| CHAPTER I |
| PAGE |
| Description of China; Her Early History; Tartar Garrisons;Chinese Soldiers; Family Life; Power of Parents; Foot-Binding | [1] |
| CHAPTER II |
| Marriage Customs; Ancestral Halls; Official Hierarchy;Competitive Examinations; Taxation; Punishments; Torture;Story of Circumstantial Evidence | [15] |
| CHAPTER III |
| Gradations of Chinese Society; Agriculture; Fung Sui;Pawn Offices; River Boats and Junks; The Bore at Haining;Fishing Industry; Piracy on Rivers; Li Hung Chang; TheWest River; Temples of the Seven Star Hills; Howlick | [33] |
| CHAPTER IV |
| The Yangtze; Opium; Conclusions of Singapore Commission;British and German Trade in the Far East; Town and CountryLife; Chinese Cities; Peking; Temple of Agriculture;Spring Ceremony of Ploughing by the Emperor and his Court | [56] |
| CHAPTER V |
| Peasant Cultivators; Religious Beliefs; Theatricals; Famine;Life in Coast Cities; Canton; Guild-Houses; Beggar Guild;Official Reception by Viceroy; Chinese Writing; Life ofan Official | [72] |
| CHAPTER VI |
| Houses of Wealthy Inhabitants; Flower-Boats; ReformMovement among Chinese Women; Shanghai Women'sConvention; Women's Superstitions; Chinese Ladies;Fashions; Visiting | [100] |
| CHAPTER VII |
| General Description of Hong Kong; Happy Valley; PeakDistrict; Night View of Harbour; Typhoon; Energy ofSurvivors; The Streets; Early Morning Life of the City;Chinese Workmen; The Barber; The Sawyer; The Stonecutter;The Coolie; Gambling; Some Street Games | [111] |
| CHAPTER VIII |
| Dragon-Boat Races; Festival at Macao; New Year; NewYear Customs; Hong Kong Races; Curious Forms ofGambling; Charitable Institutions of Hong Kong; TheFuture of China | [126] |