CHAPTER XIV

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 sacred--Coming of age of the Emperor--An enlightened proclamation--Reception of the foreign ministers in 1889--Education of the young monarch--He goes to do homage at the tombs of his ancestors--A wife is chosen for him--His secondary wives--China, the battle-ground of the future--Railway concessions 251

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1. VIEW OF HONG-KONG TAKEN FROM ABOVE THE TOWN 3 2. CHINESE SOLDIERS 5 3. CHINESE WEAPONS 6 4. CHINESE HELMET AND QUIVER 7 5. A YOUNG CHINESE WOMAN 8 6. A CHINESE COURTESAN 9 7. HWANG-TIEN-SHANG-TI, THE GOD OF HEAVEN 11 8. A CHINESE MANDARIN 15 9. ANCIENT CHINESE COSTUMES 17 10. ANCIENT CHINESE COSTUMES 18 11. A YOUNG CHINESE POET 21 12. A NAUGHTY PUPIL 28 13. A CHINESE BRIDGE SPANNING THE HOANG-HO 31 14. A PAGODA 34 15. A STREET IN CANTON 40 16. A WOMAN OF THE PEOPLE WITH HER BABY 41 17. A CHINESE MANDARIN 42 18. A GONG-RINGER 43 19. A CHINESE ACTOR 44 20. A CHINESE ACTOR IN A TRAGIC PART 47 21. A VILLA NEAR CANTON 51 22. GENERAL TCHENG-KI-TONG 58 23. LAO-TSZE 67 24. THE HOUSE IN WHICH CONFUCIUS WAS BORN 75 25. PORTRAIT OF CONFUCIUS 76 26. A FUNERAL PROCESSION IN CHINA 77 27. CHINESE TOMBS 78 28. A CHINESE CEMETERY 80 29. A YOUNG CHINESE MARRIED LADY 88 30. A MARRIAGE PROCESSION 92 31. A DESPERATE MAN 94 32. THE TOMB OF CONFUCIUS 95 33. CHINESE PEASANT CRUSHING RICE 122 34. A CHINESE FERRYMAN 124 35. A MANDARIN'S HOUSE 127 36. PORTRAIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY LI-HUNG-CHANG 138 37. ICHANG 141 38. A CHINESE DYER AT WORK 143 39. A CHINESE VISITING CARD 144 40. A CHINESE RESTAURANT. AFTER THE REPAST 156 41. A CHINESE JUNK 165 42. AN OPIUM-SMOKER 179 43. OPIUM PIPES 181 44. REQUISITES FOR OPIUM-SMOKING 183 45. A TEMPLE AT TIEN-TSIN 195 46. THE GREAT WALL 206 47. BURNING OF MANDARINS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, BY ORDER OF SHIH-KWANG-TI 209 48. A STREET IN PEKIN 214 49. NIGHT-WATCHMEN IN PEKIN 216 50. A CHINESE GENERAL IN HIS WAR-CHARIOT 220 51. PORCELAIN TOWER AT NANKING 222 52. MONOLITHS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE TOMBS OF THE MING EMPERORS 231 53. CHINESE BRONZES 233 54. PORTRAIT OF ONE OF THE CHINESE EMPERORS OF THE CH'ING DYNASTY, PROBABLY KIEN-LONG 242 55. ONE OF THE REGENTS DURING THE MINORITY OF TUNG-CHE 249 56. A CHINESE SEDAN-CHAIR AND BEARERS 255 57. A BONZE TORTURING HIMSELF IN A TEMPLE, AFTER A CHINESE PAINTING 260 58. THE TOWN AND BRIDGE OF FUCHAN 265

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