Korea and her neighbors
by Isabella L. Bird
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Contents
- Preface
- Author’s Prefatory Note
- Introductory Chapter
- Chapter I. First Impressions of Korea
- Chapter II. First Impressions of the Capital
- Chapter III. The Kur-Dong
- Chapter IV. Seoul, the Korean Mecca
- Chapter V. The Sailing of the Sampan
- Chapter VI. On the River of Golden Sand
- Chapter VII. Views Afloat
- Chapter VIII. Natural Beauty—The Rapids
- Chapter IX. Korean Marriage Customs
- Chapter X. The Korean Pony—Korean Roads and Inns
- Chapter XI. Diamond Mountain Monasteries
- Chapter XII. Along the Coast
- Chapter XIII. Impending War—Excitement at Chemulpo
- Chapter XIV. Deported to Manchuria
- Chapter XV. A Manchurian Deluge—A Passenger Cart—An Accident
- Chapter XVI. Mukden and Its Missions
- Chapter XVII. Chinese Troops on the March
- Chapter XVIII. Nagasaki—Wladivostok
- Chapter XIX. Korean Settlers in Siberia
- Chapter XX. The Trans-Siberian Railroad
- Chapter XXI. The King’s Oath—An Audience
- Chapter XXII. A Transition Stage
- Chapter XXIII. The Assassination of the Queen
- Chapter XXIV. Burial Customs
- Chapter XXV. Song-Do: A Royal City
- Chapter XXVI. The Phyöng-Yang Battlefield
- Chapter XXVII. Northward Ho!
- Chapter XXVIII. Over the an-Kil Yung Pass
- Chapter XXIX. Social Position of Women
- Chapter XXX. Exorcists and Dancing Women
- Chapter XXXI. The Hair-Cropping Edict
- Chapter XXXII. The Reorganized Korean Government
- Chapter XXXIII. Education and Foreign Trade
- Chapter XXXIV. Dæmonism or Shamanism
- Chapter XXXV. Notes on Dæmonism Concluded
- Chapter XXXVI. Seoul in 1897
- Chapter XXXVII. Last Words on Korea
- Appendix A. Mission Statistics for Korea, 1896
- Appendix B Direct Foreign Trade of Korea, 1886-96
- Appendix C Return of Principal Articles of Export (net) to Foreign Countries for the Years 1896-95
- Appendix D
- Appendix E