LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| TO FACE PAGE | |
| SIR ROBERT HART | [frontispiece] |
| WHITE PAGODA IN THE TEMPLE OF LINGUA SU | [2] |
| HERBERT SQUIERS | [14] |
| RUSSIAN MARINE GUARD | [16] |
| CAPTAIN McCALLA COMMANDING THE AMERICAN MARINES | [16] |
| CH’IEN MEN GATE | [24] |
| BARON VON KETTELER | [26] |
| BARRICADE BETWEEN THE AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN LEGATIONS | [30] |
| READING THE SENTENCE OF DEATH TO THE BOXERS CAUGHT IN THE RUSSIAN LEGATION | [30] |
| THE TSUNG-LI YAMEN | [44] |
| BARRICADE ACROSS THE CANAL TO THE FU | [50] |
| SANDBAG BARRICADE IN AMERICAN LEGATION | [50] |
| MRS. R. S. HOOKER | [68] |
| CAPTAIN JOHN T. MYERS | [100] |
| MRS. SQUIERS | [110] |
| LOADING THE “INTERNATIONAL” | [116] |
| AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN MARINES AT WORK ON THE BARRICADE. BARON VON RAHDEN ON THE RIGHT | [116] |
| SIR CLAUDE MACDONALD | [120] |
| EDWIN H. CONGER | [136] |
| A GATE INTO THE IMPERIAL CITY | [154] |
| GENERAL A. R. CHAFFEE | [160] |
| GENERAL SIR ALFRED GASELEE | [176] |
| THE RESULT OF THE SIEGE: IN THE AMERICAN MINISTER’S HOUSE | [192] |
| THE RESULT OF THE SIEGE: FRENCH LEGATION RUINS | [192] |
| MRS. HOOKER, MISS ARMSTRONG, LADY MACDONALD’S LITTLE GIRLS, FARGO SQUIERS, AND COLONEL ARTHUR CHURCHILL | [196] |
| COAL HILL | [202] |
THE FORBIDDEN (PURPLE) CITY IMPERIAL CITY