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Mirror Of Kong Ho

This 1905 tongue-in-cheek book is ostensibly the letters of a dutiful son to his Chinese father describing his encounter with and experience of Western civilization in late nineteenth century London. The author is delightfully humorous. - Summary by david wales

Year of Publication: 1905Genres: Epistolary Fiction , Humorous Fiction , Published 1900 onward

Running Time: 05 hours 57 minutes 57 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Introduction -- Estimable Barbarian David Wales	3:48
2	Letter 1 – Concerning the journey. The unlawful demons… etc David Wales	19:37
3	Letter 2 – Concerning the ill-destined manner of existence of the hound Hercules. etc David Wales	20:01
4	Letter 3 – Concerning the virtuous amusements of both old and young. etc David Wales	20:21
5	Letter 4 – Concerning a desire to expatiate upon subjects of philosophical importance… etc David Wales	19:48
6	Letter 5 – Concerning the neglect of ancestors and its discreditable consequences. etc David Wales	21:57
7	Letter 6 – Concerning this persons well-sustained efforts to discover further demons. etc David Wales	26:27
8	Letter 7 – Concerning warfare, both as waged by ourselves and by a nation devoid of true civilization. etc David Wales	22:09
9	Letter 8 – Concerning the wisdom of the divine Wei Chung… etc David Wales	32:00
10	Letter 9 – Concerning the proverb of the highly-accomplished horse. etc David Wales	26:40
11	Letter 10 – Concerning the authority of this high official, Sir Philip. etc David Wales	22:19
12	Letter 11 – Concerning the game which we should call ‘Locusts’… etc David Wales	27:33
13	Letter 12 – Concerning the obvious misunderstanding which has entwined itself about a revered parent’s faculties of passionless discrimination. etc David Wales	32:13
14	Letter 13 – Concerning a state of necessity… etc David Wales	39:36
15	Letter 14 – Concerning a pressing invitation from an ever benevolently-disposed father… etc David Wales	23:28