Chinese Villagers at Home [Frontispiece.]
Southern Village Scene
A Detail—The Village Well
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Sawyers Preparing Lumber
Itinerant Blacksmith’s Employed by Villagers
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The Village Cobbler
Village Broom-Maker
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Waiting for the Boat
Crossing the Ferry
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Strings of Chinese Cash
Preparing the Strings
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Threshing
An Afternoon Siesta
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The World’s Oldest Sacred Mountain, T‘ai Shan
Scenery Along the River Lin
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Going to Market
Chinese Market Scene
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Crop-Watcher’s Lodge
Reaping Millet
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A Bridal Pair
Temporary Funeral Pavilion
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Entrance to a Yamen
Chinese Court of Justice
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Chinese Punch and Judy
The Village Story-Teller
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Women Preparing Food
On the Way to the Feast
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One of China’s Parasites—A Beggar
One of Her Sources of Strength—A Carpenter
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Little Old People
Going to a Christian School
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Glossary

Boy, a term used by foreigners in China to denote the head-servant, irrespective of his age.

Cash, Chinese copper coin with a square hole for stringing. The value of a single cash may be taken as one-thousandth of a Mexican dollar. The cash vary greatly in size. A “string” theoretically consists of a thousand cash, but in many regions has but five hundred. The latter variety is at present equal to one-third of a gold dollar.

Catty, a Chinese pound, equal by treaty to one and one-third pounds avoirdupois.

Chin-shih, “Entered Scholar.” The third literary degree; Doctor in Literature.

Chou, a Sub-prefecture, sometimes with Districts under it, and often without them.

Chü-Jên, “Selected man.” The second full literary degree; a Master of Arts.