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129 - Gold gold gold by W H Lang

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128 - The first Australian colonists by W H Lang

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127 - Islands of the Pacific historical note

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126 - Japanese children and their games by Sir Edwin Arnold

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125 - The cherry tree of the sixteenth day by Lafcadio Hearn

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124 - Fuji-Yama photograph p 462

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123 - How the shopkeeper lost his queue by Lafcadio Hearn

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122 - Japanese politeness by Mortimer Menpes

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121 - Japan Part V Little stories of Japan historical note

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120 - The attack upon Port Arthur by Lieutenant Tadayoshi Sakurai

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119 - How to learn Japanese by Rev M L Gordon

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118 - The schools of old Japan by Francis Ottiwell Adams

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117 - The president's letter by Townsend Harris

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116 - When Commodore Perry landed in Japan by Francis L Hawks

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115 - Japan Part IV The awakening of Japan historical note

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114 - How to talk politely in Japan by Percival Lowell

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113 - How a Japanese paints by Mortimer Menpes

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112 - An artist in flowers by Mortimer Menpes

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111 - A stone gateway photograph p 418

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110 - Thinking out a garden by Mortimer Menpes

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109 - A Japanese house by Basil Hall Chamberlain

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108 - An incense party by Sir Edwin Arnold

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107 - How Japanese ladies go shopping by Alice M Bacon

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106 - A Japanese dinner party by Sir Edwin Arnold

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105 - Japan Part III Some curious customs historical note

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104 - The sword of Japan by Sir Edwin Arnold

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103 - Tadasuke the Japanese Solomon by Walter Dening

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102 - Interior of a Japanese temple photograph p 368

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101 - How it would feel to be a Shinto god by Lafcadio Hearn

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100 - Ribs and skin by Unknown

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099 - How a man became a god by Lafcadio Hearn

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098 - Long spears or short spears by Walter Dening

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097 - The coming of Will Adams to Japan by Will Adams

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096 - The great Khan Kublai invades Japan by Marco Polo

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095 - Japan Part II The rule of the Shoguns historical note

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094 - The great Buddha of Kamakura photograph p 318

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093 - Three Japanese poems translated by Frederick Victor Dickins

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092 - The story of Yoshitsune by Yei Theodora Ozaki

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091 - Social life in Kioto by William Elliot Griffis

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090 - The fisher-boy Urashima by Unknown

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089 - The Japanese story-teller by Sir Edwin Arnold

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088 - Jimmu Tenno the first mikado of Japan by William Elliot Griffis

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087 - Japan Part I In ancient times historical note

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086 - When Hideyoshi invaded Korea by Homer B Hulbert

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085 - A grain shop in Korea photograph p 264

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084 - Korea historical note

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083 - The republic of China

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082 - A diplomatic correspondence between the United States and China

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081 - When the allies entered Pekin by Pierre Loti

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080 - The adventures of Yao Chen-Yuan

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079 - War between China and Japan by W A P Martin

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078 - China Part XI In recent years historical note

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077 - Questions from a civil-service examination

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076 - Civil-service examinations in China by W A P Martin

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075 - A child's first lesson by Unknown

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074 - When I went to school in China by Yan Phou Lee

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073 - How Chinese children learn to read by Pere du Halde

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072 - The Mandarin language by Pere du Halde

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071 - China Part X Language schools and examinations historical note

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070 - Receiving the yellow jacket by A Egmont Hake

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069 - How the 'Arrow War' began by W A P Martin

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068 - What the Chinese thought about the English by Unknown

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067 - A 'Boston tea-party' in China by William Speer

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066 - Opium-eaters by William Speer

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065 - How the Chinese received the first English ambassador by Charles Gutzlaff

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064 - Why the Chinaman wears a queue by William Elliot Griffis

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063 - The temple of Heaven Peking photograph p 186

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062 - Chinese punishments by Pere du Halde

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061 - The coming of the Kalmucks by Thomas de Quincey

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060 - China Part IX The first two centuries of Manchu rule historical note

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059 - A visit to a Lama by Pere Gerbillon

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058 - How the bonzes got the ducks by Pere Le Comte

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057 - The man who was afraid of becoming a horse by Pere du Halde

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056 - The emperor and the musician by Pere du Halde

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055 - Teaching science to the emperor by Pere du Halde

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054 - The worship of ancestors by W A P Martin

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053 - The woman with the cross by Mendez Pinto

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052 - An enterprising missionary by John of Corvino

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051 - China Part VIII The coming of the missionaries historical note

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050 - The soul of the great bell by Lafcadio Hearn

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049 - The appeal of Lady Chang

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048 - Was he the only cheat by Unknown

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047 - The tiger and the monkey by Unknown

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046 - The elixir of life by Unknown

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045 - The boy philosopher by Unknown

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044 - China Part VII Chinese fables and tales historical note

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043 - The Peking Observatory photograph p 128

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042 - A Chinese city at the end of the thirteenth century by Marco Polo

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041 - The Polos teach the Khan how to capture a city by Marco Polo

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040 - The King's Messenger by Chuang Tzu

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039 - How the Khan sent his messages by Marco Polo

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038 - How Kublai Khan went a-hunting by Marco Polo

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037 - How the great Khan ate his dinner by Marco Polo

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036 - The palace of the great Khan in Cambaluc Peking by Marco Polo

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035 - China Part VI Stories of the great Khan historical note

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034 - The dirge of Jenghiz Khan by Unknown

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033 - Jenghiz Khan captures Peking by D Petis de la Croix

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032 - Jenghiz Khan the 'perfect warrior' by D Petis de la Croix

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031 - The sorrows of Han by Unknown

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030 - The Chinese theater by Archibald Little

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029 - The Tartars and their customs by Marco Polo

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028 - China Part V The coming of the Tartars historical note

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027 - Printing by Rev William Speer

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026 - The binding of feet by Rev William Speer

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025 - The founding of Han-Lin College by Rev William Speer

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024 - The rule of the empress Wu by S Wells Williams

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023 - Tai-Tsung the Good by Rev William Speer

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022 - China Part IV The Augustan age historical note

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021 - The prodigal emperor Wang-Ti by Rounsevelle Wildman

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020 - Mulan the maiden chief by Unknown

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019 - Dream and reality a Buddhist story by Chuang Tzu

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018 - The three religions by W A P Martin

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017 - Rakan feeding the hungry spirit Chinese painting p 52

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016 - The rule of the Hans by Rev William Speer

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015 - The strenuous reign of Hoang-Ti by Rev Charles Gutzlaff

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014 - China Part III Times of change and confusion historical note

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013 - Proverbs of Mencius

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012 - A story of Mencius by Unknown

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011 - Mencius by S Wells Williams

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010 - Manners and customs of Confucius's day by Rev William Speer

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009 - Some of the proverbs of Confucius

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008 - A visit to a temple of Confucius by Rev A W Loomis

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007 - The story of Confucius by Rev A W Loomis

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006 - China Part II Confucius and his age historical note

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005 - Shun of Yu who controlled the floods by Confucius

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004 - China Part I In the earliest days historical note

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003 - Introduction by Eva March Tappan

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002 - Publisher's note

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001 - Palace of the Dalai Lama at Lhasa Thibet Photograph Frontispice