One of the 'Wisdom of the East' series published by John Murray, this little book is a translation of a translation of the Chinese writer Lao-Tse's "Wu-Wei". The Dutch author's preface assures us that he has used none but Chinese works about Lao-Tse (and only a few, at that), but, having discovered how confused and unintelligible these were, decided to present his work based on his own simple idea of the author "for I felt the truth of (his work) within me as a simple, natural faith". The three sections are entitled "Tao", "Art", "Love", and the final 5 pages are devoted to notes. The 'Wisdom' series also encompassed Buddhism, Persian, Japanese, Hebrew, Egyptian, other Chinese and Arabic thinkers. Henri Jean Francois Borel (1869-1933) wrote extensively on China, and as a result also developed ideas about how the West should better understand China. Our book is in good general condition, given its age, but lacks a dust jacket. Bound in cloth-effect taupe paper-covered boards, it is a