Abstract
A DISTINGUISHED Chinese scholar has pointed out that there is much akin in the mentality of the Chinese and ourselves; as an example he referred to the sense of humour of the two races. Prof. Giles could quote numerous examples from his own works in support of this dictum. “Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio” can be read as well for a pleasure to be obtained from few extra-European collections of stories and legends, as to gratify an interest in chinoiseries, while his “Quips from a Chinese Jest Book” has a subtle cynicism and a certain pawkiness of humour which make a strong appeal to the British temperament. The same appeal, if from a slightly different aspect, is latent in the material of which Mr. Willoughby-Meade's “Chinese Ghouls and Goblins” is composed. The Chinese taste in ghosts, if at times more crude, with a leaning towards the violently horrible, is much the same as our own.
Chinese Ghouls and Goblins.
By G. Willoughby-Meade. Pp. xv + 432 + 16 plates. (London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1928.) 24s. net.
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Chinese Ghouls and Goblins . Nature 122, 271–272 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122271a0
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