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