Gleanings from Chinese folklore
Subtitle: with some of her stories of life in China, to which are added memorial sketches of the author from associates and friends
By: compiled by Mary H. Porter.
Contributors: Porter, Mary Harriet, 1846-
Publisher: Fleming H. Revell company
Published: 1915
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: Folklore -- China.; Missions -- China.; Missionaries -- Obituaries.; China -- Social life and customs.
Genres: Obituaries.
Table of contents: value: Contents: An appreciation of Nellie N. Russell/ by C. F. Goss - Nellie N. Russell (historical) - Miss Nellie N. Russell's unique work/ by Mrs. C. Goodrich - Miss Russell's funeral service - A Tartar Joan of Arc - A daughter of the Orient - The wild gooseand the sparrow - A chinese hero/ Han Hsin - A Chinese tea-house story/ Chi Hsiao Tang - The jade treasure - Chinese heroism - Literary glory - How the dog and cat came to be enemies - A daughter of the present - T`ang Sung's journey to get the Buddhist classics - A story of old China.