Chapter 1

LETTERS WRITTEN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, 1916

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I POOR OLD CHINA 3

II PEKING 13

III CIVILIZATION 24

IV RACE ANTAGONISMS 29

V SPHERES OF INFLUENCE 39

VI ON THE SACREDNESS OF FOREIGNERS 50

VII DONKEYS GENERALLY 61

VIII ADVISERS AND ADVICE 71

IX CHINESE HOUSES 77

X HOW IT'S DONE IN CHINA 86

XI THE LAO-HSI-KAI OUTRAGE 94

XII THE LAO-HSI-KAI AFFAIR 101

XIII THE LAO-HSI-KAI "INCIDENT" 108