All Episodes
The World’s Story China, Japan & Pacific Islands Vol. I — 129 episodes
129 - Gold gold gold by W H Lang
128 - The first Australian colonists by W H Lang
127 - Islands of the Pacific historical note
126 - Japanese children and their games by Sir Edwin Arnold
125 - The cherry tree of the sixteenth day by Lafcadio Hearn
124 - Fuji-Yama photograph p 462
123 - How the shopkeeper lost his queue by Lafcadio Hearn
122 - Japanese politeness by Mortimer Menpes
121 - Japan Part V Little stories of Japan historical note
120 - The attack upon Port Arthur by Lieutenant Tadayoshi Sakurai
119 - How to learn Japanese by Rev M L Gordon
118 - The schools of old Japan by Francis Ottiwell Adams
117 - The president's letter by Townsend Harris
116 - When Commodore Perry landed in Japan by Francis L Hawks
115 - Japan Part IV The awakening of Japan historical note
114 - How to talk politely in Japan by Percival Lowell
113 - How a Japanese paints by Mortimer Menpes
112 - An artist in flowers by Mortimer Menpes
111 - A stone gateway photograph p 418
110 - Thinking out a garden by Mortimer Menpes
109 - A Japanese house by Basil Hall Chamberlain
108 - An incense party by Sir Edwin Arnold
107 - How Japanese ladies go shopping by Alice M Bacon
106 - A Japanese dinner party by Sir Edwin Arnold
105 - Japan Part III Some curious customs historical note
104 - The sword of Japan by Sir Edwin Arnold
103 - Tadasuke the Japanese Solomon by Walter Dening
102 - Interior of a Japanese temple photograph p 368
101 - How it would feel to be a Shinto god by Lafcadio Hearn
100 - Ribs and skin by Unknown
099 - How a man became a god by Lafcadio Hearn
098 - Long spears or short spears by Walter Dening
097 - The coming of Will Adams to Japan by Will Adams
096 - The great Khan Kublai invades Japan by Marco Polo
095 - Japan Part II The rule of the Shoguns historical note
094 - The great Buddha of Kamakura photograph p 318
093 - Three Japanese poems translated by Frederick Victor Dickins
092 - The story of Yoshitsune by Yei Theodora Ozaki
091 - Social life in Kioto by William Elliot Griffis
090 - The fisher-boy Urashima by Unknown
089 - The Japanese story-teller by Sir Edwin Arnold
088 - Jimmu Tenno the first mikado of Japan by William Elliot Griffis
087 - Japan Part I In ancient times historical note
086 - When Hideyoshi invaded Korea by Homer B Hulbert
085 - A grain shop in Korea photograph p 264
084 - Korea historical note
083 - The republic of China
082 - A diplomatic correspondence between the United States and China
081 - When the allies entered Pekin by Pierre Loti
080 - The adventures of Yao Chen-Yuan
079 - War between China and Japan by W A P Martin
078 - China Part XI In recent years historical note
077 - Questions from a civil-service examination
076 - Civil-service examinations in China by W A P Martin
075 - A child's first lesson by Unknown
074 - When I went to school in China by Yan Phou Lee
073 - How Chinese children learn to read by Pere du Halde
072 - The Mandarin language by Pere du Halde
071 - China Part X Language schools and examinations historical note
070 - Receiving the yellow jacket by A Egmont Hake
069 - How the 'Arrow War' began by W A P Martin
068 - What the Chinese thought about the English by Unknown
067 - A 'Boston tea-party' in China by William Speer
066 - Opium-eaters by William Speer
065 - How the Chinese received the first English ambassador by Charles Gutzlaff
064 - Why the Chinaman wears a queue by William Elliot Griffis
063 - The temple of Heaven Peking photograph p 186
062 - Chinese punishments by Pere du Halde
061 - The coming of the Kalmucks by Thomas de Quincey
060 - China Part IX The first two centuries of Manchu rule historical note
059 - A visit to a Lama by Pere Gerbillon
058 - How the bonzes got the ducks by Pere Le Comte
057 - The man who was afraid of becoming a horse by Pere du Halde
056 - The emperor and the musician by Pere du Halde
055 - Teaching science to the emperor by Pere du Halde
054 - The worship of ancestors by W A P Martin
053 - The woman with the cross by Mendez Pinto
052 - An enterprising missionary by John of Corvino
051 - China Part VIII The coming of the missionaries historical note
050 - The soul of the great bell by Lafcadio Hearn
049 - The appeal of Lady Chang
048 - Was he the only cheat by Unknown
047 - The tiger and the monkey by Unknown
046 - The elixir of life by Unknown
045 - The boy philosopher by Unknown
044 - China Part VII Chinese fables and tales historical note
043 - The Peking Observatory photograph p 128
042 - A Chinese city at the end of the thirteenth century by Marco Polo
041 - The Polos teach the Khan how to capture a city by Marco Polo
040 - The King's Messenger by Chuang Tzu
039 - How the Khan sent his messages by Marco Polo
038 - How Kublai Khan went a-hunting by Marco Polo
037 - How the great Khan ate his dinner by Marco Polo
036 - The palace of the great Khan in Cambaluc Peking by Marco Polo
035 - China Part VI Stories of the great Khan historical note
034 - The dirge of Jenghiz Khan by Unknown
033 - Jenghiz Khan captures Peking by D Petis de la Croix
032 - Jenghiz Khan the 'perfect warrior' by D Petis de la Croix
031 - The sorrows of Han by Unknown
030 - The Chinese theater by Archibald Little
029 - The Tartars and their customs by Marco Polo
028 - China Part V The coming of the Tartars historical note
027 - Printing by Rev William Speer
026 - The binding of feet by Rev William Speer
025 - The founding of Han-Lin College by Rev William Speer
024 - The rule of the empress Wu by S Wells Williams
023 - Tai-Tsung the Good by Rev William Speer
022 - China Part IV The Augustan age historical note
021 - The prodigal emperor Wang-Ti by Rounsevelle Wildman
020 - Mulan the maiden chief by Unknown
019 - Dream and reality a Buddhist story by Chuang Tzu
018 - The three religions by W A P Martin
017 - Rakan feeding the hungry spirit Chinese painting p 52
016 - The rule of the Hans by Rev William Speer
015 - The strenuous reign of Hoang-Ti by Rev Charles Gutzlaff
014 - China Part III Times of change and confusion historical note
013 - Proverbs of Mencius
012 - A story of Mencius by Unknown
011 - Mencius by S Wells Williams
010 - Manners and customs of Confucius's day by Rev William Speer
009 - Some of the proverbs of Confucius
008 - A visit to a temple of Confucius by Rev A W Loomis
007 - The story of Confucius by Rev A W Loomis
006 - China Part II Confucius and his age historical note
005 - Shun of Yu who controlled the floods by Confucius
004 - China Part I In the earliest days historical note
003 - Introduction by Eva March Tappan
002 - Publisher's note
001 - Palace of the Dalai Lama at Lhasa Thibet Photograph Frontispice