Mr Tung's Fox Tenants.(Literature)(short story by Yu Yueh)(Chinese writer of the Manchu Dynasty)(Chinese Literature and symbolism)

FOR THOSE who like reading, there can be few greater pleasures than the unexpected discovery of a new and eminently readable volume at that very moment when one is faced with the difficult task of filling in some idle time. Recently, in just such a situation, Man from Ironbark-style I wandered into a local library. I had a vague notion of tracking down some background information on Ausonius, the old Roman poet who gave us Mosella--a very beautiful description of the river Moselle and the country through which it flows. It is a literary equivalent of Smetana's Die Moldau.

In the course of poking about in various books, I finally came across an account of Ausonius ...