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FORTY YEARS IN SOUTH CHINA
INTRODUCTION.
PREFACE.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CONTENTS
I. THE ANCESTRAL HOME
II. CALL TO CHINA AND VOYAGE HENCE
III. THE CITY OF THE "ELEGANT GATE"[*]
- DESCRIPTION OF AMOY AND AMOY ISLAND
  - ANCESTRAL WORSHIP
  - INFANTICIDE
  - IS CHINA TO BE WON, AND HOW?
  - WORSHIP OF THE EMPEROR.
- ANCESTRAL WORSHIP
- INFANTICIDE
- IS CHINA TO BE WON, AND HOW?
- WORSHIP OF THE EMPEROR.
IV. LIGHT AND SHADE.
- THE CHIANG-CHIU VALLEY.
  - BREAKING AND BURNING OF IDOLS.
  - THE CHINESE BOAT RACE AND ITS ORIGIN.
  - THE CHINESE BEGGAR SYSTEM.
  - TWO NOBLE MEN SUMMONED HENCE.
- BREAKING AND BURNING OF IDOLS.
- THE CHINESE BOAT RACE AND ITS ORIGIN.
- THE CHINESE BEGGAR SYSTEM.
- TWO NOBLE MEN SUMMONED HENCE.
V. AT THE FOOT OF THE BAMBOOS
- OPIUM.
  - ROMANIZED COLLOQUIAL.
  - CHINESE SENSE OF SIN.
  - PRIMITIVE LAMPS
  - ZEALOUS CONVERTS.
  - THE TERM QUESTION.
  - WHAT IT COSTS A CHINESE TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN.
  - PERSECUTED FOR CHRIST'S SAKE.
  - "HE IS ONLY A BEGGAR."
  - PRINTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
  - CARRIER PIGEONS.
- ROMANIZED COLLOQUIAL.
- CHINESE SENSE OF SIN.
- PRIMITIVE LAMPS
- ZEALOUS CONVERTS.
- THE TERM QUESTION.
- WHAT IT COSTS A CHINESE TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN.
- PERSECUTED FOR CHRIST'S SAKE.
- "HE IS ONLY A BEGGAR."
- PRINTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
- CARRIER PIGEONS.
VI. THE "LITTLE KNIFE" INSURRECTION
- THE "LITTLE KNIFE" INSURRECTION.
  - HOW THE CHINESE FIGHT.
- HOW THE CHINESE FIGHT.
VII. THE BLOSSOMING DESERT.
- SI-BOO'S ZEAL.
  - AN APPEAL FOR A MISSIONARY.
- AN APPEAL FOR A MISSIONARY.
VIII. CHURCH UNION.
IX. CHURCH UNION (CONTINUED).
X. THE ANTI-MISSIONARY AGITATION.
XI. THE LAST TWO DECADES.
- FORTY CONTINUOUS YEARS IN HEATHENISM.
  - "AUGUST 8, 1877.
  - CHINESE GRANDILOQUENCE.
- "AUGUST 8, 1877.
- CHINESE GRANDILOQUENCE.
XII. IN MEMORIAM.
- DR. TALMAGE-THE MAN.
  - DR. TALMAGE-THE MISSIONARY.
  - VENERABLE TEACHER TALMAGE.
  - REV. JOHN VAN NEST TALMAGE, D.D.
  - THE REV. J. V. N. TALMAGE, D.D..
  - REV. JOHN VAN NEST TALMAGE, D.D.
- DR. TALMAGE-THE MISSIONARY.
- VENERABLE TEACHER TALMAGE.
- REV. JOHN VAN NEST TALMAGE, D.D.
- THE REV. J. V. N. TALMAGE, D.D..
- REV. JOHN VAN NEST TALMAGE, D.D.
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