The Chinese Fairy Book

Front matter

Reading edition

Beginning of this editionNext chapter →PREFACE

All chapters and sections (10)

Opening pages

Other sections

PREFACE NURSERY FAIRY TALES LEGENDS OF THE GODS TALES OF SAINTS AND MAGICIANS NATURE AND ANIMAL TALES GHOST STORIES HISTORIC LEGENDS LITERARY FAIRY TALES LITERARY FAIRY TALES (continued 2)

Front cover of the book, featuring a Chinese dragon

Endpapers, showing a boy riding on a large tortoise

THE CHINESE FAIRY BOOK EDITED BY DR. R. WILHELM TRANSLATED AFTER ORIGINAL SOURCES BY FREDERICK H. MARTENS WITH SIX ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY GEORGE W. HOOD NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS

BOOKS IN THE “FAIRY SERIES”

The English Fairy Book The Welsh Fairy Book The Irish Fairy Book The Scottish Fairy Book The Italian Fairy Book The Hungarian Fairy Book The Indian Fairy Book The Jewish Fairy Book The Swedish Fairy Book The Chinese Fairy Book

“THE CROWS COME FLYING AND FORM A BRIDGE OVER WHICH THE WEAVING MAIDEN CROSSES THE SILVER RIVER.”

—Page 40