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The World’s Story Volume I: China, Japan and the Islands of the Pacific

The World’s Story Volume I: China, Japan and the Islands of the Pacific

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Number of Chapters: 140

Length: 18 hours and 32 minutes

Language: English

This is the first volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century.

Topics in Part I include China, Korea, Japan and the Islands of the Pacific. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for The Sorrows of Han:

Emperor: Nemo
Lady/Princess: Eva Davis
Attendant: ToddHW
Envoy: SaraHale
President of the Council: Tomas Peter
Narrator: Sonia



Cast list for Ribs and Skin:

Rector: Nemo
Curate: Eva Davis
First Parishioner: Tomas Peter
Second Parishioner: ToddHW
Third Parishioner: SaraHale
Narrator: Sonia

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Palace of the Dalai Lama at Lhasa, Thibet, Photograph, Frontispice (Sonia)
Publisher's note (Sonia)
Introduction, by Eva March Tappan (Sonia)
China Part I: In the earliest days: historical note (Sonia)
Shun of Yu who controlled the floods, by Confucius (Sonia)
China Part II: Confucius and his age: historical note (Jim Locke)
The story of Confucius, by Rev. A. W. Loomis (Jim Locke)
A visit to a temple of Confucius, by Rev. A. W. Loomis (Jim Locke)
Some of the proverbs of Confucius (Jim Locke)
Manners and customs of Confucius's day, by Rev. William Speer (Jim Locke)
Mencius, by S. Wells Williams (Jim Locke)
A story of Mencius, by Unknown (Jim Locke)
Proverbs of Mencius (Jim Locke)
China Part III: Times of change and confusion: historical note (Jim Locke)
The strenuous reign of Hoang-Ti, by Rev. Charles Gützlaff (Jim Locke)
The rule of the Hans, by Rev. William Speer (Jim Locke)
Rakan feeding the hungry spirit, Chinese painting, p. 52 (Jim Locke)
The three religions, by W. A. P. Martin (Jim Locke)
Dream and reality, a Buddhist story, by Chuang Tzu (Jim Locke)
Mulan, the maiden chief, by Unknown (Jim Locke)
The prodigal emperor Wang-Ti, by Rounsevelle Wildman (Sonia)
China Part IV: The Augustan age: historical note (Mona Jaheen)
Tai-Tsung the Good, by Rev. William Speer (Sonia)
The rule of the empress Wu, by S. Wells Williams (brianna)
The founding of Han-Lin College, by Rev. William Speer (Sonia)
The binding of feet, by Rev. William Speer (andreearux)
Printing, by Rev. William Speer (wubwave)
China Part V: The coming of the Tartars: historical note (Jim Locke)
The Tartars and their customs, by Marco Polo (cathar maiden)
The Chinese theater, by Archibald Little (andreearux)
The sorrows of Han, by Unknown (Group)
Jenghiz Khan, the 'perfect warrior', by D. Petis de la Croix (cathar maiden)
Jenghiz Khan captures Peking, by D. Petis de la Croix (cathar maiden)
The dirge of Jenghiz Khan, by Unknown (Tomas Peter)
China Part VI: Stories of the great Khan: historical note (brianna)
The palace of the great Khan in Cambaluc (Peking), by Marco Polo (realisticspeakers)
How the great Khan ate his dinner, by Marco Polo (realisticspeakers)
How Kublai Khan went a-hunting, by Marco Polo (realisticspeakers)
How the Khan sent his messages, by Marco Polo (realisticspeakers)
The King's Messenger, by Chuang Tzu (Tomas Peter)
The Polos teach the Khan how to capture a city, by Marco Polo (Tomas Peter)
A Chinese city at the end of the thirteenth century, by Marco Polo (cathar maiden)
The Peking Observatory, photograph, p. 128 (brianna)
China Part VII: Chinese fables and tales: historical note (Tomas Peter)
The boy philosopher, by Unknown (andreearux)
The elixir of life, by Unknown (brianna)
The tiger and the monkey, by Unknown (SaraHale)
Was he the only cheat?, by Unknown (Tomas Peter)
The appeal of Lady Chang (Eva Davis)
The soul of the great bell, by Lafcadio Hearn (Tony Addison)
China Part VIII: The coming of the missionaries: historical note (engineerSTL)
An enterprising missionary, by John of Corvino (engineerSTL)
The woman with the cross, by Mendez Pinto (Jim Locke)
The worship of ancestors, by W. A. P. Martin (brianna)
Teaching science to the emperor, by Père du Halde (Jim Locke)
The emperor and the musician, by Père du Halde (Eva Davis)
The man who was afraid of becoming a horse, by Père du Halde (andreearux)
How the bonzes got the ducks, by Père Le Comte (brianna)
A visit to a Lama, by Père Gerbillon (Jim Locke)
China Part IX: The first two centuries of Manchu rule: historical note (Tomas Peter)
The coming of the Kalmucks, by Thomas de Quincey (Jim Locke)
Chinese punishments, by Père du Halde (andreearux)
The temple of Heaven, Peking, photograph, p. 186 (Monika M. C.)
Why the Chinaman wears a queue, by William Elliot Griffis (Jim Locke)
How the Chinese received the first English ambassador, by Charles Gützlaff (Jim Locke)
Opium-eaters, by William Speer (brianna)
A 'Boston tea-party' in China, by William Speer (Monika M. C.)
What the Chinese thought about the English, by Unknown (brianna)
How the 'Arrow War' began, by W. A. P. Martin (ToddHW)
Receiving the yellow jacket, by A. Egmont Hake (ToddHW)
China Part X: Language, schools, and examinations: historical note (Mona Jaheen)
The Mandarin language, by Père du Halde (ToddHW)
How Chinese children learn to read, by Père du Halde (April6090)
When I went to school in China, by Yan Phou Lee (April6090)
A child's first lesson, by Unknown (brianna)
Civil-service examinations in China, by W. A. P. Martin (Jim Locke)
Questions from a civil-service examination (Jim Locke)
China Part XI: In recent years: historical note (Tomas Peter)
War between China and Japan, by W. A. P. Martin (Demosthenes)
The adventures of Yao Chen-Yuan (Jim Locke)
When the allies entered Pekin, by Pierre Loti (Jim Locke)
A diplomatic correspondence between the United States and China (Devorah Allen)
The republic of China (Tomas Peter)
Korea: historical note (Availle)
A grain shop in Korea, photograph, p. 264 (Availle)
When Hideyoshi invaded Korea, by Homer B. Hulbert (Availle)
Japan Part I: In ancient times: historical note (Availle)
Jimmu Tenno, the first mikado of Japan, by William Elliot Griffis (Nuria)
The Japanese story-teller, by Sir Edwin Arnold (Nemo)
The fisher-boy Urashima, by Unknown (Nemo)
Social life in Kioto, by William Elliot Griffis (Jim Locke)
The story of Yoshitsune, by Yei Theodora Ozaki (Colleen McMahon)
Three Japanese poems, translated by Frederick Victor Dickins (Nemo)
The great Buddha of Kamakura, photograph, p. 318 (Demosthenes)
Japan Part II: The rule of the Shoguns: historical note (Availle)
The great Khan Kublai invades Japan, by Marco Polo (Lynda Marie Neilson)
The coming of Will Adams to Japan, by Will Adams (Availle)
Long spears or short spears, by Walter Dening (Availle)
How a man became a god, by Lafcadio Hearn (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Ribs and skin, by Unknown (Group)
How it would feel to be a Shinto god, by Lafcadio Hearn (Eva Davis)
Interior of a Japanese temple, photograph p. 368 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Tadasuke, the Japanese Solomon, by Walter Dening (Lynda Marie Neilson)
The sword of Japan, by Sir Edwin Arnold (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Japan Part III: Some curious customs: historical note (SaraHale)
A Japanese dinner party, by Sir Edwin Arnold (realisticspeakers)
How Japanese ladies go shopping, by Alice M. Bacon (April6090)
An incense party, by Sir Edwin Arnold (Devorah Allen)
A Japanese house, by Basil Hall Chamberlain (April6090)
Thinking out a garden, by Mortimer Menpes (April6090)
A stone gateway, photograph p. 418 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
An artist in flowers, by Mortimer Menpes (realisticspeakers)
How a Japanese paints, by Mortimer Menpes (Emma Charlotte)
How to talk politely in Japan, by Percival Lowell (Availle)
Japan Part IV: The awakening of Japan: historical note (realisticspeakers)
When Commodore Perry landed in Japan, by Francis L. Hawks (realisticspeakers)
The president's letter, by Townsend Harris (realisticspeakers)
The schools of old Japan, by Francis Ottiwell Adams (Nuria)
How to learn Japanese, by Rev. M. L. Gordon (Availle)
The attack upon Port Arthur, by Lieutenant Tadayoshi Sakurai (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Japan Part V: Little stories of Japan: historical note (SaraHale)
Japanese politeness, by Mortimer Menpes (April6090)
How the shopkeeper lost his queue, by Lafcadio Hearn (Eva Davis)
Fuji-Yama, photograph, p. 462 (Availle)
The cherry tree of the sixteenth day, by Lafcadio Hearn (Nemo)
Japanese children and their games, by Sir Edwin Arnold (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Islands of the Pacific: historical note (Sonia)
The first Australian colonists, by W. H. Lang (Son of the Exiles)
Gold, gold, gold!, by W. H. Lang (Son of the Exiles)
The missionary and the cannibals, by Reginald Horsley (Jim Locke)
Hot-water basins, New Zealand, photograph, p. 502 (Tomas Peter)
The story of Pitcairn Island, by Anonymous (BettyB)
The last voyage of Captain Cook, by Charles C. B. Seymour (BettyB)
The vengeance of the goddess Pele, by Kalakaua (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Father Damien, the missionary to the lepers, by John C. Lambert (Lynda Marie Neilson)
A visit to Aguinaldo, by Edwin Wildman (SimonNix)
Preparing our Moros for government, by R. L. Bullard (Jim Locke)
Baro Buddor, an ancient temple of Java, photograph, p. 562 (Monika M. C.)
Detail of temple at Bramabanan, photograph p. 562 (Monika M. C.)
A visit to a head-hunter of Borneo, by William Henry Furness, third (cathar maiden)
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