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Korea, and Her Neighbors

Korea, and Her Neighbors

by Isabella L. Bird

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Author
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904
Title
Korea and her neighbors A narrative of travel, with an account of the recent vicissitudes and present position of the country
Original Publication
United States: Fleming H. Revell Company,1897,pubdate 1898.
Credits
ellinora, Amber Black and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
Subject
Korea -- Description and travel
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 69300
Release Date
November 6, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.KOREA And Her Neighbors
  2. 2.Preface.
  3. 3.Author’s Prefatory Note.
  4. 4.Contents
  5. 5.List of Illustrations.
  6. 6.INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER
  7. 7.CHAPTER I FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF KOREA
  8. 8.CHAPTER II FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE CAPITAL
  9. 9.CHAPTER III THE KUR-DONG
  10. 10.CHAPTER IV SEOUL, THE KOREAN MECCA
  11. 11.CHAPTER V THE SAILING OF THE SAMPAN
  12. 12.CHAPTER VI ON THE RIVER OF GOLDEN SAND
  13. 13.CHAPTER VII VIEWS AFLOAT
  14. 14.CHAPTER VIII NATURAL BEAUTY—THE RAPIDS
  15. 15.CHAPTER IX KOREAN MARRIAGE CUSTOMS
  16. 16.CHAPTER X THE KOREAN PONY—KOREAN ROADS AND INNS
  17. 17.CHAPTER XI DIAMOND MOUNTAIN MONASTERIES
  18. 18.CHAPTER XII ALONG THE COAST
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIII IMPENDING WAR—EXCITEMENT AT CHEMULPO
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIV DEPORTED TO MANCHURIA
  21. 21.CHAPTER XV A MANCHURIAN DELUGE—A PASSENGER CART—AN ACCIDENT
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVI MUKDEN AND ITS MISSIONS
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVII CHINESE TROOPS ON THE MARCH
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII NAGASAKI—WLADIVOSTOK
  25. 25.CHAPTER XIX KOREAN SETTLERS IN SIBERIA
  26. 26.CHAPTER XX THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXI THE KING’S OATH—AN AUDIENCE
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXII A TRANSITION STAGE
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII THE ASSASSINATION OF THE QUEEN
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV BURIAL CUSTOMS
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXV SONG-DO: A ROYAL CITY
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI THE PHYÖNG-YANG BATTLEFIELD
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII NORTHWARD HO!
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII OVER THE AN-KIL YUNG PASS
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX SOCIAL POSITION OF WOMEN
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXX EXORCISTS AND DANCING WOMEN
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI THE HAIR-CROPPING EDICT
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII THE REORGANIZED KOREAN GOVERNMENT [43]
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIII EDUCATION AND FOREIGN TRADE
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIV DÆMONISM OR SHAMANISM
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXV NOTES ON DÆMONISM CONCLUDED
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVI SEOUL IN 1897 [59]
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVII LAST WORDS ON KOREA
  44. 44.Untitled
  45. 45.APPENDIX A. MISSION STATISTICS FOR KOREA, 1896.
  46. 46.APPENDIX B Direct Foreign Trade of Korea, 1886-96
  47. 47.APPENDIX C Return of Principal Articles of Export (net) to Foreign Countries for the Years 1896-95
  48. 48.APPENDIX D
  49. 49.APPENDIX E
  50. 50.INDEX — Transcriber’s Note:

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