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

CONTENTS.

[Introduction.]Vol. I., pp. [xiii]-[xxxii].
STORIES.
Vol. I.
PAGE		Vol. II.
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-ch‘ing, 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]—[106]
[Clay Image, The]—[276]
[Cloth Merchant, The]—[127]
[Collecting Subscriptions]—[220]
[Considerate Husband, The][158]—
[Country of the Cave Men, The][397]—
[Courage Tested]—[116]
[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]
[Dr. Tsêng’s Dream][387]—
[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][1]—
[Faithful Dog, The]—[261]
[Faithful Gander, The]—[342]
[Faithless Widow, The]—[39]
[Feasting the Ruler of Purgatory]—[284]
[Fêng-shui]—[322]
[Fight with the Foxes, The][251]—
[Fighting Cricket, The]—[17]
[Fighting Quails, The][66]—
[Fisherman and his Friend, The]—[197]
[Flood, A][350]—
[Flower-nymphs, The][285]—
[Flying Cow, The]—[249]
[Foot-ball on the Tung-t‘ing Lake][408]—
[Foreign Priests][343]—
[Fortune-hunter Punished, The]—[272]
[Forty Strings of Cash, The]—[211]
[Friendship with Foxes]—[300]
[Gambler’s Talisman, The][419]—
[Grateful Dog, The]—[308]
[Great Rat, The]—[303]
[Great Test, The]—[310]
[Hidden Treasure, The]—[345]
[His Father’s Ghost]—[142]
[Hsiang-ju’s Misfortunes][225]—
[Husband Punished, The][422]—
[Incorrupt Official, The]—[358]
[Infernal Regions, In the]—[95]
[Ingratitude Punished]—[138]
[Injustice of Heaven, The]—[111]
[Invisible Priest, The]—[235]
[Jen Hsiu, The Gambler][196]—
[Joining the Immortals][53]—
[Jonah, A Chinese]—[176]
[Judge Lu][92]—
[Justice for Rebels]—[184]
[Killing a Serpent]—[190]
[King, The][257]—
[Life Prolonged]—[273]
[Lingering Death, The]—[325]
[Little Chu][143]—
[Lo-ch‘a Country and the Sea Market, The]—[1]
[Lost Brother, The][203]—
[Mad Priest, The]—[282]
[Magic Mirror, The]—[114]
[Magic Path, The]—[36]
[Magic Sword, The][124]—
[Magical Arts][47]—
[Magnanimous Girl, The][160]—
[Making Animals]—[265]
[Man who was changed into a Crow, The][278]—
[Man who was thrown down a Well, The][365]—
[Marriage Lottery, The][428]—
[Marriage of the Fox’s Daughter, The][26]—
[Marriage of the Virgin Goddess, The]—[257]
[Master-thief, The][347]—
[Metempsychosis]—[207]
[“Mirror and Listen” Trick, The]—[251]
[Miss Chiao-no][33]—
[Miss Lien-hsiang, The Fox-girl][168]—
[Miss Quarta Hu][152]—
[Miss Ying-ning; or, the Laughing Girl][106]—
[Mr. Tung; or, Virtue Rewarded]—[244]
[Mr. Willow and the Locusts]—[242]
[Mysterious Head, The]—[135]
[Painted Skin, The][76]—
[Painted Wall, The][9]—
[Performing Mice, The][218]—
[Perseverance Rewarded][186]—
[Picture Horse, The]—[286]
[Pious Surgeon, The]—[351]
[Planchette]—[295]
[Planting a Pear-tree][14]—
[Playing at Hanging][354]—
[Priest’s Warning, The]—[205]
[Princess Lily, The]—[56]
[Princess of the Tung-t‘ing Lake]—[43]
[Quarrelsome Brothers, The][313]—
[Raising the Dead]—[318]
[Rat Wife, The][355]—
[Resuscitated Corpse, The]—[193]
[Rip van Winkle, A Chinese]—[85]
[Roc, The]—[340]
[Salt Smuggler, The]—[215]
[Saving Life]—[213]
[Sea-serpent, The]—[113]
[Self-punished Murderer, The][345]—
[She-wolf and the Herd-boys, The]—[330]
[Shui-mang Plant, The][136]—
[Singing Frogs, The][217]—
[Singular case of Ophthalmia]—[102]
[Singular Verdict]—[307]
[Sisters, The][336]—
[Smelling Essays]—[139]
[Snow in Summer]—[294]
[Solomon, A Chinese]—[335]
[Solomon, Another]—[355]
[Spirit of the Hills, The]—[137]
[Spirits of the Po-yang Lake, The]—[109]
[Spiritualistic Séances]—[131]
[Stolen Eyes, The]—[233]
[Strange Companion, A]—[130]
[Stream of Cash, The]—[110]
[Supernatural Wife, A]—[166]
[Taking Revenge]—[25]
[Talking Pupils, The][5]—
[Ta-nan in Search of his Father][296]—
[Taoist Devotee, A]—[183]
[Taoist Miracles]—[226]
[Taoist Priest, A][246]—
[Taoist Priest of Lao-shan, The][17]—
[Theft of the Peach]—[186]
[Three Genii, The][214]—
[Three States of Existence, The]—[90]
[Thunder God, The][413]—
[Tiger Guest, The][330]—
[Tiger of Chao-ch‘êng, The][219]—
[Tipsy Turtle, The]—[28]
[Trader’s Son, The][85]—
[Two Brides, The]—[158]
[Unjust Sentence, The]—[80]
[Virtuous Daughter-in-law, The][374]—
[Wei-ch‘i Devil, The]—[268]
[Wine Insect, The]—[259]
[Wolf Dream, The]—[73]
[Wolves]—[305]
[Wonderful Stone, The][306]—
[Young Gentleman who couldn’t spell, The][326]—
[Young Lady of the Tung-t‘ing Lake, The][271]—
[Appendix][A]
„[B]
—[361]
—[389]

[INTRODUCTION.]