| CHAPTER I |
| ON THE WAY |
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| I start on my travels--A fair Theosophist--Life on an American liner--Arrival at New York--Delmonico’s---The Hotel Waldorf--Niagara Falls--Across the Lakes--The prairies--A quiet Sunday | [1–12] |
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| CHAPTER II |
| IN THE ROCKIES |
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| First sight of the Rockies--Stay at Banff--Indians and salmon--Arrival at Vancouver--The Empress of India--Chinese passengers--The missing day--A court-martial--First sight of Japan | [13–22] |
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| CHAPTER III |
| EARLY DAYS IN JAPAN |
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| A new friend--A Japanese dinner--Japanese temples--An earthquake--A fire in Yokohama | [23–32] |
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| CHAPTER IV |
| A JAPANESE HARROGATE |
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| A trip to the Japanese Harrogate--A curious travelling companion--A Japanese inn--A mountain ride--At the sulphur springs--A sulphur bath--A night in a tea-house--Sad news | [33–50] |
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| CHAPTER V |
| AN IMPERIAL GARDEN-PARTY |
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| Silk dresses and frock-coats--A disappointed Colonel--The Royal procession--The chrysanthemums--I am presented--A Japanese play--Japanese royal sport--The Mikado and his subjects | [51–65] |
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| CHAPTER VI |
| JAPANESE LADIES |
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| Their habits and ways--Home life--The Honourable Bath--Count Ito and his wife--Old Japan--Loyalty to husbands--A mixed marriage--Curious customs--Japanese sayings | [66–82] |
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| CHAPTER VII |
| JAPANESE CHILDREN |
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| Boys and girls--Games--The Feast of Dolls--School life--The ‘Hina Matsuri’--The Feast of the Carp--The ‘Bon Matsuri,’ the festival for dead children | [83–97] |
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| CHAPTER VIII |
| SERVANTS IN JAPAN |
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| Their politeness--Frequency of their baths--Always ready for a nap--Mrs. Peter Potts | [98–108] |
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| CHAPTER IX |
| SOME FESTIVALS AND A FUNERAL |
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| The Imperial Silver Wedding--Parade of the troops--The wedding feast--The Chinese ball in Tokio--A gay assembly--A Royal funeral--Strange customs | [109–123] |
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| CHAPTER X |
| CHANG, MY CHOW |
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| His first appearance--Adventures and mishaps--Companions in the Hospital--Chang goes to church--Facing the enemy | [124–140] |
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| CHAPTER XI |
| FURTHER ADVENTURES OF CHANG |
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| The tale of a tub--Sayonara--Board-ship acquaintance--Queer company | [141–163] |
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| CHAPTER XII |
| PAUL AND VIRGINIA |
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| Life on a tea-estate--My animal friends--Two brown bears--Brutus, the monkey--Always in mischief--The Brazilian macaw | [164–176] |