<DIV>This volume of selections and commentary by the premier Western translator and interpreter of the <i>Chan-kuo Ts'e</i> contains all of the author's favorite pieces. It also features more complete warring states narratives, the "romances"--persuasions of four of the best-known figures, Fan Chü, Chang Yi, Su Ch'in, and Ch'un-shen Chün, augmented by biographical material from the <i>Shi-chi</i>. This reader highlights both the nature of <i>Chan-kuo</i> <i>Ts'e</i>, an important pre-Han collection, and its considerable pleasures.<br></div><DIV>J. I. Crump is Professor Emeritus of Chinese literature, University of Michigan. He is also author <i>of Chinese Theater in the Days of Kublai Khan, Songs from Xanadu</i>, and <i>Song-poems from Xanadu</i>.<br></div>