(027663) Spence, Jonathan D. The Question Of Hu. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 187 pages. Fine in Very Good DJ. Slightly embossed by owner on title page. DJ embossed by owner and inside front flap slightly crreased. Story of a Chinese man, John Hu, who accompanied a Frecnch missionary returning from Canton to France in 1722. After arriving in France, Hu appeared to become deranged and he reacted with wild imagination to everything he encountered. After being locked up and beaten, he escaped and began to roam the streets, preaching in Chinese to astonished Parisians as he beat a little drum he had made ISBN: 0394571908 (Hu, John, China, Catholic Converts)
