Title
Chips of jade
:
being Chinese proverbs with more folk-sayings from Hindustan and other oriental countries
/ rhymed in English by Arthur Guiterman.
Name/Creator
Guiterman, Arthur, 1871-1943, creator
HOLLIS IDDigital ObjectLocationWidener
Master Microforms
Networked Resource
Place of Origin
New York
Publisher
E.P. Dutton & Co.
Language
English
Description
vii, 86 p. ; 19 cm.
Form/Genretext
print
Subject
Proverbs, Chinese
;
Proverbs, Hindustani
;
Folklore -- China
;
Folklore -- South Asia
Note
Chips of jade, or, What they say in China -- Betel nuts, or, What they say in Hindustan.
Many verses previously published in Life, Collier's weekly, The New York times, or the World outlook.
"Part of the material in the section 'Betel nuts' appeared in the author's earlier book of that title, originally published in 1907"--P. [v].
"These proverbs that I bring thee are from ... the people of the Eighteen Provinces of the Flowery Kingdom, and are spoken in the streets of Canton and Peking"--P. 1.
"Herein shalt thou find ... colorful proverbs of Bengal, the Punjab, Rajputana, and even of the mountains of Kashmir and Afghanistan, with some few others"--P. [29].
Other Title
Betel nuts
Other Title
Open Collections Program at Harvard University. Emigration and immigration
Other Title
Open Collections Program at Harvard University. Emigration and immigration. Preservation microfilm collection ; 00380
