| CHAPTER I | |
| PAGE | |
| Description of China; Her Early History; Tartar Garrisons;Chinese Soldiers; Family Life; Power of Parents; Foot-Binding | [1] |
| CHAPTER II | |
| Marriage Customs; Ancestral Halls; Official Hierarchy;Competitive Examinations; Taxation; Punishments; Torture;Story of Circumstantial Evidence | [15] |
| CHAPTER III | |
| Gradations of Chinese Society; Agriculture; Fung Sui;Pawn Offices; River Boats and Junks; The Bore at Haining;Fishing Industry; Piracy on Rivers; Li Hung Chang; TheWest River; Temples of the Seven Star Hills; Howlick | [33] |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| The Yangtze; Opium; Conclusions of Singapore Commission;British and German Trade in the Far East; Town and CountryLife; Chinese Cities; Peking; Temple of Agriculture;Spring Ceremony of Ploughing by the Emperor and his Court | [56] |
| CHAPTER V | |
| Peasant Cultivators; Religious Beliefs; Theatricals; Famine;Life in Coast Cities; Canton; Guild-Houses; Beggar Guild;Official Reception by Viceroy; Chinese Writing; Life ofan Official | [72] |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| Houses of Wealthy Inhabitants; Flower-Boats; ReformMovement among Chinese Women; Shanghai Women'sConvention; Women's Superstitions; Chinese Ladies;Fashions; Visiting | [100] |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| General Description of Hong Kong; Happy Valley; PeakDistrict; Night View of Harbour; Typhoon; Energy ofSurvivors; The Streets; Early Morning Life of the City;Chinese Workmen; The Barber; The Sawyer; The Stonecutter;The Coolie; Gambling; Some Street Games | [111] |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| Dragon-Boat Races; Festival at Macao; New Year; NewYear Customs; Hong Kong Races; Curious Forms ofGambling; Charitable Institutions of Hong Kong; TheFuture of China | [126] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By MORTIMER MENPES, R.I., R.E.
| 1. | A Shoemaker | [Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | ||
| 2. | A Quiet Canal | [8] |
| 3. | A Student | [17] |
| 4. | Sampans | [24] |
| 5. | Chopsticks | [33] |
| 6. | On the Way to Market | [40] |
| 7. | A Grandfather | [49] |
| 8. | A Summer House | [56] |
| 9. | A Quiet Game of Draughts | [65] |
| 10. | Waiting for Customers | [72] |
| 11. | A Chinese Girl | [89] |
| 12. | Junks at Eventide | [96] |
| 13. | A Typical Street Scene | [105] |
| 14. | A Street Stall | [112] |
| 15. | On a Backwater | [121] |
| 16. | A Temple | [128] |
Also 64 Facsimile Reproductions in Black and White
These Illustrations were Engraved and Printed by the Menpes Printing Company, Ltd., Watford, under the personal supervision of Miss Maud Menpes
CHINA