The 'China Yesterday' series include a few Sinological and biographical works on the topics of Chinese history, literature, society, etc. All these works were written by foreigners and shed light on China in unique perspectives. The seventy-three stories presented in The Chinese Fairy Book after original sources, embracing 'Nursery Fairy Tales,' 'Legends of the Gods,' 'Tales of Saints and Magicians,' 'Nature and Animal Tales,' 'Ghost Stories,' 'Historic Fairy Tales,' and 'Literary Fairy Tales,' represent a varied collection of oriental fairy tales.