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p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 The Wisdom of the East Series Edited By L. Cranmer-Byng Dr. S. A, Kapadia A FEAST OF LANTERNS RENDERED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY L. CRANMER-BYNG AUTHOR OF "A LUTE OF JADE," "THE ODES OF CONFUCIUS," ETC. As our gardens have already been indebted to China for a few choice flowers, who knows but our poetry may some day lie under a similar obligation? Sir John Davis, The Poetry of the Chinese, 1829. LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. [1916] Scanned, proofed and formatted at sacred-texts.com, July 2009. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923. Click to enlarge Front cover and spine Click to enlarge p. 6 To MANY FRIENDS IN CALIFORNIA "Oh that I could grasp this golden light of Spring, keep it and horde it—a treasure-trove of days—for my fairest far-off friends."—Li Po.