Text Differences
Maybe I wasn't looking closely enough, but I didn't see any major text differences, just some differences in pacing.
Synopsis. SPOILERS!
Chapter 1
1949: Basically the same thing happens as in the later printing.
1995: Nancy and Bess are on the road. They see someone in the woods. He is carrying a suspicious bundle, and is nasty to them. There's a green vase with a red claw on it. Dick Milton is introduced, who is involved with pottery. A valuable vase has been taken.
Chapter 2
1949: Again, pretty much the same thing happens is in the later edition.
1995: Milton and the police arrive at a shop. A greed jade elephant has been stolen. Milton gives Nancy a pendant to return to its owner, a Mr. Soong. Soong has a talk with Nancy's father. Milton is looking for a 'leaning chimney' which may be a key to finding something called China clay.
Chapter 3
1949: Nancy goes out seacrhing for the crook. She finds some footprints in the damp ground.
1995: Nancy is out searching for the crook. George and Bess arrive. Nancy stops at a house and there sees a man going through a panel in a closet. She finds Chinese vases and other items in a room. The police arrive.
Chapter 4
1949: Bess and George arrive. She goes to a house and sees a man going through a panel in a closet.
1995: A man named Manning is the thief. Nancy and George find a car on a backroad. Nancy finds a broken vase and is then attacked and rendered unconscious.
Chapter 5
1949: She goes into the room he had gone into and finds Chinese vases and other items. The police arrive. Manning is the thief. Nancy finds photos of old Chinese vases.
1995: George is blindfolded and tied up. Later Mr. Soong says he needs the help of Nancy and her father.
Chapter 6
1949: Nancy has lunch with George and Bess. They find a car on a backroad. She finds a broken Oriental bowl and is then attacked and rendered unconscious.
1995: Some Chinese friends of his are missing. Nancy goes to Helen Townsend's party. Nancy's purse is taken and so is a Chinese vase.
Chapter 7
1949: George is blindfolded and tied up. Later Mr. Soong says he needs the help of Nancy and her father. Mr. Drew says something about the missing Engs.
1995: She continues to look for the China clay pit. She talks to a geologist which results in Nancy and her friends looking for an abandoned mine. They spot a leaning chimney.
Chapter 8
1949: He explains about the Engs. She goes to a party at the Townsend's. Her bag is taken and a Chinese vase is taken.
1995: The entire place is surrounded by a wooden fence. Nancy visits Milton. Nancy's father has clues about the missing Chinese, the Engs. There's been a robbery of a Chinese tea jar in New York, so Nancy goes there and stays with her aunt.
Chapter 9
1949: She continues to look for the China clay pit. She talks to a geologist which results in Nancy and her friends looking for an abandoned mine. They spot a leaning chimney.
1995: The tie strengthens between the stolen items and Carr-Manning. Nancy chases him onto a subway train.
Chapter 10
1949: The entire place is surrounded by a wooden fence. Nancy visits Milton. Nancy's father has clues about the missing Chinese, the Engs. There's been a robbery of a Chinese tea jar in New York, so Nancy goes there and stays with her aunt. (At this point we're running about two chapters behind the 1995 printing)
1995: He gets away and Nancy returns home. She goes to see Ned. Monroe has found an old book about a possible China clay location in the area. Nancy and Ned go on a picnic.
Chapter 11
1949: The tie strengthens between the stolen items and Carr-Manning. Nancy chases him onto a subway train.
1995: She climbs and looks down over the board fence. Meanwhile Soong has been picked up by the police, but Nancy is able to prove he is innocent. At a wedding Soong finds a jewel box with Eng's symbol on it.
Chapter 12
1949: He gets away and Nancy returns home. She goes to see Ned. Monroe has found an old book about a possible China clay location in the area. Nancy and Ned go on a picnic.
1995: There's a tie between the jewel box and Carr-Manning. Nancy goes out at night, finds a jade elephant, but her car is stolen in the process.
Chapter 13
1949:She climbs and looks down over the board fence. Meanwhile Soong has been picked up by the police, but Nancy is able to prove he is innocent. At a wedding Soong finds a jewel box with Eng's symbol on it.
1995: Her father checks up on the Carr (Manning)and he's a major crook. He has a brother who looks Chinese. Nancy, Bess and George go back to the enclosure. A woman gets angry at them.
Chapter 14
1949: There's a tie between the jewel box and Carr-Manning. Nancy goes out at night, finds a jade elephant, but her car is stolen in the process.
1995: Two women and one nasty dog are in the enclosure at the very least. Nancy gets out of the enclosure.
Chapter 15
1949: Her father checks up on the Carr (Manning)and he's a major crook. He has a brother who looks Chinese. Nancy, Bess and George go back to the enclosure. They see a strange woman.
1995: Nancy is rescued and gets her car. She gets home and finds a guy has stolen the jade elephant. The geologist calls her and it turns out he got a package with stuff for decorating pottery.
Chapter 16
1949: The woman gets angry at them. Nancy finds out there are at least two women and one nasty dog in the enclosure. Nancy seems trapped in the enclosure.
1995: Nancy meets Soong. She finds a message on the leaning chimney says "help" in Chinese. She and Soong go to the enclosure and get inside where they find the two Eng sisters and their father.
Chapter 17
1949: Nancy excapes from the enclosure.
1995: Nancy and Soong go inside a building and find out the people have been making counterfeit copies of Chinese pottery.
Chapter 18
1949: Nancy gets home and finds out the jade elephant has been stolen. There's a scream from the back room.
1995: They hide. The Engs reveal they have been forced to work there for four-and-a-half years.
Chapter 19
1949: It was Hannah's yell. The crook gets away. The geologist calls her and it turns out he got a package with stuff for decorating pottery.
1995: Soong's supposed servant was really Carr's brother. Nancy, Soong and the Engs are captured but Nancy is able to escape.
Chapter 20
1949: Nancy finds out that a symbol on the chimney means 'help' in Chinese. Nancy says she'll take Soong to the enclosure.
1995: Nancy finds a state trooper who calls for backup. The police raid the enclosure and find the crooks, the Engs and Soong. The history of what had been going on is covered. Nancy is given a beautiful vase as a reward, a vase made just for her.
Chapter 21
Nancy and Soong get into the enclosure. They spot the Engs.
Chapter 22
They meet the Engs. They find out that the place has lots of stolen Chinese pottery.
Chapter 23
They locate the clay mine. Nancy learns about the Engs being held prisoners and Carr confronts Nancy.
Chapter 24
The group is confined to a room but Nancy is able to escape.
Chapter 25
Nancy finds a state trooper who calls for backup. The police raid the enclosure and find the crooks, the Engs and Soong. The history of what had been going on is covered. Nancy is given a beautiful vase as a reward, a vase made just for her.
There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of major differences except maybe pacing between the two printings.
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