General Description The Eighteen Provinces The Products of China How the Chinese are Governed Examinations: How Officers are Appointed The Tie that Binds The Belief in Spirits The Chinese People Marriage, Birth, and Death The Chinese at Home A Chinese City What Boys Learn at School Games and Holidays The Deluge as Told by the Chinese Brief History of China Confucius, 551-479 B.C. Early Intercourse with China European Explorers in China The Dutch in China and What they Did. Russia's Object in China Americans in China What the British Ask of China First War Between Great Britain and China The Tae-Ping Rebellion How a Poor Boy Made a Name Lu Hung Chang Kuang Hsu, The Illustrious Successor The Last Years of Manchu Rule, 1899-1912 From Monarch to Republic, 1912-1921