ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE SECOND VOLUME.
| PAGE | |
| SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK | [Frontispiece] |
| LORD ELGIN | [6] |
| PRINCE KUNG | [134] |
| WÊNSIANG | [136] |
| MANCHU (TARTAR) WOMEN | [138] |
| MANCHU WOMEN | [140] |
| CHINESE WOMEN | [142] |
| CHINESE STREET SCENE DURING RAINY SEASON | [144] |
| LI HUNG-CHANG AT THE AGE OF FIFTY | [184] |
| RUINS OF FRENCH CATHEDRAL AT TIENTSIN, BURNED JUNE 20, 1870 | [240] |
| PEI-T'ANG CATHEDRAL IN PEKING, PURCHASED BY CHINESE GOVERNMENT | [340] |
| MINISTERS OF THE YAMÊN OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: H.E. SHÊN KUEI-FÊN; H.E. TUNG HSÜN; H.E. MAO CHANG-TSI | [416] |
MAPS.
| BAY OF YEDO | [4] |
| MAP OF EASTERN ASIA | [At end] |
In the contents under chapter xix. the date of Commodore Perry's expedition is by a misprint given as 1883-84 instead of 1853-54.
THE ENGLISHMAN IN CHINA.
CHAPTER XIX.
JAPAN.
I. THE TREATIES AND THEIR NEGOTIATORS.
Commodore Perry's expedition, 1853-54—Townsend Harris—Count Poutiatine—Lord Elgin—The treaties of 1858—The solidarity of Western Powers—The practical attitude of the Japanese—Their yielding to circumstances—The condition of the country—The character of the people—Nagasaki—The Dutch—Their two hundred years' imprisonment.