Chapter XII: A Trip into Rural China 116

The Camels from Mongolia
Strange Traffic and Travel in Nankou Pass
The Great Wall of China
Surprisingly Progressive Farming Methods.

XIII. From Peking to the Yangtze-Kiang 123

Street Life in Peking
History That Is History
Martyrdoms That Have Enriched the World
Average Wages 15 to 18 Cents a Day
Homes Without Firesides
All China a Vast Cemetery
Keeping on Good Terms with Dragons
The Blessings of Our Alphabet
Confucius as a Moral Teacher
My Friendship with a Descendant of Confucius.

XIV. Sidelights on Chinese Character and Industry 132

Healthy Public Sentiment
Slavery and Foot-binding Still Practised
"Big Feet No B'long Pretty"
The Popularity of a No. 2 Wife
The Virtue That Is Next to Godliness Largely Disregarded
Some Discredited Americans Discovered Abroad
A 600-Mile Trip on the Yangtze {xiv} River
An Interview with Wu Ting Fang
Farming on the Yangtze
Shanghai Factory Laborers Paid 12 Cents a Day.

XV. Farewell to China 142

A City of 2,000,000 People Without a Vehicle
A Dead Chinaman More Important and Respected Than a Live One
Queer Features of Chinese Funerals
Cruelty of Chinese Punishments
A Sample of Chinese Humor: The Story of the Magic Jar
Amusing Trials of a Land Buyer
"Pidgin English"
Everything Is Saved
The Influence That Is Remaking China.

XVI. What I Saw in the Philippines 153

In Manila
A Trip Through Five Provinces
What the Philippine Country Looks Like
Every Filipino Has Cigarette and a Clean Suit
A Mania for Cock-fighting
Snapshots of Philippine Life
Labor the One Thing Lacking.

XVII. What the United States Is Doing in the Philippines 163

Thirty Thousand White People and 7,000,000 Filipinos
Rich Resources and Varied Products
Millions in Lumber
How the Islands Are Governed
Restricting the Suffrage
Education: Achievements of the American Government
Postal Savings Banks and the Torrens System
Public Health Work
Building Roads
And Then Keeping Them Up
"A George Junior Republic."

XVIII. Asia's Greatest Lesson foe America . . 173

Where 10 Cents a Day Is a Laborer's Wage
The Savage Struggle for Existence in the East
Tasks Heart-sickening in Their Heaviness
Where Women Are Burden-bearers
$12 a Year for a Farm Hand
An Overcrowded Population Not the Chief Cause of Asia's Poverty
A Defective Organization of Industry Responsible
Foolish Opposition to Labor-saving Tools
Our Debt to Machinery
Knowledge Itself a Productive Agency
Ineffectiveness of Oriental Labor
Tools and Knowledge the Secret of Wealth
Importance of Our Racial Heritage
The Final Lesson.

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XIX. The Straits Settlements and Burma 186

The Amazing Industry of the Chinese
Easy Money in Cocoanuts
How Germany Is Capturing Oriental Trade
Rangoon the City of Gorgeous Colors
Burma's Buddhist Temples
Rangoon's Beasts of Burden
Where the Elephants Do the Work
Some First-hand Jungle Stories
My Lord the Elephant
Good-by to Burma.

XX. Hinduism--and the Himalayas 198

Theoretical vs. Practical Hinduism
The Kalighat Temple, Calcutta
Human Sacrifices
Two Indian Places of Worship: A Contrast
A Visit to Benares
Burning the Bodies of the Dead
"Religion" as It Is in Benares
The Himalayas: A New and Happier Subject.

XXI. "The Poor Benighted Hindus" 210

India's Enormous Population
"The Wealth of the Indies" a Romance
A Typical Indian Village
No Chairs, Mattresses, Knives, or Forks Used
Where It Is 105 at Midnight
"Gunga Din" in Evidence
The Lady of Banbury Cross Outdone.

XXII. Hindu Farming and Farm Life 218

Primitive Tools Used by Farmers
What Crops Are Grown
Where Drought Means Death
Reducing the Ravages of Famine
Usury and a Remedy
Where America Is Behind
Landowner and Farm Laborer
Salaam, O Little Folk!

XXIII. The Caste System in India 226

No Man May Rise Higher, but May Fall Lower
How Fatalism Sustains Caste
Contamination by Touch
A Bone Collector's Pride of Rank
The "Thief Caste"
Caste and the Banyan Tree
A Maharaja's Defence of Caste
Some Forces That Are Battering Down the System
Foreign Travel Weakening Caste.

XXIV. The Plight of the Hindu Woman 236

"Woman Is Not to Be Trusted"
Twelve-year-old Brides and Bridegrooms
A Wedding Procession in Agra {xvi}
5000 Rupees for a Wedding Feast
The Plight of the Child-wives
Cruel Treatment of Widows
The Picture Not Wholly Dark
One Worthy Tribute to the Grace of Woman.

XXV. More Leaves from an India Notebook 246

Some Historic Indian Cities
India No More Homogeneous than Europe
English Rule: An Interview with Mr. Krishnaswami Iyer
Indian Wealth in a Few Hands
16 Cents a Day an Incredibly High Wage
No Horses on Indian Farms
Bombay a Great Cotton Market
The Story of a Man-eater
A Snake Story to End With.

XXVI. What the Orient May Teach Us 261

Conservation the Keynote
What Neglect of Her Forests Has Cost China
Forestry Lessons from Japan and Korea
Conserving Individual Wealth
The Essential Immorality of Waste
Avoiding the Wastes of War
Preserving Our Physical Stamina and Racial Strength
A Lesson from China
Patriotism as a Moral Force
The Coming "Conflict of Color"
Oriental vs. Occidental Ideals.

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Count Shige-Nobu Okuma of Japan Frontispiece

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The Giant Avenue of Cryptomerias at Nikko 13

Typical Japanese Costumes and Temple Architecture 14

Japanese Farming Scenes 19

Japanese School Children 20

The Great Buddha (Diabutsu) at Kamakura 53

The Degenerate Koreans at Rest and at Work 54

Like Scenes from Our Western Prairies 81

Manchurian Women (showing peculiar head-dress) 82

Chinese Waste-paper Collector 82

Pu Yi the Son of Heaven and
Emperor of the Middle Kingdom 105

How China Is Dealing with Opium Intemperance 106

A Man-made Desert 117

Pumping Water for Irrigation 117

Transportation and Travel in China 118

Fashionable Chinese Dinner Party 137

How Lumber Is Sawed in the Orient 137

A Quotation from Confucius 138

The Great Wall of China 147

Chinese Woman's Ruined Feet 147

Chinese School Children 148

The American Consulate at Antung 148

A Filipino's Home 157

The Carabao, the Work-stock of the Filipinos 158

An Old Spanish Cathedral 158

Society Belles of Mindanao, Philippine Islands 181

A Street Scene in Manila 181 {xviii} Two Kinds of Workers in Burma 182

Types at Darjeeling, Northern India,
and at Delhi, Central India 205

Two Rangoon Types 206

A Hindu Faquir 213

Some Fashionable Hindus 213

Hindu Children 214

The Taj Mahal from the Entrance Gate 241

Gunga Din on Dress Parade 242

Bathing in the Sacred Ganges at Benares 249

The Battle-scarred and
World-famous Residency at Lucknow 250

Burning the Bodies of Dead Hindus 255

An Indian Camel Cart 255

Travel in India 256

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WHERE HALF THE WORLD IS WAKING UP

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