CONTENTS

Preface [vii]
Note [ix]
I. Shanghai [1]
II. Shantung, the German Sphere of Influence [13]
III. A Day in the Country (Shantung) [20]
IV. Shantung Silk [27]
V. Tsinan [31]
VI. The Sacred Shrine of Tai Shan [45]
VII. The Home of Confucius: Küfow [53]
VIII. The Yellow River and Grand Canal [66]
IX. Journey into Shansi in 1893 [73]
X. Taiyüanfu [81]
XI. Peking [92]
XII. The Péhan Railway: from Peking to Hankow [106]
XIII. On the Yangtze: Ichang to Wanhsien [116]
XIV. Szechwan High-roads [145]
XV. Chengtu [161]
XVI. The Min River [173]
XVII. Mount Omi [182]
XVIII. From Szechwan into Yünnan [195]
XIX. The Road to Yünnan Fu [208]
XX. Yünnan Fu [218]
XXI. Tali Fu [234]
XXII. Tali Fu to Teng Yueh [241]
XXIII. From China into Burma [252]
XXIV. The Present Situation in China [257]
Table of Dynasties [271]
Index [273]