Manchu and Muscovite

1904

"Being letters from Manchuria written during the autumn of 1903; with an historical sketch entitled "Prologue to the crisis", giving a complete account of the Manchurian frontiers from the earliest days and the growth and final meeting of the Russian and Chinese empires in the Amur region."

Contents
Prologue to the crisis p.1
I. The voyage p.66
II. Dalny the doomed p.73
III. Port Arthur p.81
IV. Sunday in Port Arthur p.89
V. Business in a new world way p.98
VI. On the road to Harbin p.110
VII. On the trail of the serpent p.123
VIII. Harbin, the railway city p.137
IX. Mining and lumbering in Manchuria p.150
X. Harbin by night p.162
XI. The Hindoo watchdog - a word to India p.172
XII. West to Tsitsihar p.179
XIII. Side lights p.186
XIV. Tsitsihar p.196
XV. The defeat of the travelling rouble p.210
XVI. Down the golden Nonni p.225
XVII. Slav and Chinaman p.240
XVIII. Petuna - a so-called brigand city p.250
XIX. Chinese administration and Russian interference p.261
XX. From Petuna to Ninguta by river and rail p.301
XXI. The Hunghutzu, or the red-beard brigand of the North p.321
XXII. Ninguta and the surrounding country p.339
XXIII. Russia's great Manchurian general, alias the Chinese Eastern Railway p.350
XXIV. Adventures on the road to Kirin p.402
XXV. The manly missionary of Manchuria p.417
XXVI. Kirin - the inland dockyard p.425
XXVII. From Kirin to Moukden via K'uan-Ch'eng-Tzu p.437
XXVIII. Morals, manners, and men p.450
XXIX. Moukden - the old Manchu capital p.456
XXX. The Russian army in Manchuria, and its task p.469
XXXI. Outraged Newchwang p.502
XXXII. Conclusions and suggestions p.517
Appendix. A general and statistical note on Manchuria p.533

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Source format: xx, 552 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

This eBook: 641 p.

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Barcode: 0000803875624

Call No.: [CLR] DS515 .S6 1904