CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHINESE SKETCHES

THE DEATH OF AN EMPEROR

THE POSITION OF WOMEN

ETIQUETTE

ETIQUETTE, NO. II

LITERATURE

EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE

DENTISTRY

MEDICAL SCIENCE

MEDICAL SCIENCE, NO. II

LOAN SOCIETIES

GUILDS

PAWNBROKERS

POSTAL SERVICE

SLANG

FORTUNE-TELLING

GAMES AND GAMBLING

JURISPRUDENCE

JURISPRUDENCE, NO. II

BUDDHIST PRIESTS

RESPECT FOR THE WRITTEN CHARACTER

SUPERSTITION

NATURAL PHENOMENA

CELEBRATION OF THE NEW YEAR

THE FEAST OF LANTERNS

OPIUM SMOKING

THIEVING

LYING

SUICIDE

TORTURE

FENG-SHUI

MONEY

A DINNER-PARTY

FEMALE CHILDREN

TRAVEL

PREDESTINATION

JOURNALISM

FUNERALS

INQUESTS

INQUESTS, NO. II

CHRISTIANITY

ANTI-CHRISTIAN LYRICS

CONCLUSION

"The institutions of a despised people cannot be judged with fairness."

Spencer's Sociology: The Bias of Patriotism.