L. Adams Beck began her career by publishing stories in The Atlantic Monthly, Asia, and the Japanese Gassho. These stories were later put into collections. Stories in this collection include: -- The Ninth Vibration -- The Interpreter: A Romance of the East -- The Incomparable Lady: A Story of China with a Moral -- The Hatred of the Queen: A Story of Burma -- Fire of Beauty -- The Building of the Taj Mahal -- How Great is the Glory of Kwannon! -- The Round-Faced Beauty.