THE FOLK-LORE OF CHINA, AND ITS AFFINITIES WITH THAT OF THE ARYAN AND SEMITIC RACES. BY N. B. DENNYS, Ph.D., F.R.G.S., M.R.A.S.; AUTHOR OF “A HANDBOOK OF THE CANTON VERNACULAR,” &c. “Unus utrique error, sed variis illudit partibus.” —Horace. LONDON: TRÜBNER AND Co., 57 & 59, LUDGATE HILL. HONGKONG: “CHINA MAIL” OFFICE. 1876. To REAR ADMIRAL The Hon. FRANCIS EGERTON, M.P. &c., &c., &c. A SLIGHT TOKEN OF THE RESPECT AND GRATITUDE OF THE AUTHOR. PREFACE. The following compilation consists of a series of Articles contributed to the China Review, and now republished with a few additions and corrections. Of their many defects no one is more sensible than the author, who has moreover necessarily be…
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