Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
,*>. STRANGE STORIES FROM A CHINESE STUDIO. STRANGE STORIES FROM A CHINESE STUDIO. T'u -\\vog TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED BY HERBERT A. GILES, Of H.M.'s Consular Service. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: THOS. DE LA RUE & CO. no, BUNHILL ROW. I880. PRINTED BY THOMAS DE LA RUE AND CO., BUNHILL ROW, LONDON. TO MY WIFE AND OUR CHILDREN: BERTRAM, LIONEL, VALENTINE, LANCELOT. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION Vol. I., pp. xiii-xxxii. STORIES. VOL. I. VOL. II. PAGE PAGE Adulteration Punished ... ... ... ... 332 Alchemist, The 313 Boat-girl Bride, The 149 Boatmen of Lao-lung, The ... ... ... 348 Boon Companion, The ... ... ... ... 165 Bribery and Corruption ... ... ... ... 170 Buddhist Priest of Ch'ang-ching, The 22 Buddhist Priests, Arrival of ... ... ... 231 Butterfly's Revenge, The 289 Carrying a Corpse ... ... ... ... ... 181 Cattle Plague, The 253 Censor in Purgatory, The ... ... ... ... 238 Chang Pu-liang ... ... ... ... ... 177 Chang's Transformation ... ... ... ... 237 Chou K'o-ch'ang and his Ghost ... ... ... 1 06 Clay Image, The 276 Cloth Merchant, The 127 Collecting Subscriptions ... ... ... ... 220 Considerate Husband, The ... ... ... 158 ~- Country of the Cave Men, The 397 Courage Tested ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 6 Cruelty Avenged ... ... ... ... ... 267 Dead Priest, The 247 Death by Laughing ... ... ... ... 352 Disembodied Friend, The... ... ... ... 119 Dishonesty Punished ... ... ... ... 279 Doctor, The 290 Donkey's Revenge, The ... ... ... ... 64 V Dr. Tseng's Dream 387 viii CONTENTS. VOL. I. VOL. II. PAGE PAGE v'Dreaming Honours... ... ... ... ... 327 Dutch Carpet, The 179 Dwarf, A 224 Earthquake, An ... ... ... ... ... 263 Elephants and the Lion, The ... ... ... 343 Engaged to a Nun ... ... ... ... ... 262 Examination for the Post of Guardian Angel ... I Faithful Dog, The 261 Faithful Gander, The 342 Faithless Widow, The ..
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