Chinese novels, translated from the originals; to which are added proverbs and moral maxims, collected from their classical books and other sources
Subtitle: The whole prefaced by Observations on the language and literature of China
By: by John Francis Davis.
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 1822
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Chinese fiction -- Translations into English.; Proverbs, Chinese.; Maxims, Chinese.
Table of contents: Consists of: Observations on the language and literature of China; The shadow in the water; The twin sisters; The three dedicated chambers; Chinese proverbs, &c.