《胡适留学日记(套装共2册)》记叙了胡适留美早期的日记多是流水账，但由于具有连贯性，读来并不觉枯燥。后来的札记则真实坦白地记下一个青年人的私人生活、内心生活及思想演变的过程，有很多生活细节的描述，包括年轻人的自喜、夸大、野心、梦想，可以看作是胡适留学时的自传了。 (Diary of Hu Shi in Studying Abroad (Full Set of 2 Volumes) is the diary of Hu Shi in his early staying in the US in a plain way in terms of just noting down the life as it happened; due to the continuity, the reader will not feel boring. Notes of the latter part is a real and frank writing about a young man's private life, inner life and thought evolution, with a lot of life details, including happiness, exaggeration, ambition, and dreams, which can be regarded as an autobiography of Hu Shi in studying overseas.)