Some Chinese Ghosts

by Lafcadio Hearn

Overview

I think that my best apology for the insignificant size of this volume is the very character of the material composing it. In preparing the legends I sought especially for weird beauty; and I could not forget this striking observation in Sir Walter Scott's "Essay on Imitations of the Ancient Ballad": "The supernatural, though appealing to certain powerful emotions very widely and deeply sown amongst the human race, is, nevertheless, a spring which is peculiarly apt to lose its elasticity by being too much pressed upon." -- Lafcadio Hearn

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781408692493
Publisher:	Delany Press
Publication date:	02/22/2008
Pages:	106
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.25(d)

Table of Contents

	The Soul of the Great Bell	11
	The Story of Ming-Y	29
	The Legend of Tchi-Niu	71
	The Return of Yen-Tchin-King	97
	The Tradition of the Tea-Plant	115
	The Tale of the Porcelain-God	143
	Notes	175
	Glossary	185