Index: Forty Folk-Stories
Adele M. Fielde (Chinese
Nights Entertainment, 1893)
THE STRAYED ARROW
THE FIVE QUEER BROTHERS
THE THREE TALISMANS
THE ORIGIN OF ANTS
THE MISTAKE OF THE APES
THE MOON-CAKE
THE FOOL OF THE FAMILY
HE TRIED TO BE LIKE HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW
A DREADFUL BOAR
THE TWO MELONS
THE BLIND BOY'S FALL
THE FAIRY SERPENT
WHAT THE BIRDS SAID
THE MAN IN A SHELL
THE YOUNG HEAD OF THE FAMILY
PROSPECT AND RETROSPECT
A FOREORDAINED MATCH
MARRYING A SIMPLETON
BALING WITH A SIEVE
THE WIDOW AND THE SAGACIOUS MAGISTRATE
A LAWYER AS A DEBTOR
THE SINGING PRISONER
SELF-CONVICTED
THE LADLE THAT FELL FROM THE MOON
A WIFE'S VENGEANCE
STOLEN GARLIC
TWO FRUGAL MEN
THE MOST FRUGAL OF MEN
MISAPPLIED WIT
SIMILAR DISEASES
A DREAM INSPIRED
A FORTUITOUS APPLICATION
JEAN VALJEAN IN CATHAY
A POLITE IDIOSYNCRASY
VERIFIED PREDICTIONS
THE THREE SWORN BROTHERS
THE PEASANT-GIRL'S PRISONER
CRABS IN PLENTY
FALSE ECONOMY
THE THRIFTLESS WIFE
A WIFE WITH TWO HUSBANDS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE TEACHER EXPOUNDED A
CLASSIC AT EVENTIDE UNDER A TREE
ARCHERY PRACTICE
EIGHT GENII
A SHOE-SHOP
AN APOTHECARY'S SHOP
A BARBER SHAVING THE HEAD
THE MENDER OF TUBS
MUSICIANS
A YOUNG GIRL CAME FROM THE
FIELDS, RIDING ON A WATER-BUFFALO
A MANDARIN IN HIS SEDAN-CHAIR
A GO-BETWEEN COMES WITH A
PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE
BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE
PLOUGHING
WOMEN AT A SHRINE
THE LOTUS-POOL
A FLOWER-SHOW
THE BRIDGE
CONSULTING A SOOTHSAYER
A BEGGAR AND HIS BLIND WIFE
A WHEELED CHAIR
A BLIND FORTUNE-TELLER
PEASANT-GIRL AND STUDENT
FATHER AND FATHER-IN-LAW
A MAN RETURNS FROM ABROAD
WORSHIPPING AT THE GRAVE OF AN
ANCESTOR
