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Siam and Laos

Siam and Laos

by Mary Backus

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Editor
Backus, Mary
Title
Siam and Laos, as Seen by Our American Missionaries
Credits
Produced by Carol Brown, Brian Wilson, 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
Missions -- Laos
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 63879
Release Date
November 25, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.SIAM AND LAOS, — OUR AMERICAN MISSIONARIES.
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.PREFACE.
  6. 6.CONTENTS.
  7. 7.ILLUSTRATIONS.
  8. 8.SIAM AND LAOS. — CHAPTER I. — THE INDO-CHINESE PENINSULA.
  9. 9.CHAPTER II. — SIGHT-SEEING IN BANGKOK.
  10. 10.CHAPTER III. — TOURING IN SIAM.
  11. 11.CHAPTER IV. — IN AND ABOUT PETCHABUREE.
  12. 12.CHAPTER V. — THE ANIMALS OF SIAM.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VI. — THE CHINESE IN SIAM.
  14. 14.PART II. — CHAPTER VII. — A SIAMESE WEDDING.
  15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. — HOUSEKEEPING IN SIAM.
  16. 16.CHAPTER IX. — CHILD-LIFE IN SIAM.
  17. 17.CHAPTER X. — FIRST HAIR-CUTTING OF A YOUNG SIAMESE.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XI. — THE SCHOOLS OF SIAM.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XII. — HOLIDAYS IN SIAM.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. — VISIT TO A GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENT.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. — SIAMESE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XV. — CHOLERA-TIMES IN BANGKOK.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVI. — SIAMESE CUSTOMS FOR THE DYING AND DEAD.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVII. — THE WATS OF SIAM.
  25. 25.PART III. — CHAPTER XVIII. — HISTORICAL SKETCH OF SIAM.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XIX. — MISSIONARY LADIES IN THE KING’s PALACE.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XX. — CORONATION OF HIS MAJESTY THE SUPREME KING OF SIAM.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXI. — HISTORY OF THE MISSIONS IN SIAM AND LAOS.
  29. 29.PART IV. — CHAPTER XXII. — LAOS LAND AND LIFE.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIII. — FROM BANGKOK TO CHEUNG MAI.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXIV. — RECOLLECTIONS OF CHEUNG MAI.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXV. — A DAY AT CHEUNG MAI.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVI. — A LAOS CABIN.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXVII. — SUPERSTITIONS OF THE LAOS.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXVIII. — TREATMENT OF THE SICK.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXIX. — A TOUR IN THE LAOS COUNTRY.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXX. — CHINA TO BRITISH INDIA, VIA CHEUNG MAI.
  38. 38.Transcriber’s Note

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