Front matter
Reading edition
Copyright, 1887, by ROBERTS BROTHERS
To my friend
HENRY EDWARD KREHBIEL
THE MUSICIAN
WHO, SPEAKING THE SPEECH OF MELODY UNTO THE CHILDREN OF TIEN-HIA,— UNTO THE WANDERING TSING-JIN, WHOSE SKINS HAVE THE COLOR OF GOLD,— MOVED THEM TO MAKE STRANGE SOUNDS UPON THE SERPENT-BELLIED SAN-HIEN; PERSUADED THEM TO PLAY FOR ME UPON THE SHRIEKING YA-HIEN; PREVAILED ON THEM TO SING ME A SONG OF THEIR NATIVE LAND,— THE SONG OF MOHLÍ-HWA, THE SONG OF THE JASMINE-FLOWER
