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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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[The Golden Beetle or Why the Dog Hates the Cat] [ 1]
[The Great Bell] [ 21]
[The Strange Tale of Doctor Dog] [ 39]
[How Footbinding Started] [ 52]
[The Talking Fish] [ 68]
[Bamboo and the Turtle] [ 88]
[The Mad Goose and the Tiger Forest] [104]
[The Nodding Tiger] [120]
[The Princess Kwan-Yin] [134]
[The Two Jugglers] [147]
[The Phantom Vessel] [160]
[The Wooden Tablet] [172]
[The Golden Nugget] [187]
[The Man Who Would Not Scold] [193]
[Lu-San, Daughter of Heaven] [206]

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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["Snake's blood mixed with powdered deer-horn"] [Frontispiece]
["Here son!" she cried, "look at my treasure!"] [ 8]
[Clinging to the animal's shaggy hair was Honeysuckle] [ 50]
[Throwing herself at his feet she thanked him for his mercy] [ 56]
["Ah," sighed the turtle, "if only the good god, P'anku, were here"] [102]
[Putting his bill close to her ear, he told Hu-Lin of his recent discovery] [108]
[The tiger gravely nodded his head] [130]
[All day she was busy carrying water] [138]
[Higher and higher he climbed] [154]
[They saw shining in the pathway directly in front of them a lump of gold] [188]
[As she dressed herself she saw with surprise that her fingers were shapely] [214]