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Court Life In China

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I The Empress Dowager-Her Early Life

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II The Empress Dowager—Her Years of Training

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III The Empress Dowager—As a Ruler

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IV The Empress Dowager—As a Reactionist

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V The Empress Dowager—As a Reformer

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VI The Empress Dowager—As an Artist

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VII The Empress Dowager—As a Woman

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VIII Kuang Hsü—His Self-Development

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IX Kuang Hsü—As Emperor and Reformer

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X Kuang Hsü—As a Prisoner

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XI Prince Chün—The Regent

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XII The Home of the Court—The Forbidden City

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XIII The Ladies of the Court

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XIV The Princesses—Their Schools (Taken from Mrs. Headland's note-book.)

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XV The Chinese Ladies of Rank ([2] Taken from Mrs. Headland's note-book.)

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XVI The Social Life of the Chinese Woman

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XVII The Chinese Ladies—Their Ills ([4] Taken from Mrs. Headland's note-book.)

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XVIII The Funeral Ceremonies of a Dowager Princess ([5] Taken from Mrs. Headland's note-book.)

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XIX Chinese Princes and Officials

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XX Peking—The City of the Court

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XXI The Death of Kuang Hsü and the Empress Dowager

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XXII The Court and the New Education

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Court Life in China

THE CAPITAL, IT'S OFFICIALS AND PEOPLE

ISAAC TAYLOR HEADLAND, Professor in the Peking University

NEW YORK CHICAGO TORONTO Fleming H. Revell Company LONDON AND EDINBURGH

Copyright, 1909, by FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY SECOND EDITION ILLUSTRATED