XX.[ Hinduism--and the Himalayas] 198

Theoretical vs. Practical Hinduism

The Kalighat Temple, Calcutta

Human Sacrifices

Two Indian Places of Worship: A Contrast

A Visit to Benares

Burning the Bodies of the Dead

"Religion" as It Is in Benares

The Himalayas: A New and Happier Subject.
XXI.[ "The Poor Benighted Hindus"] 210

India's Enormous Population

"The Wealth of the Indies" a Romance

A Typical Indian Village

No Chairs, Mattresses, Knives, or Forks Used

Where It Is 105 at Midnight

"Gunga Din" in Evidence

The Lady of Banbury Cross Outdone.
XXII.[Hindu Farming and Farm Life] 218

Primitive Tools Used by Farmers

What Crops Are Grown

Where Drought Means Death

Reducing the Ravages of Famine

Usury and a Remedy

Where America Is Behind

Landowner and Farm Laborer

Salaam, O Little Folk!
XXIII. [The Caste System in India] 226

No Man May Rise Higher, but May Fall Lower

How Fatalism Sustains Caste

Contamination by Touch

A Bone Collector's Pride of Rank

The "Thief Caste"

Caste and the Banyan Tree

A Maharaja's Defence of Caste

Some Forces That Are Battering Down the System

Foreign Travel Weakening Caste.
XXIV[The Plight of the Hindu Woman] 236

"Woman Is Not to Be Trusted"

Twelve-year-old Brides and Bridegrooms

A Wedding Procession in Agra {xvi}

5000 Rupees for a Wedding Feast

The Plight of the Child-wives

Cruel Treatment of Widows

The Picture Not Wholly Dark

One Worthy Tribute to the Grace of Woman.
XXV.[More Leaves from an India Notebook] 246

Some Historic Indian Cities

India No More Homogeneous than Europe

English Rule: An Interview with Mr. Krishnaswami Iyer

Indian Wealth in a Few Hands

16 Cents a Day an Incredibly High Wage

No Horses on Indian Farms

Bombay a Great Cotton Market

The Story of a Man-eater

A Snake Story to End With.
XXVI.[What the Orient May Teach Us] 261

Conservation the Keynote

What Neglect of Her Forests Has Cost China

Forestry Lessons from Japan and Korea

Conserving Individual Wealth

The Essential Immorality of Waste

Avoiding the Wastes of War

Preserving Our Physical Stamina and Racial Strength

A Lesson from China

Patriotism as a Moral Force

The Coming "Conflict of Color"

Oriental vs. Occidental Ideals.

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ILLUSTRATIONS

[Count Shige-Nobu Okuma of Japan] Frontispiece

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[The Giant Avenue of Cryptomerias at Nikko] 13
[Typical Japanese Costumes and Temple Architecture] 14
[Japanese Farming Scenes] 19
[Japanese School Children] 20
[The Great Buddha (Diabutsu) at Kamakura] 53
[The Degenerate Koreans at Rest and at Work] 54
[Like Scenes from Our Western Prairies] 81
[Manchurian Women (showing peculiar head-dress)] 82
[Chinese Waste-paper Collector] 82
[Pu Yi the Son of Heaven and Emperor of the Middle Kingdom] 105
[How China Is Dealing with Opium Intemperance] 106
[A Man-made Desert]117
[Pumping Water for Irrigation]117
[Transportation and Travel in China] 118
[Fashionable Chinese Dinner Party] 137
[How Lumber Is Sawed in the Orient] 137
[A Quotation from Confucius]138
[The Great Wall of China]147
[Chinese Woman's Ruined Feet]147
[Chinese School Children]148
[The American Consulate at Antung] 148
[A Filipino's Home]157
[The Carabao, the Work-stock of the Filipinos] 158
[An Old Spanish Cathedral]158
[Society Belles of Mindanao, Philippine Islands] 181
[A Street Scene in Manila]181
[Two Kinds of Workers in Burma]182
[Types at Darjeeling, Northern India, and at Delhi, Central India]205
[Two Rangoon Types]206
[A Hindu Faquir]213
[Some Fashionable Hindus]213
[Hindu Children]214
[The Taj Mahal from the Entrance Gate]241
[Gunga Din on Dress Parade]242
[Bathing in the Sacred Ganges at Benares]249
[The Battle-scarred and World-famous Residency at Lucknow]250
[Burning the Bodies of Dead Hindus]255
[An Indian Camel Cart]255
[Travel in India]256