List of Illustrations

Chinese Villagers at Home [Frontispiece.]
Southern Village Scene
A Detail—The Village Well
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Sawyers Preparing Lumber
Itinerant Blacksmith’s Employed by Villagers
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The Village Cobbler
Village Broom-Maker
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Waiting for the Boat
Crossing the Ferry
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Strings of Chinese Cash
Preparing the Strings
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Threshing
An Afternoon Siesta
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The World’s Oldest Sacred Mountain, T‘ai Shan
Scenery Along the River Lin
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Going to Market
Chinese Market Scene
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Crop-Watcher’s Lodge
Reaping Millet
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A Bridal Pair
Temporary Funeral Pavilion
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Entrance to a Yamen
Chinese Court of Justice
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Chinese Punch and Judy
The Village Story-Teller
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Women Preparing Food
On the Way to the Feast
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One of China’s Parasites—A Beggar
One of Her Sources of Strength—A Carpenter
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Little Old People
Going to a Christian School
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