Korea and her neighbors: A narrative of travel, with an account of the recent vicissitudes and present position of the country
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CHAPTER VIII NATURAL BEAUTY—THE RAPIDS
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CHAPTER IX KOREAN MARRIAGE CUSTOMS
CHAPTER X THE KOREAN PONY—KOREAN ROADS AND INNS
List of Illustrations.
CHAPTER XI DIAMOND MOUNTAIN MONASTERIES
CHAPTER XII ALONG THE COAST
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER
CHAPTER XIII IMPENDING WAR—EXCITEMENT AT CHEMULPO
KOREA And Her Neighbors
CHAPTER XIV DEPORTED TO MANCHURIA
CHAPTER XV A MANCHURIAN DELUGE—A PASSENGER CART—AN ACCIDENT
CHAPTER XVI MUKDEN AND ITS MISSIONS
CHAPTER XVII CHINESE TROOPS ON THE MARCH
CHAPTER XVIII NAGASAKI—WLADIVOSTOK
CHAPTER XIX KOREAN SETTLERS IN SIBERIA
CHAPTER XX THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD
CHAPTER XXI THE KING’S OATH—AN AUDIENCE
CHAPTER XXII A TRANSITION STAGE
CHAPTER XXIII THE ASSASSINATION OF THE QUEEN
CHAPTER XXIV BURIAL CUSTOMS
CHAPTER I FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF KOREA
CHAPTER XXV SONG-DO: A ROYAL CITY
CHAPTER XXVI THE PHYÖNG-YANG BATTLEFIELD
CHAPTER XXVII NORTHWARD HO!
CHAPTER XXVIII OVER THE AN-KIL YUNG PASS
CHAPTER XXIX SOCIAL POSITION OF WOMEN
CHAPTER XXX EXORCISTS AND DANCING WOMEN
CHAPTER XXXI THE HAIR-CROPPING EDICT
Preface.
CHAPTER XXXII THE REORGANIZED KOREAN GOVERNMENT[43]
CHAPTER XXXIII EDUCATION AND FOREIGN TRADE
CHAPTER XXXIV DÆMONISM OR SHAMANISM
CHAPTER II FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE CAPITAL
CHAPTER XXXV NOTES ON DÆMONISM CONCLUDED
CHAPTER XXXVI SEOUL IN 1897[59]
CHAPTER XXXVII LAST WORDS ON KOREA
APPENDIX A. MISSION STATISTICS FOR KOREA, 1896.
APPENDIX B Direct Foreign Trade of Korea, 1886-96
APPENDIX C Return of Principal Articles of Export (net) to Foreign Countries for the Years 1896-95
APPENDIX D
APPENDIX E
INDEX
Transcriber’s Note:
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CHAPTER III THE KUR-DONG
CHAPTER IV SEOUL, THE KOREAN MECCA
CHAPTER V THE SAILING OF THE SAMPAN
CHAPTER VI ON THE RIVER OF GOLDEN SAND
Author’s Prefatory Note.
CHAPTER VII VIEWS AFLOAT
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