[Transcriber's Note: The letter o with a caron
is indicated as [)o] in this text version.]




SOME CHINESE GHOSTS


BY LAFCADIO HEARN




_Copyright_, 1887, by ROBERTS BROTHERS


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_To my friend_ HENRY EDWARD KREHBIEL

_THE MUSICIAN_

WHO, SPEAKING THE SPEECH OF MELODY UNTO THE
CHILDREN OF TIEN-HIA,--
UNTO THE WANDERING TSING-JIN, WHOSE SKINS
HAVE THE COLOR OF GOLD,--
MOVED THEM TO MAKE STRANGE SOUNDS UPON THE
SERPENT-BELLIED SAN-HIEN;
PERSUADED THEM TO PLAY FOR ME UPON THE