20世纪30年代，林语堂以英文著作《吾国与吾民》、《生活的艺术》、《中国印度之智慧》扬名世界，《纽约时报》称他的作品“智性、幽默、充满魅力”。林语堂毕生从事双语写作，穿梭于中西文化之间，却很少有人将他的双语作品对照来看。钱锁桥编著的《小评论(林语堂双语文集)》集收录了五十对林氏写于1930-1936年间的双语作品，这些作品并非简单的翻译，而是针对不同读者和语境的再创作。对照来看，林氏作品中一贯的生动、智慧、洞察、黑色幽默。自成景观。本书收人了目翦所能找到的全部林语堂双语作品，是林语堂双语作品首次全部结集出版。

Introduction by Qian Suoqiao

The Function of Criticism at the Present Time

Marriage and Careers for Women

A Hymn to Shanghai

If I Were a Bandit

Ah Fong, My House-Boy

Han Fei As a Cure for Modern China

My Last Rebellion Against Lady Nicotine

Confucius as I Know Him

Zarathustra and the Jester

Do Bed-Bugs Exist in China?

A Pageant of Costumes

What Is Face?

On Political Sickness

The Spirit of the Chinese Culture

How I Bought a Tooth-Brush

In Memoriam of the Dog-Meat General

First Lesson in Chinese Language

In Praise of Liang Zuoyou

The Lost Mandarin

I Like to Talk with Women

I Committed a Murder

On Freedom of Speech

On Chinese and Foreign Dress

The Monks of Hangzhou

What I Want

In Defense of Pidgin English

The Necessity of Summer Resorts

Should Women Rule the World?

What I Have Not Done

An Open Letter To M. Dekobra:A Defense of the Chinese Girl

How To Write Postscripts

The Beggars of London

Spring in My Garden

A Day-Dream

On Bertrand Russell's Divorce

A Lecture Without An Audience: A Wedding Speech

Our Tailor-Morality

New Year 1935

Hirota And The Child: A Child's Guide to Sino-Japanese Politics'

I Daren't Go to Hangzhou

In Defense of Gold-Diggers

Confessions of A Nudist

Preface to "Six Chapters of a Floating Life""

On Shaking Hands

On Lying in Bed

On Crying at Movies

On the Calisthenic Value of Kowtowing

A Bamboo Civilization

On Mickey Mouse

First Impressions in America: Letter to a Chinese Friend-

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