Transcriber's Note
PREFACE.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME I.
NOTE RESPECTING THE SYSTEM OF PRONUNCIATION ADOPTED IN THIS WORK.
CHAPTER I. GENERAL DIVISIONS AND FEATURES OF THE EMPIRE.
CHAPTER II. GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EASTERN PROVINCES.
CHAPTER III. GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WESTERN PROVINCES.
CHAPTER IV. GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF MANCHURIA, MONGOLIA, ILI, AND TIBET.
CHAPTER V. POPULATION AND STATISTICS.
CHAPTER VI. NATURAL HISTORY OF CHINA.
CHAPTER VII. LAWS OF CHINA, AND PLAN OF ITS GOVERNMENT.
CHAPTER VIII. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAWS.
CHAPTER IX. EDUCATION AND LITERARY EXAMINATIONS.
CHAPTER X. STRUCTURE OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE.
CHAPTER XI. CLASSICAL LITERATURE OF THE CHINESE.
CHAPTER XII. POLITE LITERATURE OF THE CHINESE.
CHAPTER XIII. ARCHITECTURE, DRESS, AND DIET OF THE CHINESE.
CHAPTER XIV. SOCIAL LIFE AMONG THE CHINESE.
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Transcriber's Note (2)
Title: The Middle Kingdom, Volume I (of 2)
A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants
Author: S. Wells (Samuel Wells) Williams
Language: English
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