The Chinese drama from the earliest times until today; a panoramic study of the art in China, tracing its origin and describing its actors (in both male and female roles), their costumes and make-up, superstitions and stage slang, the accompanying music and musical instruments, concluding with synopses of thirty Chinese plays, by L.C. Arlington, with a pien by Mei Lan-fang and a foreword by H.A. Giles.