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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION[9]
CHAPTER
I.EGYPTIAN WOMEN OF THE PAST[19]
II.THE MODERN EGYPTIAN WOMAN[39]
III.MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, POLYGAMY[56]
IV.THE WOMAN OF THE DESERT[69]
V.INDIAN SOCIAL LIFE[85]
VI.INDIAN HOME LIFE[100]
VII.MARRIAGE—THE GOAL OF WOMAN[113]
VIII.INDIAN MOTHERHOOD[130]
IX.WOMAN’S SORROW[143]
X.HYDERABAD AND THE MOHAMMEDAN WOMAN[154]
XI.MOHAMMEDANISM WITHIN THE ZENANA[170]
XII.BURMAH[179]
XIII.BURMESE RELIGION AND SUPERSTITION[200]
XIV.THE LADY OF CHINA[211]
XV.THE RED CHAIR OF MARRIAGE[240]
XVI.WHEN CHINESE WOMEN DIE[254]
XVII.CHANGING CHINA[260]
XVIII.JAPANESE WOMEN AT HOME[271]
CONCLUSION[307]

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DANCING GIRL OF JEYPORE[Frontispiece]
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“TWO WOMEN SHALL BE GRINDING AT THE MILL”[9]
EGYPTIAN WOMAN OF THE LOWER CLASS[19]
RAMESES AND HIS WIFE[20]
A WATER-CARRIER[36]
THE TAILOR[44]
A WOMAN OF THE MASSES[64]
CHILDREN ON THE NILE[66]
BEDOUIN WOMEN IN FRONT OF TENT[69]
A HOLY MAN, BENARES[96]
CRADLE IN VILLAGE, BARODA[132]
INDIAN WOMEN SPINNING[148]
A CARRIAGE FOR WOMEN[154]
MOHAMMEDAN WOMEN, HYDERABAD[170]
HUSKING RICE IN A BURMESE VILLAGE[179]
BURMESE GIRL[180]
DANCING AT A VILLAGE FESTIVAL, BURMAH[183]
A BUDDHIST SCHOOL MANDALAY (SHOWING BEGGING-BOWL)[194]
BURMESE BOY WITH TATTOOED LEGS[196]
EN ROUTE TO A FESTIVAL, BURMAH[198]
A BURMESE WOMAN AND HER CIGAR[206]
BURMESE WORKING WOMAN[208]
GOLDEN PAGODA, MANDALAY[210]
CHINESE WOMEN WARMING HANDS AND FEET WITH BRAZIERS[214]
CHINESE WOMEN AND CHAIR-BEARERS[218]
BOUND FEET OF CHINESE WOMAN[221]
AN OLD-FASHIONED CHINESE GIRLS’ SCHOOL[224]
WHEELBARROW AND COOLIE—USED IN PLACE OF WAGONS IN TOWNS AND COUNTRY VILLAGES NEAR SHANGHAI[236]
RAIN-COATS OF CHINESE WORKMEN[246]
RICE-BOATS ON CANAL, CHINA[260]
JAPANESE CHILDREN PLAYING[276]
AN OUTDOOR KITCHEN IN JAPAN[290]