the table of contents--"THE EIGHT IMMORTALS (II)"
Page 85--omitted word Yuan added--""We are Liu Tschen and
Yuan Dshau. Only a few days ago ...""
Page 289--superfluous 'the' deleted before 'Evening'--"Only,
the King had kept back Rose of Evening ..."
Page 186--mentions the "Su Tsi Hia"--other similar references in the
text are to the "Sin Tsi Hia" but, as the transcriber has been unable
to confirm whether this is from the same source, it has been preserved
as printed.
Page 224--refers to a serving-maid holding a "red flabrum in her
hand." Flabrum is a Latin word for breeze. This may be a typo for
flagrum, a kind of scourge, but as it is impossible to be certain, it
has been preserved as printed.
Page 227--mentions a man who "descended to the upper story"--this
should probably read "ascended to the upper story" but has been
preserved as printed.
Page 278--mentions a man "now, when young and old"--this may be an
error for "young and bold" but has been preserved as printed.
A number of the notes to the stories refer to other stories. On page
17, there is a reference to No. 81. There is no story with this
number, and, as the transcriber was unable to determine which story
the author was referring to, it has been preserved as printed.
The following amendments to references have also been made:
Page 17--67 amended to 68, and Fee amended to Fe--"...
(see No. 68, "Yang Gui Fe")."
Page 24--48 amended to 49--"... the same beast as "the
talking silver fox" in No. 49, ..."
Page 41--37 amended to 34--"... (comp. "Sky O'Dawn," No.
34); ..."
Page 52--73 amended to 74--"... occurs in the tale of Sun
Wu Kung (No. 74)."
Page 64--68 amended to 69--"As regards the Monk of the
Yangtze-kiang, comp. with No. 69."
Page 75--31 amended to 30--"... frequently used in the
preparation of the elixir of life (comp. No. 30)."
Page 83--63 amended to 51--"As regards the field-god, see
No. 51."
Page 137--62 amended to 63--"... the old river-god Ho Be
(Count of the Stream), also mentioned in No. 63, ..."
Page 142--75 amended to 74--"As regards the Dragon-King
of the Eastern Sea, see Nos. 18 and 74."
Page 142--45 amended to 46--"With regard to So Pi-Lo and
Lo-Dsi-Tschun, see No. 46."
Page 251--64 amended to 65--"... the Prince of Tang
mentioned in No. 65."
Page 251--49 amended to 50--"... and the ten princes of
the Nether World, comp. Nos. 38 and 50."
Page 251--73 amended to 74--"As regards one of the
legendary companions of Huan Dschuang on his journey,
see No. 74."
Page 329--68 amended to 69--"The Monk of the
Yangtze-kiang is Huan Dschuang, see No. 69."
Illustrations have been moved where necessary so that they are not in
the middle of a paragraph. The frontispiece illustration and advertising
material has been moved to follow the title page.