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Table of Contents

Cover
Title page(p. 1)
Copyright(p. 2)
Table of Contents(pp. 3-4)
Dedication(p. 5)
Introductory(pp. 6-10)
I. My Presentation and First Day at the Chinese Court(pp. 11-24)
II. Personal Appearance of Her Majesty(pp. 25-32)
III. The Palace of the Emperor’s Father(pp. 33-37)
IV. Her Majesty’s Throne-Room—Some Personal Characteristics(pp. 38-44)
V. The Young Empress and Ladies of the Court(pp. 45-51)
VI. Continuation of the Portrait—Her Majesty’s Dogs(pp. 52-56)
VII. Festivities at Court(pp. 57-62)
VIII. His Majesty the Emperor Kwang-Hsu(pp. 63-70)
IX. The Emperor’s Birthday(pp. 71-81)
X. Peking—The Sea Palace(pp. 82-91)
XI. Some Characteristics of Her Majesty(pp. 92-99)
Return to the Summer Palace(pp. 100-103)
XIII. The Steam-Launch(pp. 104-108)
XIV. The Palace Eunuchs(pp. 109-113)
XV. The Literary Tastes and Accomplishments of the Empress Dowager(pp. 114-123)
XVI. The Great Audience Hall(pp. 124-129)
XVII. The Summer Palace and Its Grounds(pp. 130-134)
XVIII. The Festival of the Harvest Moon—Work on the Portrait(pp. 135-142)
XIX. A Garden Party at the Summer Palace(pp. 143-147)
XX. I Begin a Second Portrait of Her Majesty(pp. 148-153)
XXI. A European Circus at the Palace(pp. 154-160)
XXII. Palace Customs(pp. 161-167)
XXIII. Her Majesty’s Anxiety—Her Birthday(pp. 168-172)
XXIV. The Winter Palace(pp. 173-181)
XXV. Peking—Beginning the Portrait for St. Louis(pp. 182-187)
XXVI. Some Social Customs—Manchu and Chinese(pp. 188-195)
XXVII. Present-Giving in China(pp. 196-200)
XXVIII. Some Winter Days at the Palace(pp. 201-206)
Religious Rites in China(pp. 207-212)
Her Majesty the Empress Dowager(pp. 213-226)
XXXI. The Empress Dowager’s Charities, Sense of Justice, Extravagance, and Personal Characteristics(pp. 227-235)
XXXII. The Chinese New Year(pp. 236-241)
XXXIII. Continuation of the St. Louis Portrait(pp. 242-246)
XXXIV. Finishing and Sending Off the Portrait(pp. 247-251)
XXXV. Return to the Summer Palace(pp. 252-258)
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