《直言评论》是本英文的抗日杂志——CANDID COMMENT,1938年9月1日在孤岛上海创刊,和它的中文姐妹版《自由谭》同时出版。它们是由因“八一三”的重创破产了的上海时代图书公司的主人邵洵美和美国作家项美丽(EmilyHahn)合作创办的。那时虽然在租界,但日伪势力已然逐步渗入,迫于当时形势,为安全计,两份杂志的编辑者与发行者都由美国人项 Clercit Commentary, an English anti-Japanese magazine, was first published in Shanghai on the island of Sue on September 1, 1938, along with its sister Chinese version of Freedom Tan. They were co-founded by Shao Mei Mei, the owner of the Shanghai-era book company that was bankrupted by the “August 13 Incident,” and Emily Hahn, the American writer. At that time although in the concession, but the Japanese-Puppet forces have gradually infiltrated, forced by the prevailing situation, for security, both magazine editors and distributors by the Americans