L. Newton Hayes 3mr3l
The subject of this little book is of general interest to people who are acquainted with things Chinese. The dragon has played a large part in Chinese thought through four thousand and more years. Even in these days of the Republic it still fills an important place in Chinese life.The dragon is one of the most common ornamental designs in China and.. 1t1b6n
Lyonesse 5b4u12
Volume Four brings Legend Land nearer to the great centres of modern life. It comprises some of the old stories told of districts within easy reach of such busy cities as London, Birmingham and Bristol.In it you will find historic and pre-historic romance mingled. Some of its tales are as old as any in our land, tales born of the very ancient belie..
Lyonesse 5b4u12
This third volume of Legend Land tells some more of the old stories of those peoples, kindred in origin, the Welsh and the Cornish. They are mostly the old tales that have survived—who shall say how many generations?If you look into them, with the eyes of imagination, you will see behind them the simplest romances of a very simple people; a people ..
Donald A. Mackenzie v2v6i
This volume deals with the myths of China and Japan, and it is shown that these throw light on the origin and growth of civilization and the widespread dissemination of complex ideas associated with certain modes of life. The Far East does not appear to have remained immune to outside cultural influences in ancient times. Modern research has establ..
C. W. Hobley 65365d
It is often said that the longer one knows the native the less one knows, and the less one understands him. This expression is doubtless comforting to persons who have not the patience to systematically study him and his views on life, but it could with convenience be replaced by a saying to the effect that the more one knows of the native the more..
Matthew L. Hewat 5zj5i
Having been for some time located in the border districts of the Cape Colony, and there coming into frequent with the natives; I was struck with the fact that there was a large field for investigation, and record of the “Medical Folk Lore” of the Bantu tribes, which was becoming more and more difficult of attainment as time went on, owing t..
Duncan MacIsaac m6t4l
It has been thought well and due, by those who knew the late J. G. Campbell of Tiree, to give to the public more tales collected by him, and his sister has made over the following collection, selected by herself from among the tales gathered in the course of many years. We send them forth as a fitting memorial to his memory, and as another stone ad..