"This volume is a memorial tribute to the late Professor
F. Earl Swisher. Born in Lyons, Kansas, July 22, 1902, he
was a member of the pioneer generation of American scholars
to study China. His early life offered no indication that
he would become involved in Chinese studies. At an early
age he moved with his family to Palisades, Colorado, where
his father owned a farm. There he completed his public education.
He was an avid reader as a student, and by the time
of his graduation had exhaustea the libraries of his teachers
and school. He entered the University of Colorado in
1920, majoring in...