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STRANGE STORIES
FROM A
CHINESE STUDIO.


STRANGE STORIES
FROM A
CHINESE STUDIO.

TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED
BY
HERBERT A. GILES,
Of H.M.’s Consular Service.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:
THOS. DE LA RUE & CO.
110, BUNHILL ROW.

1880.


PRINTED BY
THOMAS DE LA RUE AND CO., BUNHILL ROW,
LONDON.


TO MY WIFE AND OUR CHILDREN:
BERTRAM,
LIONEL,
VALENTINE,
LANCELOT.