of China's (our main problem!— democracy, unity, army, industrialization— thrswd and balanced...
...It certeinly deserves consideration aa th* other •id* of * picture which hitherto haa bean painted, by Edgar Snow, Agnes Smedley and th* rait, in only th* a*o*t glorious pinkish ha**," —Howard Tar lor...
...To eover this huge topic in a readable book take* a literary knack...
...And th* book aa ¦ whole, however ingratiating its method, it a strong ploa for American under...
...Before we who live in America make up our minda about what kaa been and i* taking place in China, we ihould road Lin Yutang** latest report of hi* travels in ths...
...and at a time when professional diplomats ar* eo committed to national egoisms we owe a debt to any reporter whose felicity and skill ar* remarkable and whose ton* ia honest and •an...
...Philadelphia Inquirer...
...Francia Hackett, N. Y. Times...
...Lea Angela* Tim...
...David Appel...
...With 8 pages of illustrations—$2.75 AT ALL BOOKSTORES THE JOHN DAY COMPANY...
...Lin Yutang ia probably the only living writer who could, do it...
...tending, and one that ought to be heard...
...Also, since coming to America ia the 30'* he has mad* at lead two return trip* to keep in teach with changing condition...
...Hia feelings on th* Communists and en to-called fascism at Chungking may be attacked as ^biased, hut hi* middle position ia candidly revealed...
...Lin declares: 'American writers who certainly know that thi* struggle haa been going on for year* have concealed on* side of the conflict from th* American public because they ar* campaigning for tko Red regime in China...
...months...
...Lin'a bitter attack oa th* Communists of China and their American sympathiiere...
...Hi* playful aad spirited narrative, touching on Japanese prisoners, on factory management, on food and drink, leads to th* political and military moan* by which the new China, the great China of th* future, ii to be favored...
...Hia account of tko undeclared civil war between Communist and Kuomintang armies is atartingly informative, re markable...
...country in recent...
...It is hi* native land and he knows it intimately...
...Book of the -Month Club New...
...For he ia not only the wittiest and meet entertaining writer about Chins ¦ ho Is also possessed of th* best background for interpreting China...
...The Vigil of a Nation is n ringing declaration of faith in China and her loaders...
...China it big, baffling and bewildering...
...Then, praise heaven, h* is not th* agent of aay government, is not owned by any political party aad i* free to speak hi* owa mind, wluch he doe* in The Vigil of * Nation...
Vol. 28 • March 1945 • No. 10
