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Chapters about specific late Qing works make up the second half of the book. Robert E. Hegel's review states that each essay in the second portion "breaks new ground by presenting in English an intelligent discussion either of a previously overlooked work or of a new approach to one better known". After the editor, Donald Holoch is the second largest contributor to the work. His essay, "A Novel of Setting: "The Bureaucrats"", concerns Li Baojia's (Li Boyuan) "Officialdom Unmasked", and his "The Travels of Laocan: Allegorical Narrative" concerns "The Travels of Lao Can" by Liu E (Liu O). Next is Gilbert Chu Fu Fong, "Time in "Nine Murders": Western Influence and Domestic Tradition" about "Jiuming Qiyuan" by Wu Jianren, followed by Michael Egan, "Characterization in "Sea of Woe"" concerning "Henhai" ("Sea of Woe"), also by Wu Jianren. Peter Li wrote "The Dramatic Structure of "Niehai Hua"" about "Niehai Hua" by Jin Tianhe and Zeng Pu. Jean Duval wrote "The Nine-Tailed Turtle": Pornography or 'Fiction of Exposure'" about "The Nine-Tailed Turtle" by Zhang Chunfan (T: , S: , Pinyin: "Zhāng Chūnfān", Wade-Giles: "Chang Ch'un-fan").