Category: Travel Writing
PAGE The delight of exploring unknown lands--Saint Louis and the Tartars of olden times--The Anglo-French force enters Pekin--Terror of the "Red Devils"--The "Cup of Immortality"--The "Sons of Heaven"--Hong-Kong as it was and is--The Treaty of Tien-tsin--The game of "Morra"--F...
A child of four chosen Emperor--The power of the Empress Dowager--The Palace feud--The Palace at Pekin--A Frenchman's interview with the Emperor--The Emperor's person held sacre...
15. CHAPTER IThe delight of exploring unknown lands--Saint Louis and the Tartars of olden times--The Anglo-French force enters Pekin--Terror of the "Red Devils"--The "Cup of Immortality"--Th...
16. CHAPTER IITrip up the Shu-Kiang river--My fellow-passengers and their costumes--A damaged bell--Female peasants on the river-banks--I am caught up and carried off by a laughing virago--Ar...
24. CHAPTER XMissionary effort in China--First arrival of the Jesuits--Landing of Michael Roger--Adam Schaal appointed Chief Minister of State--The scientific work of the Jesuits--Affection...
19. CHAPTER VMy voyage to Macao--General appearance of the port--Gambling propensities of the Chinese--Compulsory emigration--Cruel treatment of coolies on board ship--Disaster on the Parace...
18. CHAPTER IVLao-Tsze and Confucius compared--The appearance of Kilin, the fabulous dragon, to the father of Confucius--Early life of the Philosopher--The death and funeral of his mother--Hi...
25. CHAPTER XIThe Great Wall--Its failure as a defence--Forced labour--Mode of construction--Shih-Hwang-Ti orders all books to be burnt--Mandarins flung into the flames--The _Shu-King_ is sav...
23. CHAPTER IXGreat commercial value of opium--Cultivation of the poppy--Exports of opium from India--What opium is--Preparation of the drug--Opinions on the English monopoly of the trade in...
20. CHAPTER VIFrench aspirations in Tonkin--Margary receives his instructions--Work already done on the Yang-tse--Margary is insulted at Paï-Chou--He awaits instructions in vain at Lo-Shan--T...
17. CHAPTER IIIGeneral Tcheng-Ki-Tong and his book on China--The monuments of China--Those the Chinese delight to honour--A Chinese heroine--Ingredients of the "Cup of Immortality"--Avenues of...
27. CHAPTER XIIIThe Founder of the Ch'ing dynasty--A broken-hearted widower--The Louis XIV. of China--The Will of Kang-Hy--Young-t-Ching appointed his successor--The character of the new Empero...
21. CHAPTER VIISir Thomas Wade demands his passports--Retires to man-of-war off Tien-tsin--Interviews with Li-Hung-Chang--Convention of Che-Foo--Description of Ichang on the Yang-tse--The Manc...
22. CHAPTER VIIII land at Shanghai--The Celestial who had never heard of Napoleon--Total value of exports and imports to and from Shanghai--What those exports and imports are--The devotion of t...
26. CHAPTER XIIFall of the Mongol dynasty--The son of a labourer chosen Emperor--He founds the Ming dynasty--Choo becomes Tae-tsoo, and rules with great wisdom--He dies and leaves his kingdom...
14. CHAPTER XIVA child of four chosen Emperor--The power of the Empress Dowager--The Palace feud--The Palace at Pekin--A Frenchman's interview with the Emperor--The Emperor's person held sacre...
10. CHAPTER XMissionary effort in China--First arrival of the Jesuits--Landing of Michael Roger--Adam Schaal appointed Chief Minister of State--The scientific work of the Jesuits--Affection...
2. CHAPTER IITrip up the Shu-Kiang river--My fellow-passengers and their costumes--A damaged bell--Female peasants on the river-banks--I am caught up and carried off by a laughing virago--Ar...
4. CHAPTER IVLao-Tsze and Confucius compared--The appearance of Kilin, the fabulous dragon, to the father of Confucius--Early life of the Philosopher--The death and funeral of his mother--Hi...
5. CHAPTER VMy voyage to Macao--General appearance of the port--Gambling propensities of the Chinese--Compulsory emigration--Cruel treatment of coolies on board ship--Disaster on the Parace...
1. CHAPTER IPAGE The delight of exploring unknown lands--Saint Louis and the Tartars of olden times--The Anglo-French force enters Pekin--Terror of the "Red Devils"--The "Cup of Immortality...
11. CHAPTER XIThe Great Wall--Its failure as a defence--Forced labour--Mode of construction--Shih-Hwang-Ti orders all books to be burnt--Mandarins flung into the flames--The _Shu-King_ is sav...
7. CHAPTER VIISir Thomas Wade demands his passports--Retires to man-of-war off Tien-tsin--Interviews with Li-Hung-Chang--Convention of Che-Foo--Description of Ichang on the Yang-tse--The Manc...
9. CHAPTER IXGreat commercial value of opium--Cultivation of the poppy--Exports of opium from India--What opium is--Preparation of the drug--Opinions on the English monopoly of the trade in...
8. CHAPTER VIIII land at Shanghai--The Celestial who had never heard of Napoleon--Total value of exports and imports to and from Shanghai--What those exports and imports are--The devotion of t...
13. CHAPTER XIIIThe Founder of the Ch'ing dynasty--A broken-hearted widower--The Louis XIV. of China--The Will of Kang-Hy--Young-t-Ching appointed his successor--The character of the new Empero...
6. CHAPTER VIFrench aspirations in Tonkin--Margary receives his instructions--Work already done on the Yang-tse--Margary is insulted at Paï-Chou--He awaits instructions in vain at Lo-Shan--T...
12. CHAPTER XIIFall of the Mongol dynasty--The son of a labourer chosen Emperor--He founds the Ming dynasty--Choo becomes Tae-tsoo, and rules with great wisdom--He dies and leaves his kingdom...
3. CHAPTER IIIGeneral Tcheng-Ki-Tong and his book on China--The monuments of China--Those the Chinese delight to honour--A Chinese heroine--Ingredients of the "Cup of Immortality"--Avenues of...