TO MRS. KATHERINE S. COBB.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS. I. ON THE THRESHOLD II. A SIAMESE PREMIER AT HOME
I. ON THE THRESHOLD.
II. A SIAMESE PREMIER AT HOME.
III. A SKETCH OF SIAMESE HISTORY.
IV. HIS EXCELLENCY'S HAREM AND HELPMEET.
V. THE TEMPLES OF THE SLEEPING AND THE EMERALD IDOLS.
VI. THE KING AND THE GOVERNESS.
VII. MARBLE HALLS AND FISH-STALLS.
VIII. OUR HOME IN BANGKOK
IX. OUR SCHOOL IN THE PALACE.
X. MOONSHEE AND THE ANGEL GABRIEL.
XI. THE WAYS OF THE PALACE.
XII. SHADOWS AND WHISPERS OF THE HAREM.
XIII. Fa-YING, THE KING'S DARLING.
XIV. AN OUTRAGE AND A WARNING.
XV. THE CITY OF BANGKOK.
XVI. THE WHITE ELEPHANT.
XVII. THE CEREMONIES OF CORONATION.
XVIII. THE QUEEN CONSORT.
XIX. THE HEIR-APPARENT. ROYAL HAIR-CUTTING.
XX. AMUSEMENTS OF THE COURT.
XXI. SIAMESE LITERATURE AND ART.
XXII. BUDDHIST DOCTRINE, PRIESTS, AND WORSHIP.
COMMON MAXIMS OF THE PRIESTS OF SIAM.
XXIII. CREMATION.
XXIV. CERTAIN SUPERSTITIONS.
XXV. THE SUBORDINATE KING
XXVI. THE SUPREME KING: HIS CHARACTER AND ADMINISTRATION.
XXVII. MY RETIREMENT FROM THE PALACE.
XXVIII. THE KINGDOM OF SIAM.
XXIX. THE RUINS OF CAMBODIA. AN EXCURSION TO THE NAGHKON WATT.
XXX. THE LEGEND OF THE MAHA NAUGKON
Title: The English Governess At The Siamese Court
Author: Anna Harriette Leonowens
Edition: 10
Language: English
E-text prepared by Lee Dawei, Michelle Shephard, David Moynihan, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
With Illustrations, FROM PHOTOGRAPHS PRESENTED TO THE AUTHOR BY THE KING OF SIAM.
[Illustration: Gateway Of the Old Palace.]
