Jacqueline Estran's study is devoted to the Xinyue monthly ("Crescent Moon") published by Xu Zhimo, Wen Yiduo, Hu Shi, Luo Longji and Liang Shiqiu from 1928 to 1933. It forms the fi rst exhaustive study of the journal and the related intellectual group and movement, the Crescent Moon Society. The author identifies the features characterizing Xinyue and its role in Chinese intellectual history and literature, and undertakes a detailed analysis of the...