PREFACE CHAPTER I-THE CHINESE CALENDAR II-THE HUNDRED GODS III-IMPERIAL CEREMONIES IV-THE TWELFTH MOON, OR BITTER MOON V-THE FIRST MOON, OR HOLIDAY MOON. VI-THE SECOND MOON, OR BUDDING MOON VII-THE THIRD MOON, OR SLEEPY MOON VIII-THE FOURTH :MOON, OR PEONY MOON IX-THE FIFTH MOON, OR DRAGON MOON X-THE SIXTH MOON, OR LOTUS MOON XI--THE SEVENTH MOON, OR MOON OF HUNGRY GHOSTS XII-THE EIGHTH MOON, OR HARVEST MOON XIII-THE NINTH MOON, OR CHRYSANTHEMUM MOON XIV-THE TENTH MOON, OR KINDLY MOON XV-THE ELEVENTH MOON, OR WHITE MOON