Lin Yutang’s Very Good Bookshelves

Always nice to come across something interesting where you might not expect it and not looking for it. ETC Werner, the former British diplomat in China as well as noted Sinologist and father of Pamela Werner (the victim in my forthcoming Murder in Peking book) wrote a number of books, the most famous and oft-reprinted o f which is Myths and Legends of China (1922) which included some impressive images. Strolling around Lin Yutang’s house in Taipei recently  (see post on that here) I noticed that his bookshelves have been kept intact and there standing out at me was Lin’s personal copy of Werner’s Myths and Legends of China.

So here’s some prints  contained in Werner’s classic book: