The World’s Story Volume I: China, Japan and the Islands of the Pacific

The World’s Story Volume I: China, Japan and the Islands of the Pacific
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001 - Palace of the Dalai Lama at Lhasa, Thibet, Photograph, Frontispice
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  • 1

    001 - Palace of the Dalai Lama at Lhasa, Thibet, Photograph, Frontispice

  • 2

    002 - Publisher's note

  • 3

    003 - Introduction, by Eva March Tappan

  • 4

    004 - China Part I: In the earliest days: historical note

  • 5

    005 - Shun of Yu who controlled the floods, by Confucius

  • 6

    006 - China Part II: Confucius and his age: historical note

  • 7

    007 - The story of Confucius, by Rev. A. W. Loomis

  • 8

    008 - A visit to a temple of Confucius, by Rev. A. W. Loomis

  • 9

    009 - Some of the proverbs of Confucius

  • 10

    010 - Manners and customs of Confucius's day, by Rev. William Speer

  • 11

    011 - Mencius, by S. Wells Williams

  • 12

    012 - A story of Mencius, by Unknown

  • 13

    013 - Proverbs of Mencius

  • 14

    014 - China Part III: Times of change and confusion: historical note

  • 15

    015 - The strenuous reign of Hoang-Ti, by Rev. Charles Gützlaff

  • 16

    016 - The rule of the Hans, by Rev. William Speer

  • 17

    017 - Rakan feeding the hungry spirit, Chinese painting, p. 52

  • 18

    018 - The three religions, by W. A. P. Martin

  • 19

    019 - Dream and reality, a Buddhist story, by Chuang Tzu

  • 20

    020 - Mulan, the maiden chief, by Unknown

  • 21

    021 - The prodigal emperor Wang-Ti, by Rounsevelle Wildman

  • 22

    022 - China Part IV: The Augustan age: historical note

  • 23

    023 - Tai-Tsung the Good, by Rev. William Speer

  • 24

    024 - The rule of the empress Wu, by S. Wells Williams

  • 25

    025 - The founding of Han-Lin College, by Rev. William Speer

  • 26

    026 - The binding of feet, by Rev. William Speer

  • 27

    027 - Printing, by Rev. William Speer

  • 28

    028 - China Part V: The coming of the Tartars: historical note

  • 29

    029 - The Tartars and their customs, by Marco Polo

  • 30

    030 - The Chinese theater, by Archibald Little

  • 31

    031 - The sorrows of Han, by Unknown

  • 32

    032 - Jenghiz Khan, the 'perfect warrior', by D. Petis de la Croix

  • 33

    033 - Jenghiz Khan captures Peking, by D. Petis de la Croix

  • 34

    034 - The dirge of Jenghiz Khan, by Unknown

  • 35

    035 - China Part VI: Stories of the great Khan: historical note

  • 36

    036 - The palace of the great Khan in Cambaluc (Peking), by Marco Polo

  • 37

    037 - How the great Khan ate his dinner, by Marco Polo

  • 38

    038 - How Kublai Khan went a-hunting, by Marco Polo

  • 39

    039 - How the Khan sent his messages, by Marco Polo

  • 40

    040 - The King's Messenger, by Chuang Tzu

  • 41

    041 - The Polos teach the Khan how to capture a city, by Marco Polo

  • 42

    042 - A Chinese city at the end of the thirteenth century, by Marco Polo

  • 43

    043 - The Peking Observatory, photograph, p. 128

  • 44

    044 - China Part VII: Chinese fables and tales: historical note

  • 45

    045 - The boy philosopher, by Unknown

  • 46

    046 - The elixir of life, by Unknown

  • 47

    047 - The tiger and the monkey, by Unknown

  • 48

    048 - Was he the only cheat?, by Unknown

  • 49

    049 - The appeal of Lady Chang

  • 50

    050 - The soul of the great bell, by Lafcadio Hearn

  • 51

    051 - China Part VIII: The coming of the missionaries: historical note

  • 52

    052 - An enterprising missionary, by John of Corvino

  • 53

    053 - The woman with the cross, by Mendez Pinto

  • 54

    054 - The worship of ancestors, by W. A. P. Martin

  • 55

    055 - Teaching science to the emperor, by Père du Halde

  • 56

    056 - The emperor and the musician, by Père du Halde

  • 57

    057 - The man who was afraid of becoming a horse, by Père du Halde

  • 58

    058 - How the bonzes got the ducks, by Père Le Comte

  • 59

    059 - A visit to a Lama, by Père Gerbillon

  • 60

    060 - China Part IX: The first two centuries of Manchu rule: historical note

  • 61

    061 - The coming of the Kalmucks, by Thomas de Quincey

  • 62

    062 - Chinese punishments, by Père du Halde

  • 63

    063 - The temple of Heaven, Peking, photograph, p. 186

  • 64

    064 - Why the Chinaman wears a queue, by William Elliot Griffis

  • 65

    065 - How the Chinese received the first English ambassador, by Charles Gützlaff

  • 66

    066 - Opium-eaters, by William Speer

  • 67

    067 - A 'Boston tea-party' in China, by William Speer

  • 68

    068 - What the Chinese thought about the English, by Unknown

  • 69

    069 - How the 'Arrow War' began, by W. A. P. Martin

  • 70

    070 - Receiving the yellow jacket, by A. Egmont Hake

  • 71

    071 - China Part X: Language, schools, and examinations: historical note

  • 72

    072 - The Mandarin language, by Père du Halde

  • 73

    073 - How Chinese children learn to read, by Père du Halde

  • 74

    074 - When I went to school in China, by Yan Phou Lee

  • 75

    075 - A child's first lesson, by Unknown

  • 76

    076 - Civil-service examinations in China, by W. A. P. Martin

  • 77

    077 - Questions from a civil-service examination

  • 78

    078 - China Part XI: In recent years: historical note

  • 79

    079 - War between China and Japan, by W. A. P. Martin

  • 80

    080 - The adventures of Yao Chen-Yuan

  • 81

    081 - When the allies entered Pekin, by Pierre Loti

  • 82

    082 - A diplomatic correspondence between the United States and China

  • 83

    083 - The republic of China

  • 84

    084 - Korea: historical note

  • 85

    085 - A grain shop in Korea, photograph, p. 264

  • 86

    086 - When Hideyoshi invaded Korea, by Homer B. Hulbert

  • 87

    087 - Japan Part I: In ancient times: historical note

  • 88

    088 - Jimmu Tenno, the first mikado of Japan, by William Elliot Griffis

  • 89

    089 - The Japanese story-teller, by Sir Edwin Arnold

  • 90

    090 - The fisher-boy Urashima, by Unknown

  • 91

    091 - Social life in Kioto, by William Elliot Griffis

  • 92

    092 - The story of Yoshitsune, by Yei Theodora Ozaki

  • 93

    093 - Three Japanese poems, translated by Frederick Victor Dickins

  • 94

    094 - The great Buddha of Kamakura, photograph, p. 318

  • 95

    095 - Japan Part II: The rule of the Shoguns: historical note

  • 96

    096 - The great Khan Kublai invades Japan, by Marco Polo

  • 97

    097 - The coming of Will Adams to Japan, by Will Adams

  • 98

    098 - Long spears or short spears, by Walter Dening

  • 99

    099 - How a man became a god, by Lafcadio Hearn

  • 100

    100 - Ribs and skin, by Unknown

  • 101

    101 - How it would feel to be a Shinto god, by Lafcadio Hearn

  • 102

    102 - Interior of a Japanese temple, photograph p. 368

  • 103

    103 - Tadasuke, the Japanese Solomon, by Walter Dening

  • 104

    104 - The sword of Japan, by Sir Edwin Arnold

  • 105

    105 - Japan Part III: Some curious customs: historical note

  • 106

    106 - A Japanese dinner party, by Sir Edwin Arnold

  • 107

    107 - How Japanese ladies go shopping, by Alice M. Bacon

  • 108

    108 - An incense party, by Sir Edwin Arnold

  • 109

    109 - A Japanese house, by Basil Hall Chamberlain

  • 110

    110 - Thinking out a garden, by Mortimer Menpes

  • 111

    111 - A stone gateway, photograph p. 418

  • 112

    112 - An artist in flowers, by Mortimer Menpes

  • 113

    113 - How a Japanese paints, by Mortimer Menpes

  • 114

    114 - How to talk politely in Japan, by Percival Lowell

  • 115

    115 - Japan Part IV: The awakening of Japan: historical note

  • 116

    116 - When Commodore Perry landed in Japan, by Francis L. Hawks

  • 117

    117 - The president's letter, by Townsend Harris

  • 118

    118 - The schools of old Japan, by Francis Ottiwell Adams

  • 119

    119 - How to learn Japanese, by Rev. M. L. Gordon

  • 120

    120 - The attack upon Port Arthur, by Lieutenant Tadayoshi Sakurai

  • 121

    121 - Japan Part V: Little stories of Japan: historical note

  • 122

    122 - Japanese politeness, by Mortimer Menpes

  • 123

    123 - How the shopkeeper lost his queue, by Lafcadio Hearn

  • 124

    124 - Fuji-Yama, photograph, p. 462

  • 125

    125 - The cherry tree of the sixteenth day, by Lafcadio Hearn

  • 126

    126 - Japanese children and their games, by Sir Edwin Arnold

  • 127

    127 - Islands of the Pacific: historical note

  • 128

    128 - The first Australian colonists, by W. H. Lang

  • 129

    129 - Gold, gold, gold!, by W. H. Lang

  • 130

    130 - The missionary and the cannibals, by Reginald Horsley

  • 131

    131 - Hot-water basins, New Zealand, photograph, p. 502

  • 132

    132 - The story of Pitcairn Island, by Anonymous

  • 133

    133 - The last voyage of Captain Cook, by Charles C. B. Seymour

  • 134

    134 - The vengeance of the goddess Pele, by Kalakaua

  • 135

    135 - Father Damien, the missionary to the lepers, by John C. Lambert

  • 136

    136 - A visit to Aguinaldo, by Edwin Wildman

  • 137

    137 - Preparing our Moros for government, by R. L. Bullard

  • 138

    138 - Baro Buddor, an ancient temple of Java, photograph, p. 562

  • 139

    139 - Detail of temple at Bramabanan, photograph p. 562

  • 140

    140 - A visit to a head-hunter of Borneo, by William Henry Furness, third

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