CHILDREN'S BOOK TO PLEASE PARENTS

Radio Record, 27 May 1938, Page 34

CHILDREN'S BOOK TO PLEASE PARENTS

IN these days when literature for children is so plentiful that reading paternally-censored novels under the blankets, by torchlight, must be rapidly becoming an almost prehistoric crime, it is only the books of real merit that can expect to win much attention. Elizabeth Foreman Lewis’s well-illustrated "China Quest" comes into that category, and should have the approval! not only of parents, but of young readers themselves. The author did mission work in China for some years, and has a profound admiration for (Chinese civili. sation and the Chinese character. She knows what she is talking about, and writes of the Orient with an enthnsiasm and understanding that is rare. "China Quest" is the story of the friendship between an American boy in love with the East who goes ta China as an assistant in his father’s firm, and of a Chinese country boy who yearns to be an air pilot. There is good measure of excitement and humour in this book, but the best of it is its unobtrusive schooling in international goodwill. For any child from 11 to 15 years old it would he a happy gift on that next birthday. "China Quest," by Elizabeth WForeman Lewis, (MNarrap: London). Our copy from the publishers, ee ee ee ae ee ee ae ee ee ee er or ey