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Front Matter The First of the Mikados Civilization Comes to Japan Yamato-Dake, Romantic Hero Jingu, the Amazon of Japan Decline of the Mikados The Taira and Minamoto The Bayard of Japan The Hojo Tyranny The Tartar invasion Nobunaga and the Buddhists A Peasant Becomes Premier The Founder of Yedo The Progress of Christianity The Fall of Christianity Captivity of Captain Golownin The Opening of Japan Mikado Comes to His Own The Empire of China Confucius, Chinese Scholar Founder of the Chinese Empire Dynasty of the Hans The Empress Poisoner Invasion of the Tartar Steppes The 'Crimson Eyebrows' Conquest of Central Asia The Siege of Sinching Shoemaker's Bench to Throne Three Notable Women The Reign of Taitson the Great A Female Richelieu Tartars and Ghenghis Khan Friars Among the Tartars The Siege of Sianyang The Death-Struggle of China The Palace of Kublai Khan Expulsion of the Mongols The Rise of the Manchus The Manchu Conquest of China The Career of a Desert Chief The Raid of the Goorkhas How Europe Entered China Burning of the Summer Palace The Great Christian Movement Corea and it Neighbors Battle of the Iron-Clads Progress in Japan and China

Historical Tales: 12—Japanese and Chinese - Charles Morris



The stories in this volume cover the histories of both Japan and China from their earliest history, to the close of the 19th century. The stories given are a selection of the most interesting and romantic incidents in these ancient kingdoms, featuring characters who are well-known in these Asian countries, but not may be unfamiliar to western readers.

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