Twelve years in China : the people, the rebels, and the mandarins

12 years in China : the people, the rebels, and the mandarins

1860

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Contents
Introductory notice p.1
I. Silk districts of China p.5
II. Journeys in the country p.16
III. Journeys in the country p.20
IV. [Amoy] p.28
V. Foochow-Foo p.37
VI. Swatow p.47
VII. North-east part of Kwang-Tung p.63
VIII. Religion in China p.74
X. Character of the Chinese p.95
XI. Trustworthiness of the Chinese p.108
XII. Chinese character - Chinese witness - Value of knowing the language - Great want of interpreters - Chinese employed by Europeans - Their satisfactory conduct - Chinese "Sepoys" - Growing rapidity of communication with Europe p.124
XIII. The mandarins p.131
XIV. Prisons and punishment p.145
XV. The insurrection p. 151
XVI. Tai-ping-wang and the insurrection p.162
XVII. The march on Pekin p.170
XVIII. The Amoy rebels p.181
XIX. The rebels at Shanghai p.187
XX. The French attack on Shanghai p.197
XXI. Siege of Canton by the triads p.220
XXII. Events on the coast of China p.241
XXIII. Chinese emigration p.254
XXIV. Crisis of the insurrection p.261
XXV. The dispute with Yeh p.280
XXVI. Lord Elgin's mission and its results p.290

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Call No.: DS709 .S28 1860