The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe

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Author

Young, Ernest, 1869-1952

Title

The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe Being Sketches of the Domestic and Religious Rites and Ceremonies of the Siamese

Credits

Produced by Shaun Pinder, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Thailand -- Religious life and customs

Category

Text

eBook-No.

48111

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48111

Release Date

January 30, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE KINGDOM OF THE YELLOW ROBE
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.TO MY WIFE
6. 6.CHAPTER I. STREET SCENES IN THE VENICE OF THE EAST.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. BY "KHLONG" AND RIVER.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. THE CHILDREN.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. THE SHAVING OF THE TOP-KNOT.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. DOMESTIC LIFE AND CUSTOMS.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. DOMESTIC LIFE AND CUSTOMS ( continued ).
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. POPULAR AMUSEMENTS.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. THE CULTIVATION OF RICE.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. LAWS AND LEGISLATION.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. CEREMONIES FOR THE DYING AND THE DEAD.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. THE ORDER OF THE YELLOW ROBE.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. AMONG THE TEMPLES.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. AMONG THE TEMPLES ( continued ).
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES ( continued ).
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES ( continued ).
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. THE PILGRIMAGE TO PRABAT.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. THE ELEPHANTS.
26. 26.FOOTNOTES:

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