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ILLUSTRATIONS

• The Princess Der Ling in evening costume Frontispiece
• North view of the Summer Palace. . . . . . 14
• Pai Lou (archway)-Summer Palace. . . . . . 14
• The Empress Dowager in her one hundred butterfly robe. . 22
• In front of the Pan Yuin De'en Palace. . . 40
• View taken from Pei Yeun Dien. . . . . . . 52
• The Empress Dowager dressed in her bamboo-leaf
  embroidered robe. . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
• The Empress Dowager, Lady Yü, and Lady Roong
  Ling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
• The Empress Dowager in one of her boats on the
  Lotus Lake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
• Her Imperial Majesty in her yellow dragon robe . . 112
• Her Imperial Majesty walking to the theatre after
  the morning audience. . . . . . . . . . .148
• Bridge at the Summer Palace. . . . . . . .172
• The Jade Girdle Bridge-Summer Palace . . .172
• East side of the lake inside the Summer Palace . . 186
• Stand erected for foreigners . . . . . . .186
• The writer assisting Her Majesty . . . . .220
• The Empress of China dressed as the Goddess of
  Mercy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
• Emperor's coffin carried by "600'' pole bearers . . 300
• Umbrella carriers in the funeral . . . . .300
• Foreigners in front of stand waiting for the funeral . 340
• Flag carriers in the funeral . . . . . . .340