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Chapter Two. The Household Shrine |
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Chapter Three. Of Women's Hair |
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Chapter Four. From the Diary of an English Teacher |
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Chapter Five. Two Strange Festivals |
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Chapter Six. By the Japanese Sea |
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Chapter Seven. Of a Dancing-Girl |
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Chapter Eight. From Hoki to Oki |
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Chapter Nine. Of Souls |
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Chapter Ten. Of Ghosts and Goblins |
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Chapter Eleven. The Japanese Smile |
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Chapter Twelve. Sayonara! |
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CRAYFISH AND TROUT |
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COTTAGES AND CAMPING OUT |
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CHISWICK EYOT |
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CHISWICK FISHERMEN |
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CANVEY ISLAND |
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Chapter 1. London to Zanzibar, 1859 |
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Chapter II. Uzaramo |
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Chapter III. Usagara |
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Chapter IV. Ugogo, and the Wilderness of Mgunda Mkhali |
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Chapter V. Unyamuezi |
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Chapter VI. Uzinza |
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Chapter VII. Usui |
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Chapter VIII. Karague |
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Chapter IX. History of the Wahuma |
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Chapter X. Karague and Uganda |
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Chapter XI. Palace, Uganda |
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Chapter XII. Palace, Uganda - Continued |
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Chapter XIII. Palace, Uganda - Continued |
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Chapter XIV. Palace, Uganda - Continued |
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Chapter XV. March Down the Northern Slopes of Africa |
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Chapter XVI. Bahr El Abiad |
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Chapter XVII. Unyoro |
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Chapter XVIII. Unyoro - Continued |
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Chapter XIX. The March to Madi |
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Chapter XX. Madi |
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Conclusion |
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CALCUTTA |
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CHICAGO |
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Corea or Cho-sen - The Land of the Morning Calm |
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CHAPTER I. Christmas on board - Fusan - A body-snatcher - The Kiung-sang Province - The cotton production - Body-snatching extraordinary - Imperatrice Gulf - Chemulpo. |
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CHAPTER II. Chemulpo - So-called European hotels - Comforts - Japanese concession - The Guechas - New-Year's festivities - The Chinese settlement - European residents - The word "Corea" - A glance at Corean history - Cho-sen. |
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CHAPTER III. The road to Seoul - The Mapu - Ponies - Oxen - Coolies - Currency - Mode of carrying weights - The Han River - Nearly locked out. |
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CHAPTER IV. The Coreans - Their faces and heads - Bachelors - Married men - Head-band - Hats - Hat-umbrellas - Clothes - Spectacles. |
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CHAPTER V. The Woman of Cho-sen - Her clothes - Her ways - Her looks - Her privileges - Her duties - Her temper - Difference of classes - Feminine musicians. |
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CHAPTER VI. Corean children - The family - Clans - Spongers - Hospitality - Spinning-tops - Toys - Kite-flying - Games - How babies are sent to sleep. |
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CHAPTER VII. Corean inns - Seoul - A tour of observation - Beggars - Lepers - Philosophy - An old palace - A leopard hunt - Weather prophets - The main street - Sedan chairs - -The big bell - Crossing of the bridges - Monuments - Animal worship. |
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CHAPTER VIII. Seoul - The City Wall - A large image - Mount Nanzam - The fire-signals - women's joss-house - Foreign buildings - Japanese settlement - An anecdote - Clean or not clean? - The Pekin Pass - The water-carrier - The man of the Gates. |
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CHAPTER IX. The Corean house - Doors and windows - Blinds - Rooms - The "Kan" - Roasting alive - Furniture - Treasures - The kitchen - Dinner-set - Food - Intoxicants - Gluttony - Capacity for food - Sleep - Modes of illumination - Autographs - Streets. |
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CHAPTER X. A Corean marriage - How marriages are arranged - The wedding ceremony - The document - In the nuptial-chamber - Wife's conduct - Concubines - Widows - Seduction - Adultery - Purchasing a husband - Love - Intrigue - Official "squeezing". |
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CHAPTER XI. Painting in Seoul - Messages from the king - Royal princes sitting for their portraits - Breaking the mourning law - Quaint notions - Delight and despair - Calling in of State ceremony - Corean soldiers - How they mount guard - Drill. |
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CHAPTER XII. The royal palace - A royal message - Mounting guard - The bell - The royal precinct - The Russian villa - An unfinished structure - The Summer Palace - The King's house - Houses of dignitaries - The ground and summer pavilion - Colds. |
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CHAPTER XIII. Students - Culture - Examination ground - The three degrees - The alphabet - Chinese characters - Schools - Astronomers - Diplomas - Students abroad - Adoption of Western ways - Quick perception - The letter "f" - A comical mistake. |
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CHAPTER XIV. Religion - Buddhism - Bonzes - Their power - Shamanism - Spirits - Spirits of the mountain - Stone heaps - Sacred trees - Seized by the spirits - Safe-guard against them - The wind - Sorcerers and sorceresses - Exorcisms - Monasteries. |
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CHAPTER XV. Police - Detectives - The plank-walk - The square board - The wooden blocks for hands and feet - Floggings - The bamboo rod - The stick - The flexible board - A flogging in Seoul - One hundred strokes for three-halfpence - Wounds produced. |
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CHAPTER XVI. Executions - Crucified and carried through the streets - The execution ground - Barbarous mode of beheading - Noble criminals - Paternal love - Shut out - Scaling the wall - A catastrophe - A nightmare. |
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CHAPTER XVII. The "King's procession" - Removing houses - Foolhardy people - Beaten to death - Cavalry soldiers - Infantry - Retainers - Banners - Luxurious saddles - The King and his double - Royal palanquins - The return at night. |
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CHAPTER XVIII. Fights - Prize fights - Fist fights - Special moon for fighting - Summary justice - The use of the top-knot - Cruelty - A butcher combatant - Stone-fights - Belligerent children - Battle between two guilds - Wounded and killed. |
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CHAPTER XIX. Fires - The greatest peril - A curious way of saving one's house - The anchor of safety - How it worked - Making an opposition wind - Saved by chance - A good trait in the native character - Useful friends. |
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CHAPTER XX. A trip to Poo-kan - A curious monastery. |
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CHAPTER XXI. Corean physiognomy - Expressions of pleasure - Displeasure - Contempt - Fear - Pluck - Laughter - Astonishment - Admiration - Sulkiness - Jealousy - Intelligence - Affection - Imagination - Dreams - Insanity - Its principal causes - Leprosy. |
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CHAPTER I |
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CHAPTER II |
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CHAPTER III |
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CHAPTER IV |
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CHAPTER V |
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CHAPTER VI |
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CHAPTER VII |
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CHAPTER VIII |
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CHAPTER IX |
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CHAPTER X |
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CHAPTER XI |
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CHAPTER XII |
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CHAPTER XIII |
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CHAPTER XIV |
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CHAPTER XV |
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CHAPTER XVI |
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CHAPTER XVII |
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CHAPTER XVIII |
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CHAPTER XIX |
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CHAPTER XX |
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CHAPTER XXI |
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CHAPTER XXII |
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CHAPTER XXIII |
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CHAPTER XXIV |
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CHAPTER XXV |
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CHAPTER XXVI |
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CHAPTER XXVII |
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CHAPTER XXVIII |
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CHAPTER XXIX |
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CHAPTER XXX |
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CHAPTER XXXI |
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CHAPTER XXXII |
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CHAPTER XXXIII |
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CHAPTER XXXIV |
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CHAPTER XXXV |
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Camps and Trails in China |
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CHAPTER I. THE OBJECT OF THE EXPEDITION |
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CHAPTER II. CHINA IN TURMOIL |
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CHAPTER III. UP THE MIN RIVER |
