With the Empress Dowager of China

About this eBook

Author

Carl, Katharine A. (Katharine Augusta), 1865-1938

Original Publication

United States: The Century Co., 1905, pubdate 1907.

Credits

Aaron Adrignola, Richard Illner 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

China -- Court and courtiers

Category

Text

eBook-No.

75210

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75210

Release Date

January 26, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.With the Empress Dowager of China
2. 2.List of Illustrations
3. 3.INTRODUCTORY
4. 4.CHAPTER I MY PRESENTATION AND FIRST DAY AT THE CHINESE COURT
5. 5.CHAPTER II PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF HER MAJESTY—A CHINESE REPAST— BOATING
6. 6.CHAPTER III THE PALACE OF THE EMPEROR’S FATHER (PRINCE CH’UN, THE SEVENTH PRINCE)
7. 7.CHAPTER IV HER MAJESTY’S THRONE-ROOM—SOME PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
8. 8.CHAPTER V THE YOUNG EMPRESS AND LADIES OF THE COURT
9. 9.CHAPTER VI CONTINUATION OF THE PORTRAIT—HER MAJESTY’S DOGS
10. 10.CHAPTER VII FESTIVITIES AT COURT
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR KWANG-HSU
12. 12.CHAPTER IX THE EMPEROR’S BIRTHDAY
13. 13.CHAPTER X PEKING—THE SEA PALACE
14. 14.CHAPTER XI SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF HER MAJESTY—SECOND VISIT TO THE SEA PALACE
15. 15.CHAPTER XII RETURN TO THE SUMMER PALACE
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII THE STEAM-LAUNCH—SEMI-ANNUAL SACRIFICES TO CONFUCIUS
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV THE PALACE EUNUCHS
18. 18.CHAPTER XV THE LITERARY TASTES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE EMPRESS DOWAGER
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI THE GREAT AUDIENCE HALL—SOME OFFICIAL CUSTOMS
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII THE SUMMER PALACE AND ITS GROUNDS
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII THE FESTIVAL OF THE HARVEST MOON—WORK ON THE PORTRAIT
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX A GARDEN PARTY AT THE SUMMER PALACE
23. 23.CHAPTER XX I BEGIN A SECOND PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY—THE PALACE PAINTERS
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI A EUROPEAN CIRCUS AT THE PALACE
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII PALACE CUSTOMS
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII HER MAJESTY’S ANXIETY—HER BIRTHDAY
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV THE WINTER PALACE
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV PEKING—BEGINNING THE PORTRAIT FOR ST. LOUIS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI SOME SOCIAL CUSTOMS—MANCHU AND CHINESE
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII PRESENT-GIVING IN CHINA
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII SOME WINTER DAYS AT THE PALACE
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX RELIGIOUS RITES IN CHINA
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX HER MAJESTY THE EMPRESS DOWAGER
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI THE EMPRESS DOWAGER’S CHARITIES, SENSE OF JUSTICE, EXTRAVAGANCE, AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII THE CHINESE NEW YEAR—OFFICIAL AUDIENCE
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII CONTINUATION OF THE ST. LOUIS PORTRAIT—SPRING DAYS AT THE SEA PALACE
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV FINISHING AND SENDING OFF THE PORTRAIT
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV RETURN TO THE SUMMER PALACE
39. 39.FOOTNOTES — TRANSCRIBERS’ NOTES

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