• J ~ , MAY; 192Q. ~t1IIII[IIIIIIIIIIIIII[IIIIII[I[1111I1111111111111111111111111111111111111[111111111111111111111[111111[1111111111111111111111111111111[1[11[11111111111111111111[111,111[1111111111111111111111[11111111111111[1[11111111111[111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111[1111111IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITlllllllllllllllllllllilitliiII~ - - The Thrill of Exploration! Have you ever placed yourself in the position of the explorer penetrating into the great unknown-successfully reaching your goal-and returning to civilization, alive with the interest of a new found world, greeted with wonder- I~ ing plaudits? . Can you picture the thrill of adventure-the romance of the dangers and the triumph in unearthing new fields? Strange worlds-strange peoples-strange customs-c-all cast a fascinating spell upon you through the pages of ASIA II The American MAGAZINE on the Orient i I It is indeed a real explorer. In- and toward us. 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Contents for May, 1920 JOHN DEWEY, the distinguished American ed- Page ucationalist, is now lecturing at the University of Moat Around. Imperial Palace, Tokyo.. .... Frontispiece Peking. The Wreck of the Wakamiya Maru. .. 365 BERNARDSEXTON-better known to the chil- The Wonderful News of the Circumnavigation dren of America as Grey Wolf-is a student of Edited by Stewart Culin eastern and western folk lore. What Holds China Back By John Dewey 373 GWENYTHWAUGHisa young American decorator whose work frequently reflects oriental inspiration. The Stonecutter and the Mouse By Bernard Sexton 378 Decorations by Gwenyth Waugh "The Letters from a Japanese Patriot" were written to a friend in the United States by a young Letters from a Japanese Patriot . 380 Japanese graduate of an American university, who The First Mahommedan Republic . 384 returned to his country to promote the cause of . By Boris L. T. Roustam Bek international brotherhood. The Romance of the Western Pavilion. A Chinese Tale 392 LIEUTENANT-COLONELROUSTAMBEK was an Translated by T. Y. Leo officer in the old Russian army for a number of years, spending much time in Turkestan and Cen- Insert of Ming Paintings in Color By Ch'iu Ying 393 tral Asia. He was attached to the Russian Military King Hussein and His Arabian Knights. 400 Commission in London during a part of the war. By Lowell Thomas T. Y. LEOis a Chinese, formerly in the diplomatic By the Sea By Michael Kotsyubinsky 411 service, who is a student of his own country's an- Illustrations by Wilfred Jones cient civilization. A Vagabond Poet in Palestine By Joseph Koven 416 CH'm YING, a great Chinese artist, was also a celebrated teacher. It was due to his influence The Ming Tombs. A Poem By Witter Bynner 417 that costume painting in brilliant colors became so The Real Turkish Situation. 418 popular in the middle of the Ming period. Ch'iu Ying's original paintings for the famous T'ang love By the Grace of the Kurds By' Edward M. Dodd 420 story, The Romance of the Western Pavilion, have Face to Face With Business in Szechuan . 426 been reproduced from a book presented to a former By H. K. Richardson amir of Afghanistan by a Ming emperor. The book was eventually sold in India and is now in the collec- ASIA'S Travel-Log .. .. By Virginia Lee 440 tion of S. Fyzee-Rahamin, the Indian artist. LOWELLTHOMAScontinues in this issue his series ASIA, the American Magazine on the Orient, is published monthly of articles on Colonel Thomas R. Lawrence, the under the auspices of the American Asiatic Association by the young British archeologist who restored the ancient ASIA PUBLISHING COMPANY Kingdom of Arabia. Mr. Thomas, historian of the Publication office, Concord, N. H. Arabian campaign, sailed for England in March to Editorial office, 627 Lexington Avenue, New York City Cable address, "Arnasiat." continue his travel-talks on Arabia and Palestine. John Foord, Editor Louis D. 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