Chinese Sketches

by Herbert Allen Giles

CHINESE SKETCHES

by Herbert A. Giles

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CONTENTS

[ PREFACE ]

[ CHINESE SKETCHES ]

[ THE DEATH OF AN EMPEROR ]

[ THE POSITION OF WOMEN ]

[ ETIQUETTE ]

[ ETIQUETTE, NO. II ]

[ LITERATURE ]

[ EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE ]

[ DENTISTRY ]

[ MEDICAL SCIENCE ]

[ MEDICAL SCIENCE, NO. II ]

[ LOAN SOCIETIES ]

[ GUILDS ]

[ PAWNBROKERS ]

[ POSTAL SERVICE ]

[ SLANG ]

[ FORTUNE-TELLING ]

[ GAMES AND GAMBLING ]

[ JURISPRUDENCE ]

[ JURISPRUDENCE, NO. II ]

[ BUDDHIST PRIESTS ]

[ RESPECT FOR THE WRITTEN CHARACTER ]

[ SUPERSTITION ]

[ NATURAL PHENOMENA ]

[ CELEBRATION OF THE NEW YEAR ]

[ THE FEAST OF LANTERNS ]

[ OPIUM SMOKING ]

[ THIEVING ]

[ LYING ]

[ SUICIDE ]

[ TORTURE ]

[ FENG-SHUI ]

[ MONEY ]

[ A DINNER-PARTY ]

[ FEMALE CHILDREN ]

[ TRAVEL ]

[ PREDESTINATION ]

[ JOURNALISM ]

[ FUNERALS ]

[ INQUESTS ]

[ INQUESTS, NO. II ]

[ CHRISTIANITY ]

[ ANTI-CHRISTIAN LYRICS ]

[ CONCLUSION ]

"The institutions of a despised people cannot be judged with fairness."

Spencer's Sociology: The Bias of Patriotism.