About James Scarth Gale James Scarth Gale (1863–1937) spent forty years in Korea as a missionary, scholar, and translator. Books by James Scarth Gale Redemption and Regret Modernizing Korea in the Writings of James Scarth Gale by (author) James Scarth Gale edited by Daniel Pieper Score One for the Dancing Girl, and Other Selections from the Kimun ch'onghwa A Story Collection from Nineteenth-Century Korea edited by Ross King & Si Nae Park translated by James Scarth Gale notes by Donguk Kim