THE ENGLISHMAN IN CHINA
DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA
AS ILLUSTRATED IN
THE CAREER OF
SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK, K.C.B., D.C.L.
MANY YEARS CONSUL AND MINISTER IN
CHINA AND JAPAN
BY
ALEXANDER MICHIE
AUTHOR OF
'THE SIBERIAN OVERLAND ROUTE,' 'MISSIONARIES
IN CHINA,' ETC.
VOL. II.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCC
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |||
| XIX. | JAPAN— | |||
| I. | THE TREATIES AND THEIR NEGOTIATORS | [1] | ||
| II. | THE OPERATION OF THE TREATIES | [12] | ||
| III. | ASSASSINATION PERIOD, 1860-61 | [34] | ||
| IV. | NEGOTIATIONS AND RENEWED ASSASSINATIONS, 1862-64 | [44] | ||
| V. | THE TYCOON'S DILEMMA | [60] | ||
| VI. | THE CRISIS | [75] | ||
| VII. | THE BIRTH OF NEW JAPAN | [92] | ||
| VIII. | THE DIPLOMATIC BODY—TSUSHIMA | [104] | ||
| IX. | TRADE AND TRADERS | [115] | ||
| XX. | SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK IN PEKING, 1865-1869— | |||
| I. | THE BRITISH LEGATION | [130] | ||
| II. | FOREIGN LIFE IN PEKING | [138] | ||
| III. | THE FOREIGN CUSTOMS UNDER THE PEKING CONVENTION | [156] | ||
| IV. | EMIGRATION | [168] | ||
| V. | KOREA | [175] | ||
| XXI. | THE REVISION OF THE TREATY— | |||
| I. | PREPARATION | [180] | ||
| II. | THE BURLINGAME MISSION | [192] | ||
| III. | CHINESE OUTRAGES—YANGCHOW AND FORMOSA | [198] | ||
| IV. | REVISION NEGOTIATIONS AND CONCLUSION | [210] | ||
| XXII. | MISSIONARY PROBLEM—TIENTSIN MASSACRE OF 1870 | [223] | ||
| XXIII. | THE EXPANSION OF INTERCOURSE— | |||
| I. | RUSSIA AND FRANCE ADVANCING | [250] | ||
| II. | JAPAN AGGRESSIVE | [255] | ||
| III. | KOREA OPENED | [256] | ||
| IV. | THE FIRST IMPERIAL AUDIENCE—SUCCESSION OF KWANGHSU | [260] | ||
| XXIV. | THE MURDER OF MR MARGARY, 1875—CHEFOO CONVENTION, 1876—RATIFICATION, 1885— | |||
| I. | THE MURDER OF MR MARGARY, 1875 | [265] | ||
| II. | CHEFOO CONVENTION, 1876 | [275] | ||
| III. | THE RATIFICATION, 1885 | [282] | ||
| XXV. | A CHAIN OF INCIDENTS— | |||
| I. | DISPUTE WITH RUSSIA RE KULDJA | [290] | ||
| II. | KOREAN IMBROGLIO, 1882-85 | [293] | ||
| III. | THE PORT HAMILTON EPISODE, 1885-87 | [303] | ||
| IV. | TIBET | [305] | ||
| V. | THE CRUISE OF THE SEVENTH PRINCE, 1886 | [312] | ||
| VI. | THE EMPEROR ASSUMES THE GOVERNMENT, 1889 | [318] | ||
| VII. | THE VISIT OF THE CZAREVITCH, 1891 | [321] | ||
| XXVI. | THE TONGKING QUARREL | [324] | ||
| XXVII. | THE FRENCH PROTECTORATE OF CHRISTIANS | [336] | ||
| XXVIII. | BRITISH SERVICES: DIPLOMATIC, CONSULAR, AND JUDICIAL | [353] | ||
| XXIX. | CHINA AND HER RULERS | [368] | ||
| XXX. | CHINA'S AWAKENING | [388] | ||
| XXXI. | THE COLLAPSE | [403] | ||
| XXXII. | THE RESETTLEMENT OF THE FAR EAST | [417] | ||
| XXXIII. | THE OUTCOME— | |||
| I. | THE SITUATION IN PEKING | [435] | ||
| II. | THE CHRONIC CAUSE | [440] | ||
| III. | IMMEDIATE PROVOCATION | [447] | ||
| IV. | THE DYNASTIC FACTOR | [455] | ||
| V. | THE CHINESE OUTBREAK | [461] | ||
| VI. | THE CRUX | [464] | ||
| XXXIV. | SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK'S LATER YEARS | [476] | ||
| INDEX | [490] | |||