ELLA HART BENNETT.
1904.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | |
| ON THE WAY | |
| PAGE | |
| I start on my travels--A fair Theosophist--Life on an American liner--Arrival at New York--Delmonico’s---The Hotel Waldorf--Niagara Falls--Across the Lakes--The prairies--A quiet Sunday | [1–12] |
| CHAPTER II | |
| IN THE ROCKIES | |
| First sight of the Rockies--Stay at Banff--Indians and salmon--Arrival at Vancouver--The Empress of India--Chinese passengers--The missing day--A court-martial--First sight of Japan | [13–22] |
| CHAPTER III | |
| EARLY DAYS IN JAPAN | |
| A new friend--A Japanese dinner--Japanese temples--An earthquake--A fire in Yokohama | [23–32] |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| A JAPANESE HARROGATE | |
| A trip to the Japanese Harrogate--A curious travelling companion--A Japanese inn--A mountain ride--At the sulphur springs--A sulphur bath--A night in a tea-house--Sad news | [33–50] |
| CHAPTER V | |
| AN IMPERIAL GARDEN-PARTY | |
| Silk dresses and frock-coats--A disappointed Colonel--The Royal procession--The chrysanthemums--I am presented--A Japanese play--Japanese royal sport--The Mikado and his subjects | [51–65] |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| JAPANESE LADIES | |
| Their habits and ways--Home life--The Honourable Bath--Count Ito and his wife--Old Japan--Loyalty to husbands--A mixed marriage--Curious customs--Japanese sayings | [66–82] |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| JAPANESE CHILDREN | |
| Boys and girls--Games--The Feast of Dolls--School life--The ‘Hina Matsuri’--The Feast of the Carp--The ‘Bon Matsuri,’ the festival for dead children | [83–97] |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| SERVANTS IN JAPAN | |
| Their politeness--Frequency of their baths--Always ready for a nap--Mrs. Peter Potts | [98–108] |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| SOME FESTIVALS AND A FUNERAL | |
| The Imperial Silver Wedding--Parade of the troops--The wedding feast--The Chinese ball in Tokio--A gay assembly--A Royal funeral--Strange customs | [109–123] |
| CHAPTER X | |
| CHANG, MY CHOW | |
| His first appearance--Adventures and mishaps--Companions in the Hospital--Chang goes to church--Facing the enemy | [124–140] |
| CHAPTER XI | |
| FURTHER ADVENTURES OF CHANG | |
| The tale of a tub--Sayonara--Board-ship acquaintance--Queer company | [141–163] |
| CHAPTER XII | |
| PAUL AND VIRGINIA | |
| Life on a tea-estate--My animal friends--Two brown bears--Brutus, the monkey--Always in mischief--The Brazilian macaw | [164–176] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | ||
| A little Nasan appeared | [Frontispiece] | |
| In the Heart of the Rockies | [15] | |
| ‘Tum adain soone! sayonara!’ | [26] | |
| One of the Shinto Temples | [27] | |
| The Great Bronze Buddha | [28] | |
| We start for Kodzu | [35] | |
| Idaka, the Guide | [39] | |
| Prepared for the Night | [47] | |
| Our Invitation-cards were very large and thick | [53] | |
| The Gardens are very beautiful | [57] | |
| Quaint Signboards in some of the Streets, Tokio: Butcher’s, Umbrella Shop | [63] | |
| Quaint Signboards in some of the Streets, Tokio: Poultry and Egg Shop, Japanese Tailor | [64] | |
| ‘Many are distinctly pretty when young’ | [68] | |
| A Japanese Lady of the Upper Class | [69] | |
| A Tea-house Veranda | [72] | |
| ‘How picturesque they looked!’ | [84] | |
| Japanese Children | [87] | |
| Japanese Servants | [99] | |
| That Delightful Hotel in the Hills | [102] | |
| Three Friends | [125] | |
| The Garden of the Little Tea-house | [129] | |
| The Kind Old ‘Isha-san’ | [133] | |
| The Little House in the Forest | [137] | |
| Chang’s First Appearance | [140] | |
| Yum-Yum and Dodo | [141] | |
| The Monastery in the Rock | [143] | |
| Mystical ‘Fuji-Yama’ | [151] | |
| The Lotus Flower of Japan | [154] | |
| Arara | [173] | |
| Initials, Tailpieces, etc. | ||
An English Girl in Japan
CHAPTER I
ON THE WAY
I start on my travels--A fair Theosophist--Life on an American liner--Arrival at New York--Delmonico’s--The Hotel Waldorf--Niagara Falls--Across the Lakes--The prairies--A quiet Sunday.