| CHAP. | PAGE |
| XIX. | JAPAN— |
| I. | THE TREATIES AND THEIR NEGOTIATORS | [1] |
| II. | THE OPERATION OF THE TREATIES | [12] |
| III. | ASSASSINATION PERIOD, 1860-61 | [34] |
| IV. | NEGOTIATIONS AND RENEWED ASSASSINATIONS, 1862-64 | [44] |
| V. | THE TYCOON'S DILEMMA | [60] |
| VI. | THE CRISIS | [75] |
| VII. | THE BIRTH OF NEW JAPAN | [92] |
| VIII. | THE DIPLOMATIC BODY—TSUSHIMA | [104] |
| IX. | TRADE AND TRADERS | [115] |
| XX. | SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK IN PEKING, 1865-1869— |
| I. | THE BRITISH LEGATION | [130] |
| II. | FOREIGN LIFE IN PEKING | [138] |
| III. | THE FOREIGN CUSTOMS UNDER THE PEKING CONVENTION | [156] |
| IV. | EMIGRATION | [168] |
| V. | KOREA | [175] |
| XXI. | THE REVISION OF THE TREATY— |
| I. | PREPARATION | [180] |
| II. | THE BURLINGAME MISSION | [192] |
| III. | CHINESE OUTRAGES—YANGCHOW AND FORMOSA | [198] |
| IV. | REVISION NEGOTIATIONS AND CONCLUSION | [210] |
| XXII. | MISSIONARY PROBLEM—TIENTSIN MASSACRE OF 1870 | [223] |
| XXIII. | THE EXPANSION OF INTERCOURSE— |
| I. | RUSSIA AND FRANCE ADVANCING | [250] |
| II. | JAPAN AGGRESSIVE | [255] |
| III. | KOREA OPENED | [256] |
| IV. | THE FIRST IMPERIAL AUDIENCE—SUCCESSION OF KWANGHSU | [260] |
| XXIV. | THE MURDER OF MR MARGARY, 1875—CHEFOO CONVENTION, 1876—RATIFICATION, 1885— |
| I. | THE MURDER OF MR MARGARY, 1875 | [265] |
| II. | CHEFOO CONVENTION, 1876 | [275] |
| III. | THE RATIFICATION, 1885 | [282] |
| XXV. | A CHAIN OF INCIDENTS— |
| I. | DISPUTE WITH RUSSIA RE KULDJA | [290] |
| II. | KOREAN IMBROGLIO, 1882-85 | [293] |
| III. | THE PORT HAMILTON EPISODE, 1885-87 | [303] |
| IV. | TIBET | [305] |
| V. | THE CRUISE OF THE SEVENTH PRINCE, 1886 | [312] |
| VI. | THE EMPEROR ASSUMES THE GOVERNMENT, 1889 | [318] |
| VII. | THE VISIT OF THE CZAREVITCH, 1891 | [321] |
| XXVI. | THE TONGKING QUARREL | [324] |
| XXVII. | THE FRENCH PROTECTORATE OF CHRISTIANS | [336] |
| XXVIII. | BRITISH SERVICES: DIPLOMATIC, CONSULAR, AND JUDICIAL | [353] |
| XXIX. | CHINA AND HER RULERS | [368] |
| XXX. | CHINA'S AWAKENING | [388] |
| XXXI. | THE COLLAPSE | [403] |
| XXXII. | THE RESETTLEMENT OF THE FAR EAST | [417] |
| XXXIII. | THE OUTCOME— |
| I. | THE SITUATION IN PEKING | [435] |
| II. | THE CHRONIC CAUSE | [440] |
| III. | IMMEDIATE PROVOCATION | [447] |
| IV. | THE DYNASTIC FACTOR | [455] |
| V. | THE CHINESE OUTBREAK | [461] |
| VI. | THE CRUX | [464] |
| XXXIV. | SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK'S LATER YEARS | [476] |
| INDEX | [490] |