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Title: Sidelights on Chinese Life
Author: J. Macgowan
Release Date: April 20, 2012 [eBook #39486]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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SIDELIGHTS ON CHINESE LIFE
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
The Imperial History of China
Being the History of the Empire as compiled by the Chinese Historians
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SIDELIGHTS
ON CHINESE LIFE
BY
Rev. J. MACGOWAN
London Missionary Society
AUTHOR OF “THE IMPERIAL HISTORY OF CHINA,”
“A DICTIONARY OF AMOY COLLOQUIAL,”
“PICTURES OF SOUTHERN CHINA,” ETC.
WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR
BY
MONTAGUE SMYTH
AND THIRTY-FOUR OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON
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CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | THE CHINAMAN | 1 |
| II. | FAMILY LIFE | 21 |
| III. | CHILD LIFE | 43 |
| IV. | RELIGIOUS FORCES IN CHINA | 65 |
| V. | SERVANTS | 94 |
| VI. | THE ADAPTABILITY AND TENACITY OF PURPOSE OF THE CHINESE | 112 |
| VII. | AMUSEMENTS | 131 |
| VIII. | THE FARMER | 150 |
| IX. | A RAMBLE THROUGH A CHINESE CITY | 175 |
| X. | HADES, OR THE LAND OF SHADOWS | 201 |
| XI. | A CHAPTER ON SOME OF THE MORE SHADY PROFESSIONS IN CHINESE LIFE | 224 |
| XII. | SCHOOLS, SCHOOL-MASTERS, AND |