The face of China
by E. G. Kemp
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- THE FACE OF CHINA
- PREFACE
- NOTE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE FACE OF CHINA CHAPTER I Shanghai
- CHAPTER II Shantung, the German Sphere of Influence
- CHAPTER III A Day in the Country (Shantung)
- CHAPTER IV Shantung Silk
- CHAPTER V Tsinan
- CHAPTER VI The Sacred Shrine of Tai Shan
- CHAPTER VII The Home of Confucius: Küfow
- CHAPTER VIII The Yellow River and Grand Canal
- CHAPTER IX Journey into Shansi in 1893
- CHAPTER X Taiyüanfu
- CHAPTER XI Peking
- CHAPTER XII The Péhan Railway: from Peking to Hankow
- CHAPTER XIII On the Yangtze: Ichang to Wanhsien
- CHAPTER XIV Szechwan High-roads
- CHAPTER XV Chengtu
- CHAPTER XVI The Min River
- CHAPTER XVII Mount Omi
- CHAPTER XVIII From Szechwan into Yünnan
- CHAPTER XIX The Road to Yünnan Fu
- CHAPTER XX Yünnan Fu
- CHAPTER XXI Tali Fu
- CHAPTER XXII Tali Fu to Teng Yueh
- CHAPTER XXIII From China into Burma
- CHAPTER XXIV The Present Situation in China
- TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL CHINESE DYNASTIES
- FOOTNOTES
- INDEX
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