Table of Contents

Front Matter

Back Matter

General Description
The Eighteen Provinces
The Products of China
How the Chinese are Governed
Examinations: How Officers are Appointed
The Tie that Binds
The Belief in Spirits
The Chinese People
Marriage, Birth, and Death
The Chinese at Home
A Chinese City
What Boys Learn at School
Games and Holidays
The Deluge as Told by the Chinese
Brief History of China
Confucius, 551-479 B.C.
Early Intercourse with China
European Explorers in China
The Dutch in China and What they Did.
Russia's Object in China
Americans in China
What the British Ask of China
First War Between Great Britain and China
The Tae-Ping Rebellion
How a Poor Boy Made a Name
Lu Hung Chang
Kuang Hsu, The Illustrious Successor
The Last Years of Manchu Rule, 1899-1912
From Monarch to Republic, 1912-1921