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CONTENTS
- I. INTRODUCTORY. . . . . . . . . . 1
- II. AT THE PALACE . . . . . . . . 12
- III. A PLAY AT THE COURT . . . . .24
- IV. A LUNCHEON WITH THE EMPRESS . 39
- V. AN AUDIENCE WITH THE EMPRESS . 48
- VI. IN ATTENDANCE ON HER MAJESTY .55
- VII. SOME INCIDENTS OF THE COURT .73
- VIII. THE COURT LADIES. . . . . . 94
- IX. THE EMPEROR KWANG HSU . . . . 110
- X. THE YOUNG EMPRESS . . . . . . .131
- XI. OUR COSTUMES. . . . . . . . . 155
- XII. THE EMPRESS AND MRS. CONGER .172
- XIII. THE EMPRESS'S PORTRAIT. . . 203
- XIV. THE EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY. . . .240
- XV. THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL . . . 269
- XVI. THE SUMMER PALACE . . . . . .288
- XVII. THE AUDIENCE HALL . . . . . 312
- XVIII. THE NEW YEAR FESTIVALS. . .328
- XIX. THE SEA PALACE. . . . . . . .345
- XX. CONCLUSION. . . . . . . . . . 368
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