Acknowledgment.

The author desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to the Rev. Harlan P. Beach for his invaluable criticisms and the kindly services rendered in the proof-reading and piloting of this new voyager through the press.

For the use of original photographs from which engravings have been made, and are here published for the first time, the author and the publishers desire to acknowledge their obligations to Mr. Robert E. Speer, Mr. William Henry Grant, Albert Peck, M.D., Rev. W. C. Longden, and Miss J. G. Evans.

Contents

PART I.—THE VILLAGE, ITS INSTITUTIONS, USAGES, AND PUBLIC CHARACTERS
CHAPTER PAGE
Glossary [11]
[I.]The Chinese Village [15]
[II.]Construction of Villages [20]
[III.]Village Nomenclature [30]
[IV.]Country Roads [35]
[V.]The Village Ferry [39]
[VI.]Village Wells [44]
[VII.]The Village Shop [49]
[VIII.]The Village Theatre [54]
[IX.]Village Schools and Travelling Scholars [70]
[X.]Chinese Higher Education—The Village High School—
Examinations—Recent Educational Edicts		 [110]
[XI.]Village Temples and Religious Societies [136]
[XII.]Coöperation in Religious Observances [141]
[XIII.]Coöperation in Markets and Fairs [146]
[XIV.]Coöperative Loan Societies [152]
[XV.]Societies for Watching the Crops [161]
[XVI.]Village and City Rain-making [169]
[XVII.]The Village Hunt [174]
[XVIII.]Village Weddings and Funerals [179]
[XIX.]New Year in Chinese Villages [196]
[XX.]The Village Bully [211]
[XXI.]Village Headmen [226]
PART II.—VILLAGE FAMILY LIFE
[XXII.]Village Boys and Men [237]
[XXIII.]Chinese Country Girls and Women [258]
[XXIV.]Monotony and Vacuity of Village Life [312]
[XXV.]Unstable Equilibrium of The Chinese Family [317]
[XXVI.]Instability from Family Disunity [324]
PART III—REGENERATION OF THE CHINESE VILLAGE
[XXVII.]What can Christianity Do for China? [341]
Index [353]

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