This Smashwords edition of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio was transcribed from the 1908 Second Edition of a translation by Herbert A. Giles. Broomhandle Books has edited the stories to provide modern punctuation and styling so as to make them more accessible to a reader in this e-book format. In addition, Chinese personal and place names have been rendered into modern pinyin.
Stories 1 - 10 include:
Story 1. Examination for the Post of Guardian Angel
Story 2. The Talking Pupils
Story 3. The Painted Wall
Story 4. Planting a Pear Tree
Story 5. The Taoist Priest of Laoshan
Story 6. The Buddhist Priest of Changqing
Story 7. The Marriage of the Fox’s Daughter
Story 8. Miss Jiao Nuo
Story 9. The Magical Arts
Story 10. Joining the Immortals
