TEA ITS MYSTERY AND HISTORY.

CONTENTS.

NOTES ON THE CHINESE LANGUAGE.

EXTRACT FROM Mr. LO FONG LOH’S JOURNAL.

TEA ITS MYSTERY AND HISTORY.

CHAPTER I. LEGENDARY ORIGIN OF THE PLANT.

CHAPTER II. INTRODUCTION OF TEA INTO ENGLAND.

CHAPTER III. APPRECIATION OF THE LEAF.

CHAPTER IV. THE PLANT BOTANICALLY CONSIDERED.

CHAPTER V. HISTORY OF THE TEA TRADE.

CHAPTER VI. THE COLOURING OF THE LEAF.

CHAPTER VII. SOCIAL CHARACTER OF THE BEVERAGE.

CHAPTER VIII. THE “DRINK OF HEALTH.”

CHAPTER IX. THE VIRTUES OF THE LEAF.

CHAPTER X. A CUP OF TEA.

Transcriber’s Notes