Redemption and Regret

James Scarth Gale was a Canadian Presbyterian missionary, educator, and Bible translator in Korea.Daniel Pieper is a Lecturer in East Asian Languages and Cultures at Washington University in St. Louis.

• Series PrefaceIllustrationsTablesAcknowledgments IntroductionPart I: Pen Pictures of Old KoreaKorean Songs and VersesEternal LifeTobacco in KoreaConcerning the OccultA Note of WarningOn and Off the Street CarA Sample of Korean Labour SongMarriage in KoreaPak’s ExperiencesThe Mystery of ItThe Family LineKorea’s Electric Shocks"Broken Earthenware"Unconscious Korea Korean Literature A New Style of CourtshipKorea’s Receding PantheonStone FightsStanding for One’s Rights That Old Dragon Happy YiMy Lord the ElephantThe Displeasure of the Rain God Korean New Year’s The Korean Woman Korea’s Preparation for the Bible The Waning Eunuch A Freak of Language An Affair of State Private Minting A New Korean The Burning of the Temple A Royal Funeral Belong Small Boxer The Foreign Squeezer The Awful Kim Exit Kim The Opening of War Prospective All Good Things Are Three Japan’s Task in Korea Where Are We? As Regards the Fate Part II: Old CoreaCorean Literature and History Corea’s Noted WomenYowa Ssi Ahwang and Yoyong  T’aeim and T’aesa Wang Sogun Princess Yang The Corean’s View of God The Mirror of the Heart The Worship of Confucius Corea’s Filial Piety How She Moved to God Father and Son Social and Allied SubjectsProhibition in Corea Tea Tobacco in Corea Corean Paper Corean Clothes Corean Artists Corean Chess Teeth Ancient RemainsThe Tombs of Uhyolli Ancient Burial Remains When Kings Die Hollanders in Corea SuperstitionsGuardians of the Year One of the Immortals The Spirit Medium Short StoriesThe Spoiled Boy Yi Changgon A Question of Conscience Worthy Prince and Lucky Girls Powers of Imitation The Tartar Hunter MiscellaneousThe Dancing Girl Music Corean Transportation Flies The Rainy Season A Trip to Sorae Beach PoemsMy Shadow by Yi Talch’ung Clouds and Mountains by Yi Talch’ung The Good and Bad of It by Yi Talch’ung The Falling Flowers by Won Kam The Joys of Nature by Yi Talch’ung A Spell against the Tiger by Hong Yangho Tribute to a Needle by Mrs. Yoo The Wild Goose by Hong Yangho A Far-Eastern Francis of Assisi by Song Hyon The Snow by Yi Chehyon The Cackling Priest by Yi Chesin The Story of Unyong ConclusionBibliographyIndex