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

by Eva March Tappan

Historical Fiction Poetry Essays & Short Works History Philosophy

140 chapters18h 32mEnglish1914

About this book

This is the first volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part I include China, Korea, Japan and the Islands of the Pacific. - Summary by Sonia Cast list for The Sorrows of Han: Emperor: Nemo Lady/Princess: Eva Davis Attendant: ToddHW Envoy: SaraHale President of the Council: Tomas Peter Narrator: Sonia Cast list for Ribs and Skin: Rector: Nemo Curate: Eva Davis First Parishioner: Tomas Peter Second Parishioner: ToddHW Third Parishioner: SaraHale Narrator: Sonia

Chapters (140)

1Palace of the Dalai Lama at Lhasa, Thibet, Photograph, Frontispice

194

2Publisher's note

220

3Introduction, by Eva March Tappan

1180

4China Part I: In the earliest days: historical note

150

5Shun of Yu who controlled the floods, by Confucius

795

6China Part II: Confucius and his age: historical note

7The story of Confucius, by Rev. A. W. Loomis

756

8A visit to a temple of Confucius, by Rev. A. W. Loomis

529

9Some of the proverbs of Confucius

164

10Manners and customs of Confucius's day, by Rev. William Speer

1041

11Mencius, by S. Wells Williams

264

12A story of Mencius, by Unknown

104

13Proverbs of Mencius

14China Part III: Times of change and confusion: historical note

100

15The strenuous reign of Hoang-Ti, by Rev. Charles Gützlaff

1002

16The rule of the Hans, by Rev. William Speer

570

17Rakan feeding the hungry spirit, Chinese painting, p. 52

189

18The three religions, by W. A. P. Martin

374

19Dream and reality, a Buddhist story, by Chuang Tzu

20Mulan, the maiden chief, by Unknown

352

21The prodigal emperor Wang-Ti, by Rounsevelle Wildman

357

22China Part IV: The Augustan age: historical note

23Tai-Tsung the Good, by Rev. William Speer

384

24The rule of the empress Wu, by S. Wells Williams

205

25The founding of Han-Lin College, by Rev. William Speer

325

26The binding of feet, by Rev. William Speer

151

27Printing, by Rev. William Speer

114

28China Part V: The coming of the Tartars: historical note

169

29The Tartars and their customs, by Marco Polo

685

30The Chinese theater, by Archibald Little

415

31The sorrows of Han, by Unknown

517

32Jenghiz Khan, the 'perfect warrior', by D. Petis de la Croix

352

33Jenghiz Khan captures Peking, by D. Petis de la Croix

175

34The dirge of Jenghiz Khan, by Unknown

35China Part VI: Stories of the great Khan: historical note

122

36The palace of the great Khan in Cambaluc (Peking), by Marco Polo

494

37How the great Khan ate his dinner, by Marco Polo

409

38How Kublai Khan went a-hunting, by Marco Polo

584

39How the Khan sent his messages, by Marco Polo

547

40The King's Messenger, by Chuang Tzu

41The Polos teach the Khan how to capture a city, by Marco Polo

287

42A Chinese city at the end of the thirteenth century, by Marco Polo

778

43The Peking Observatory, photograph, p. 128

144

44China Part VII: Chinese fables and tales: historical note

111

45The boy philosopher, by Unknown

129

46The elixir of life, by Unknown

47The tiger and the monkey, by Unknown

48Was he the only cheat?, by Unknown

153

49The appeal of Lady Chang

184

50The soul of the great bell, by Lafcadio Hearn

893

51China Part VIII: The coming of the missionaries: historical note

124

52An enterprising missionary, by John of Corvino

211

53The woman with the cross, by Mendez Pinto

534

54The worship of ancestors, by W. A. P. Martin

194

55Teaching science to the emperor, by Père du Halde

921

56The emperor and the musician, by Père du Halde

254

57The man who was afraid of becoming a horse, by Père du Halde

223

58How the bonzes got the ducks, by Père Le Comte

135

59A visit to a Lama, by Père Gerbillon

547

60China Part IX: The first two centuries of Manchu rule: historical note

133

61The coming of the Kalmucks, by Thomas de Quincey

485

62Chinese punishments, by Père du Halde

769

63The temple of Heaven, Peking, photograph, p. 186

145

64Why the Chinaman wears a queue, by William Elliot Griffis

229

65How the Chinese received the first English ambassador, by Charles Gützlaff

496

66Opium-eaters, by William Speer

154

67A 'Boston tea-party' in China, by William Speer

349

68What the Chinese thought about the English, by Unknown

168

69How the 'Arrow War' began, by W. A. P. Martin

302

70Receiving the yellow jacket, by A. Egmont Hake

256

71China Part X: Language, schools, and examinations: historical note

102

72The Mandarin language, by Père du Halde

250

73How Chinese children learn to read, by Père du Halde

414

74When I went to school in China, by Yan Phou Lee

880

75A child's first lesson, by Unknown

166

76Civil-service examinations in China, by W. A. P. Martin

922

77Questions from a civil-service examination

121

78China Part XI: In recent years: historical note

136

79War between China and Japan, by W. A. P. Martin

548

80The adventures of Yao Chen-Yuan

1071

81When the allies entered Pekin, by Pierre Loti

1019

82A diplomatic correspondence between the United States and China

379

83The republic of China

104

84Korea: historical note

120

85A grain shop in Korea, photograph, p. 264

143

86When Hideyoshi invaded Korea, by Homer B. Hulbert

1256

87Japan Part I: In ancient times: historical note

106

88Jimmu Tenno, the first mikado of Japan, by William Elliot Griffis

472

89The Japanese story-teller, by Sir Edwin Arnold

769

90The fisher-boy Urashima, by Unknown

276

91Social life in Kioto, by William Elliot Griffis

867

92The story of Yoshitsune, by Yei Theodora Ozaki

1829

93Three Japanese poems, translated by Frederick Victor Dickins

100

94The great Buddha of Kamakura, photograph, p. 318

238

95Japan Part II: The rule of the Shoguns: historical note

118

96The great Khan Kublai invades Japan, by Marco Polo

570

97The coming of Will Adams to Japan, by Will Adams

779

98Long spears or short spears, by Walter Dening

1111

99How a man became a god, by Lafcadio Hearn

1454

100Ribs and skin, by Unknown

1016

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

779

102Interior of a Japanese temple, photograph p. 368

212

103Tadasuke, the Japanese Solomon, by Walter Dening

1205

104The sword of Japan, by Sir Edwin Arnold

1458

105Japan Part III: Some curious customs: historical note

106A Japanese dinner party, by Sir Edwin Arnold

1081

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

807

108An incense party, by Sir Edwin Arnold

692

109A Japanese house, by Basil Hall Chamberlain

319

110Thinking out a garden, by Mortimer Menpes

189

111A stone gateway, photograph p. 418

112An artist in flowers, by Mortimer Menpes

359

113How a Japanese paints, by Mortimer Menpes

234

114How to talk politely in Japan, by Percival Lowell

135

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

177

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

1370

117The president's letter, by Townsend Harris

658

118The schools of old Japan, by Francis Ottiwell Adams

441

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

548

120The attack upon Port Arthur, by Lieutenant Tadayoshi Sakurai

802

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

122Japanese politeness, by Mortimer Menpes

113

123How the shopkeeper lost his queue, by Lafcadio Hearn

134

124Fuji-Yama, photograph, p. 462

126

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

233

126Japanese children and their games, by Sir Edwin Arnold

1431

127Islands of the Pacific: historical note

101

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

824

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

1118

130The missionary and the cannibals, by Reginald Horsley

1126

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

157

132The story of Pitcairn Island, by Anonymous

718

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

1270

134The vengeance of the goddess Pele, by Kalakaua

711

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

1310

136A visit to Aguinaldo, by Edwin Wildman

611

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

2531

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

168

139Detail of temple at Bramabanan, photograph p. 562

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

1003

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