[Review of] K. S. Tom. Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends, and Lore of the Middle Kingdom

K. S. Tom provides insightful glimpses into a variety of aspects of Chinese culture. In the preface, the author states this book provides a general introduction to Chinese customs, traditions and culture. It is by no means an exhaustive or definitive account of the topics that have been selected for discussion. This reviewer was initially distracted because of the wide range of topics covered and the lack of conclusiveness and interrelatedness among these topics. However, acknowledgement by the author that this book is an introduction to a variety of aspects of Chinese culture, rather than a conclusive analysis, encouraged this reader to review the book in light of the author\u27s objective