An English Girl in Japan

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
ON THE WAY

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I start on my travels--A fair Theosophist--Life on an American liner--Arrival at New York--Delmonico’s---The Hotel Waldorf--Niagara Falls--Across the Lakes--The prairies--A quiet Sunday	1–12

CHAPTER II
IN THE ROCKIES

First sight of the Rockies--Stay at Banff--Indians and salmon--Arrival at Vancouver--The Empress of India--Chinese passengers--The missing day--A court-martial--First sight of Japan	13–22

CHAPTER III
EARLY DAYS IN JAPAN

A new friend--A Japanese dinner--Japanese temples--An earthquake--A fire in Yokohama	23–32

CHAPTER IV
A JAPANESE HARROGATE

A trip to the Japanese Harrogate--A curious travelling companion--A Japanese inn--A mountain ride--At the sulphur springs--A sulphur bath--A night in a tea-house--Sad news	33–50

CHAPTER V
AN IMPERIAL GARDEN-PARTY

Silk dresses and frock-coats--A disappointed Colonel--The Royal procession--The chrysanthemums--I am presented--A Japanese play--Japanese royal sport--The Mikado and his subjects	51–65

CHAPTER VI
JAPANESE LADIES

Their habits and ways--Home life--The Honourable Bath--Count Ito and his wife--Old Japan--Loyalty to husbands--A mixed marriage--Curious customs--Japanese sayings	66–82

CHAPTER VII
JAPANESE CHILDREN

Boys and girls--Games--The Feast of Dolls--School life--The ‘Hina Matsuri’--The Feast of the Carp--The ‘Bon Matsuri,’ the festival for dead children	83–97

CHAPTER VIII
SERVANTS IN JAPAN

Their politeness--Frequency of their baths--Always ready for a nap--Mrs. Peter Potts	98–108

CHAPTER IX
SOME FESTIVALS AND A FUNERAL

The Imperial Silver Wedding--Parade of the troops--The wedding feast--The Chinese ball in Tokio--A gay assembly--A Royal funeral--Strange customs	109–123

CHAPTER X
CHANG, MY CHOW

His first appearance--Adventures and mishaps--Companions in the Hospital--Chang goes to church--Facing the enemy	124–140

CHAPTER XI
FURTHER ADVENTURES OF CHANG

The tale of a tub--Sayonara--Board-ship acquaintance--Queer company	141–163

CHAPTER XII
PAUL AND VIRGINIA

Life on a tea-estate--My animal friends--Two brown bears--Brutus, the monkey--Always in mischief--The Brazilian macaw	164–176

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