Contents

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Introductory Chapter[11]
I.First Impressions of Korea[23]
II.First Impressions of the Capital[35]
III.The Kur-dong[49]
IV.Seoul, the Korean Mecca[59]
V.The Sailing of the Sampan[66]
VI.On the River of Golden Sand[71]
VII.Views Afloat[82]
VIII.Natural Beauty—The Rapids[98]
IX.Korean Marriage Customs[114]
X.The Korean Pony—Korean Roads and Inns[121]
XI.Diamond Mountain Monasteries[133]
XII.Along the Coast[150]
XIII.Impending War—Excitement at Chemulpo[177]
XIV.Deported to Manchuria[185]
XV.A Manchurian Deluge—A Passenger Cart—An Accident[192]
XVI.Mukden and its Missions[199]
XVII.Chinese Troops on the March[206]
XVIII.Nagasaki—Wladivostok[213]
XIX.Korean Settlers in Siberia[223]
XX.The Trans-Siberian Railroad[239]
XXI.The King’s Oath—An Audience[245]
XXII.A Transition Stage[261]
XXIII.The Assassination of the Queen[269]
XXIV.Burial Customs[283]
XXV.Song-do: A Royal City[292]
XXVI.The Phyong-yang Battlefield[301]
XXVII.Northward Ho![320]
XXVIII.Over the An-kil Yung Pass[330]
XXIX.Social Position of Women[338]
XXX.Exorcists and Dancing Women[344]
XXXI.The Hair-cropping Edict[359]
XXXII.The Reorganized Korean Government[371]
XXXIII.Education and Foreign Trade[387]
XXXIV.Dæmonism or Shamanism[399]
XXXV.Notes on Dæmonism Concluded[409]
XXXVI.Seoul in 1897[427]
XXXVII.Last Words on Korea[445]
Appendixes[461]
Appendix A.—Mission Statistics for Korea 1896.
Appendix B.—Direct Foreign Trade of Korea 1886-95.
Appendix C.—Return of Principal Articles of Export for the years 1896-95.
Appendix D.—Population of Treaty Ports.
Appendix E.—Treaty between Japan and Russia, with reply of H.E., the Korean Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Index[475]