Index:Ernest Bramah - Kai Lungs Golden Hours.djvu

Title Kai Lung's Golden Hours
Author Ernest Bramah
Year 1922
Publisher Grant Richards Ltd.
Location London
Source djvu
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CONTENTS

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PREFACE BY HILAIRE BELLOC 1
CHAPTER
I. THE ENCOUNTERING OF SIX WITHIN A WOOD 9
II. THE INEXORABLE JUSTICE OF THE MANDARIN SHAN TIEN 19
THE STORY OF WONG TS'IN AND THE WILLOW PLATE EMBELLISHMENT 26
III. THE DEGRADED PERSISTENCE OF THE EFFETE MING-SHU 48
THE STORY OF NING, THE CAPTIVE GOD, AND THE DREAMS THAT MARK HIS RACE 53
IV. THE INOPPORTUNE BEHAVIOUR OF THE COVETOUS LI-LOE 83
THE STORY OF WONG PAO AND THE MINSTREL 85
V. THE TIMELY INTERVENTION OF THE MANDARIN SHAN TIEN'S LUCKY DAY 94
THE STORY OF LAO TING AND THE LUMINOUS INSECT 98
VI. THE HIGH-MINDED STRATEGY OF THE AMIABLE HWA-MEI 118
THE STORY OF WENG CHO; OR, THE ONE DEVOID OF NAME 123
VII. NOT CONCERNED WITH ANY PARTICULAR ATTRIBUTE OF THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED 140
THE STORY OF WANG-HO AND THE BURIAL ROBE 144
VIII. THE TIMELY DISPUTATION AMONG THOSE OF AN INNER CHAMBER OF YU-PING 164
THE STORY OF CHANG TAO, MELODIOUS VISION AND THE DRAGON 168
IX. THE PROPITIOUS DISSENSION BETWEEN TWO WHOSE GENERAL ATTRIBUTES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUFFICIENTLY DESCRIBED 199
THE STORY OF YUEN YAN, OF THE BARBER CHOU-HU, AND OF HIS WIFE TSAE-CHE 203
X. THE INCREDIBLE OBTUSENESS OF THOSE WHO HAD OPPOSED THE VIRTUOUS KAI LUNG 232
THE STORY OF HIEN AND THE CHIEF EXAMINER 237
XI. OF WHICH IT IS WRITTEN: "IN SHALLOW WATER DRAGONS BECOME THE LAUGHING-STOCK OF SHRIMPS" 268
XII. THE OUT-PASSING INTO A STATE OF ASSURED FELICITY OF THE MUCH-ENDURING TWO WITH WHOM THESE PRINTED LEAVES HAVE CHIEFLY BEEN CONCERNED 276
THE STORY OF THE LOYALTY OF TEN-TEH, THE FISHERMAN 277