Chinese Sketches
by Herbert Allen Giles
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About this eBook
- Author
- Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935
- Credits
- Produced by John Bickers; Dagny and David Widger
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
- Subject
- China -- Social life and customs
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 2133
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2133
- Release Date
- March 28, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.CHINESE SKETCHES
- 2.by Herbert A. Giles — "The institutions of a despised people cannot be judged with fairness." — Spencer's Sociology: The Bias of Patriotism.
- 3.DEDICATION — To Warren William de la Rue, "As a mark of friendship."
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.CHINESE SKETCHES
- 6.THE DEATH OF AN EMPEROR
- 7.THE POSITION OF WOMEN
- 8.ETIQUETTE
- 9.ETIQUETTE, NO. II
- 10.LITERATURE
- 11.EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE
- 12.DENTISTRY
- 13.MEDICAL SCIENCE
- 14.MEDICAL SCIENCE, NO. II
- 15.LOAN SOCIETIES
- 16.GUILDS
- 17.PAWNBROKERS
- 18.POSTAL SERVICE
- 19.SLANG
- 20.FORTUNE-TELLING
- 21.GAMES AND GAMBLING
- 22.JURISPRUDENCE
- 23.JURISPRUDENCE, NO. II
- 24.BUDDHIST PRIESTS
- 25.RESPECT FOR THE WRITTEN CHARACTER
- 26.SUPERSTITION
- 27.NATURAL PHENOMENA
- 28.CELEBRATION OF THE NEW YEAR
- 29.THE FEAST OF LANTERNS
- 30.OPIUM SMOKING
- 31.THIEVING
- 32.LYING
- 33.SUICIDE
- 34.TORTURE
- 35.FENG-SHUI
- 36.MONEY
- 37.A DINNER-PARTY
- 38.FEMALE CHILDREN
- 39.TRAVEL
- 40.PREDESTINATION
- 41.JOURNALISM
- 42.FUNERALS
- 43.INQUESTS
- 44.INQUESTS, NO. II
- 45.CHRISTIANITY
- 46.ANTI-CHRISTIAN LYRICS
- 47.CONCLUSION
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