Samuel Pollard : pioneer missionary in China

[1920?]

Contents
Book I. The great adventure, 1864 -1894
1. Parentage and early years p.1
2. School and the civil service p.5
3. The call p.8
4. The missionary student at Ganking p.12
5. On the river Yangtsze p.22
6. Overland : Szechuen and Yunnan p.28
7. Holding the fort at Chaotong p.34
8. Yunnan Fu : pioneers p.40
9. The little man and his gong p.48
10. Love and death p.59
11. A ministry of pity at Chaotong p.69
12. Among the border people p.77
13. A cloud as small as a man's hand p.84
Book II. China's awakening, 1895-1904
1. The historical situation p.93
2. The first furlough p.98
3. A runlet of sweet water in a salt sea p.103
4. The Boxer storm p.111
5. His sojourn at Shanghai p.119
6. Signs of awakening in Yunnan p.126
7. On tour in Yunnan p.136
8. A great opportunity p.144
Book III. Among the tribes of west China, 1905-1910
1. The aboriginal clans [of Yunnan and Kweichow] p.156
2. A trip into Lolo land p.167
3. Beginnings of the mass movement p.178
4. Hostility to the movement p.186
5. Facing the lions p.193
6. Second phase of the mass movement p.202
7. First baptisms of the Miao p.210
8. "Rice Ear Valley" and "Long Sea" p.219
9. Beaten with many stripes p.228
10. Taking stock p.237
11. The second furlough p.243
Book IV. Unfinished programmes, 1910-1915
1. A nation in travail p.251
2. Resuming his task p.258
3. The back of the beyond p.267
4. The Arthington Trust Fund p.277
5. The Pollard script p.286
6. In the year of the revolution p.297
7. The day p.306
8. Sunrise in the East p.316
9. Gleanings from the journal p.326
10. The medical problem p.338
11. The end of a decade p.347
12. The last months p.360
Index p.375

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