一九四四年春,美國故羅斯福總流派遣副總統华萊士到西伯利亞、蘇維埃中央亚細亚、外蒙古和中國去,作一次親善使節旅行。這次旅行的結果,就成了这本“蘇維埃亞洲紀行”。這不同於乾燥乏味的公文報告,作者用蘸滿同情的筆觸,為亞洲許多国家勾劃出一幅逼真的图畫。對於国土與人民的熱愛,浸透了紙背,這是本书唯一的特色,至於優美的文筆,深刻的觀察,鞭闢入里的分析,猶其餘事耳。 In the spring of 1944, the U.S. General Roosevelt sent Vice President Wallace to travel to Siberia, Soviet Central Asia, Outer Mongolia and China for a goodwill envoy’s journey. The result of this trip became the “Soviet Asian Book of Genesis.” This is not the same as the dry and tedious official documentary report. The author uses a touch of sympathetic strokes to draw a vivid picture of many countries in Asia. The love of land and people, soaked in paper, this is the only characteristic of the book, as the beautiful writing, profound observation, whip into the analysis, still the rest of the ear.