China : travels and investigations in the "Middle Kingdom" : a study of its civilization and possibilities, with a glance at Japan

1888

Contents p.xiii
I. First visit to Japan p.1
II. Voyage through the Inland Sea p.19
III. Area of China p.26
IV. The Yang-tse-kiang p.40
V. The surface of the country p.48
VI. Population of China p.63
VII. The houses of the Chinese p.75
VIII. Voyage from Shanghai to Tientsin p.85
IX. Races at Tientsin p.101
X. Li Hung-Chang p.118
XI. Visit to Peking p.160
XII. The Emperor an absolute monarch p.179
XIII. The eyes of the world now turned toward China as a field for investment in public undertakings p.200
XIV. Visit to the Great Wall p.215
XV. The Kai-ping coal-mines and railway p.226
XVI. Trip to the Yellow River p.233
XVII. Visit to the city of Kai-fung-fu p.256
XVIII. Visit to Formosa p.295
XIX. Chinese system of education p.308
XX. History of the Taiping rebellion again adverted to p.331
XXI. The rights of missionaries in China p.346
Index p.369

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