Intimate China: The Chinese as I Have Seen Them
by Mrs. Archibald Little
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Contents
- Dry Statements. (To Be Carried with the Reader, If Possible.)
- Prelude. First Impressions
- Chapter I. On the Upper Yangtse
- Chapter II. A Land Journey
- Chapter III. Life in a Chinese City
- Chapter IV. Hindrances and Annoyances
- Chapter V. Current Coin in China
- Chapter VI. Footbinding
- Chapter VII. Anti-Footbinding
- Chapter VIII. The Position of Women
- Chapter IX. Births, Deaths, and Marriages
- Chapter X. Chinese Morals
- Chapter XI. Superstitions
- Chapter XII. Our Missionaries
- Chapter XIII. Up-Country Shopping and Up-Country Ways
- Chapter XIV. Soldiers
- Chapter XV. Chinese Students
- Chapter XVI. A Father's Advice to His Son
- Chapter XVII. Buddhist Monasteries
- Chapter XVIII. A Chinese Ordination
- Chapter XIX. The Sacred Mountain of Omi
- Chapter XX. Chinese Sentiment
- Chapter XXI. A Summer Trip to Chinese Tibet
- Chapter XXII. Arts and Industries
- Chapter XXIII. A Little Peking Pug
- Prelude
- Chapter I. The Chinese Emperor's Magnificence
- Chapter II. The Empress, the Emperor, and the Audience
- Chapter III. Solidarity, Co-Operation, and Imperial Federation
- Chapter IV. Beginnings of Reform
- Chapter V. The Coup D'État