Transcriber's Note

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The half-title page has been removed from the text.

The following printed errata have been incorporated into the text:

P. 21, heading, for BIOGRAPHICAL read BIBLIOGRAPHICAL.
P. 27, l. 7 single of single one of.
P. 29, l. 9 eat ate.
P. 32, l. 23 houses house.
P. 65, l. 3 standing stand.
P. 88, l. 15 pillar pillow.
P. 109, l. 22 Memories MÉmoires.
P. 116, last line, Turn Turns.
P. 134, l. 10 and of Wu and Wu.
P. 165, l. 13 the things these things.

The following additional errors have been corrected:

  • p. v “Fu jen” changed to “Fu-jen”
  • p. v “Chicago)” changed to “(Chicago)”
  • p. 21 “Two articles of” changed to “Two articles on”
  • p. 23 ““Li Sao,” changed to ““Li Sao,””
  • p. 26 “next door” changed to “next door.”
  • p. 33 “the night.” changed to “the night.””
  • p. 56 “again.” changed to “again.””
  • p. 62 “Hsien-men” changed to “Hsien-men[23]”
  • p. 106 “as he tells us” changed to “as he tells us,”
  • p. 118 “wrote your letter” changed to “wrote your letter.”
  • p. 131 “Yin and Yang.”” changed to “Yin and Yang.”[61]”

The following are used inconsistently in the text:

  • forename and fore-name
  • fourscore and four-score
  • goodbye and good-bye
  • hairpins and hair-pins
  • Hangchow and Hang-chow
  • HsÜan-liang and Hsuan-liang
  • lifetime and life-time
  • roadside and road-side
  • siÈcle and SiÈcle
  • Yangtze and Yang-tze

Some lines have been left as printed, with no end punctuation:

  • p. 49 “mid-stream white waves rise”
  • p. 78 “over the story of King Chou”
  • p. 121 ““medium’s” advice”
  • p. 122 “The wind stirs and sighs”
  • p. 156 “which was difficult”
  • p. 160 “them thrown away”
  • p. 167 “disciple of Fairies”

Other possible errors have been left as printed:

  • p. 117 “And threw you my clothes”
  • p. 143 (note) “Giles, 2526”
  • p. 141 “village of Hsin-feng?”





                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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