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140 of 140 (100%) sections assigned
140 of 140 (100%) sections completed
This project has a dedicated proof-listener who will listen to all sections: Kitty
Section | Title | Reader | Notes | Listen Url | Status |
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1 | Palace of the Dalai Lama at Lhasa, Thibet, Photograph, Frontispice | Kitty | PL OK | ||
2 | Publisher's note | Kitty | PL OK | ||
3 | Introduction, by Eva March Tappan | Kitty | PL OK | ||
4 | China Part I: In the earliest days: historical note | Kitty | PL OK | ||
5 | Shun of Yu who controlled the floods, by Confucius | Kitty | PL OK | ||
6 | China Part II: Confucius and his age: historical note | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
7 | The story of Confucius, by Rev. A. W. Loomis | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
8 | A visit to a temple of Confucius, by Rev. A. W. Loomis | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
9 | Some of the proverbs of Confucius | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
10 | Manners and customs of Confucius's day, by Rev. William Speer | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
11 | Mencius, by S. Wells Williams | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
12 | A story of Mencius, by Unknown | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
13 | Proverbs of Mencius | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
14 | China Part III: Times of change and confusion: historical note | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
15 | The strenuous reign of Hoang-Ti, by Rev. Charles Gützlaff | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
16 | The rule of the Hans, by Rev. William Speer | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
17 | Rakan feeding the hungry spirit, Chinese painting, p. 52 | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
18 | The three religions, by W. A. P. Martin | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
19 | Dream and reality, a Buddhist story, by Chuang Tzu | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
20 | Mulan, the maiden chief, by Unknown | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
21 | The prodigal emperor Wang-Ti, by Rounsevelle Wildman | Kitty | PL OK | ||
22 | China Part IV: The Augustan age: historical note | MonaJaheen | PL OK | ||
23 | Tai-Tsung the Good, by Rev. William Speer | Kitty | PL OK | ||
24 | The rule of the empress Wu, by S. Wells Williams | brianna | PL OK | ||
25 | The founding of Han-Lin College, by Rev. William Speer | Kitty | PL OK | ||
26 | The binding of feet, by Rev. William Speer | andreearux | PL OK | ||
27 | Printing, by Rev. William Speer | wubwave | PL OK | ||
28 | China Part V: The coming of the Tartars: historical note | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
29 | The Tartars and their customs, by Marco Polo | catharmaiden | PL OK | ||
30 | The Chinese theater, by Archibald Little | andreearux | PL OK | ||
31 | The sorrows of Han, by Unknown | ToddHW Kitty WiltedScribe SaraHale bluechien NemoR | PL OK | ||
32 | Jenghiz Khan, the 'perfect warrior', by D. Petis de la Croix | catharmaiden | PL OK | ||
33 | Jenghiz Khan captures Peking, by D. Petis de la Croix | catharmaiden | PL OK | ||
34 | The dirge of Jenghiz Khan, by Unknown | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
35 | China Part VI: Stories of the great Khan: historical note | brianna | PL OK | ||
36 | The palace of the great Khan in Cambaluc (Peking), by Marco Polo | realisticspeakers | PL OK | ||
37 | How the great Khan ate his dinner, by Marco Polo | realisticspeakers | PL OK | ||
38 | How Kublai Khan went a-hunting, by Marco Polo | realisticspeakers | PL OK | ||
39 | How the Khan sent his messages, by Marco Polo | realisticspeakers | PL OK | ||
40 | The King's Messenger, by Chuang Tzu | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
41 | The Polos teach the Khan how to capture a city, by Marco Polo | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
42 | A Chinese city at the end of the thirteenth century, by Marco Polo | catharmaiden | PL OK | ||
43 | The Peking Observatory, photograph, p. 128 | brianna | PL OK | ||
44 | China Part VII: Chinese fables and tales: historical note | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
45 | The boy philosopher, by Unknown | andreearux | PL OK | ||
46 | The elixir of life, by Unknown | brianna | PL OK | ||
47 | The tiger and the monkey, by Unknown | SaraHale | PL OK | ||
48 | Was he the only cheat?, by Unknown | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
49 | The appeal of Lady Chang | bluechien | PL OK | ||
50 | The soul of the great bell, by Lafcadio Hearn | adonis | PL OK | ||
51 | China Part VIII: The coming of the missionaries: historical note | engineerSTL | PL OK | ||
52 | An enterprising missionary, by John of Corvino | engineerSTL | PL OK | ||
53 | The woman with the cross, by Mendez Pinto | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
54 | The worship of ancestors, by W. A. P. Martin | brianna | PL OK | ||
55 | Teaching science to the emperor, by Père du Halde | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
56 | The emperor and the musician, by Père du Halde | bluechien | PL OK | ||
57 | The man who was afraid of becoming a horse, by Père du Halde | andreearux | PL OK | ||
58 | How the bonzes got the ducks, by Père Le Comte | brianna | PL OK | ||
59 | A visit to a Lama, by Père Gerbillon | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
60 | China Part IX: The first two centuries of Manchu rule: historical note | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
61 | The coming of the Kalmucks, by Thomas de Quincey | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
62 | Chinese punishments, by Père du Halde | andreearux | PL OK | ||
63 | The temple of Heaven, Peking, photograph, p. 186 | moniaqua | PL OK | ||
64 | Why the Chinaman wears a queue, by William Elliot Griffis | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
65 | How the Chinese received the first English ambassador, by Charles Gützlaff | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
66 | Opium-eaters, by William Speer | brianna | PL OK | ||
67 | A 'Boston tea-party' in China, by William Speer | moniaqua | PL OK | ||
68 | What the Chinese thought about the English, by Unknown | brianna | PL OK | ||
69 | How the 'Arrow War' began, by W. A. P. Martin | ToddHW | PL OK | ||
70 | Receiving the yellow jacket, by A. Egmont Hake | ToddHW | PL OK | ||
71 | China Part X: Language, schools, and examinations: historical note | MonaJaheen | PL OK | ||
72 | The Mandarin language, by Père du Halde | ToddHW | PL OK | ||
73 | How Chinese children learn to read, by Père du Halde | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
74 | When I went to school in China, by Yan Phou Lee | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
75 | A child's first lesson, by Unknown | brianna | PL OK | ||
76 | Civil-service examinations in China, by W. A. P. Martin | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
77 | Questions from a civil-service examination | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
78 | China Part XI: In recent years: historical note | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
79 | War between China and Japan, by W. A. P. Martin | Nicky504 | PL OK | ||
80 | The adventures of Yao Chen-Yuan | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
81 | When the allies entered Pekin, by Pierre Loti | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
82 | A diplomatic correspondence between the United States and China | mightyfelix | PL OK | ||
83 | The republic of China | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
84 | Korea: historical note | Availle | PL OK | ||
85 | A grain shop in Korea, photograph, p. 264 | Availle | PL OK | ||
86 | When Hideyoshi invaded Korea, by Homer B. Hulbert | Availle | PL OK | ||
87 | Japan Part I: In ancient times: historical note | Availle | PL OK | ||
88 | Jimmu Tenno, the first mikado of Japan, by William Elliot Griffis | Nuria | PL OK | ||
89 | The Japanese story-teller, by Sir Edwin Arnold | NemoR | PL OK | ||
90 | The fisher-boy Urashima, by Unknown | NemoR | PL OK | ||
91 | Social life in Kioto, by William Elliot Griffis | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
92 | The story of Yoshitsune, by Yei Theodora Ozaki | ColleenMc | PL OK | ||
93 | Three Japanese poems, translated by Frederick Victor Dickins | NemoR | PL OK | ||
94 | The great Buddha of Kamakura, photograph, p. 318 | Nicky504 | PL OK | ||
95 | Japan Part II: The rule of the Shoguns: historical note | Availle | PL OK | ||
96 | The great Khan Kublai invades Japan, by Marco Polo | Lmnei | PL OK | ||
97 | The coming of Will Adams to Japan, by Will Adams | Availle | PL OK | ||
98 | Long spears or short spears, by Walter Dening | Availle | PL OK | ||
99 | How a man became a god, by Lafcadio Hearn | Lmnei | PL OK | ||
100 | Ribs and skin, by Unknown | ToddHW Kitty WiltedScribe SaraHale bluechien NemoR | PL OK | ||
101 | How it would feel to be a Shinto god, by Lafcadio Hearn | bluechien | PL OK | ||
102 | Interior of a Japanese temple, photograph p. 368 | Lmnei | PL OK | ||
103 | Tadasuke, the Japanese Solomon, by Walter Dening | Lmnei | PL OK | ||
104 | The sword of Japan, by Sir Edwin Arnold | Lmnei | PL OK | ||
105 | Japan Part III: Some curious customs: historical note | SaraHale | PL OK | ||
106 | A Japanese dinner party, by Sir Edwin Arnold | realisticspeakers | PL OK | ||
107 | How Japanese ladies go shopping, by Alice M. Bacon | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
108 | An incense party, by Sir Edwin Arnold | mightyfelix | PL OK | ||
109 | A Japanese house, by Basil Hall Chamberlain | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
110 | Thinking out a garden, by Mortimer Menpes | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
111 | A stone gateway, photograph p. 418 | Lmnei | PL OK | ||
112 | An artist in flowers, by Mortimer Menpes | realisticspeakers | PL OK | ||
113 | How a Japanese paints, by Mortimer Menpes | emmacharliebrowning | PL OK | ||
114 | How to talk politely in Japan, by Percival Lowell | Availle | PL OK | ||
115 | Japan Part IV: The awakening of Japan: historical note | realisticspeakers | PL OK | ||
116 | When Commodore Perry landed in Japan, by Francis L. Hawks | realisticspeakers | PL OK | ||
117 | The president's letter, by Townsend Harris | realisticspeakers | PL OK | ||
118 | The schools of old Japan, by Francis Ottiwell Adams | Nuria | PL OK | ||
119 | How to learn Japanese, by Rev. M. L. Gordon | Availle | PL OK | ||
120 | The attack upon Port Arthur, by Lieutenant Tadayoshi Sakurai | Lmnei | PL OK | ||
121 | Japan Part V: Little stories of Japan: historical note | SaraHale | PL OK | ||
122 | Japanese politeness, by Mortimer Menpes | adr6090 | PL OK | ||
123 | How the shopkeeper lost his queue, by Lafcadio Hearn | bluechien | PL OK | ||
124 | Fuji-Yama, photograph, p. 462 | Availle | PL OK | ||
125 | The cherry tree of the sixteenth day, by Lafcadio Hearn | NemoR | PL OK | ||
126 | Japanese children and their games, by Sir Edwin Arnold | Lmnei | PL OK | ||
127 | Islands of the Pacific: historical note | Kitty | PL OK | ||
128 | The first Australian colonists, by W. H. Lang | SonOfTheExiles | PL OK | ||
129 | Gold, gold, gold!, by W. H. Lang | SonOfTheExiles | PL OK | ||
130 | The missionary and the cannibals, by Reginald Horsley | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
131 | Hot-water basins, New Zealand, photograph, p. 502 | WiltedScribe | PL OK | ||
132 | The story of Pitcairn Island, by Anonymous | BettyB | PL OK | ||
133 | The last voyage of Captain Cook, by Charles C. B. Seymour | BettyB | PL OK | ||
134 | The vengeance of the goddess Pele, by Kalakaua | Lmnei | PL OK | ||
135 | Father Damien, the missionary to the lepers, by John C. Lambert | Lmnei | PL OK | ||
136 | A visit to Aguinaldo, by Edwin Wildman | NinjaOfNix | PL OK | ||
137 | Preparing our Moros for government, by R. L. Bullard | neecheelok70 | PL OK | ||
138 | Baro Buddor, an ancient temple of Java, photograph, p. 562 | moniaqua | PL OK | ||
139 | Detail of temple at Bramabanan, photograph p. 562 | moniaqua | PL OK | ||
140 | A visit to a head-hunter of Borneo, by William Henry Furness, third | catharmaiden | PL OK |