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Peking Dust

La Motte Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold)

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Description:PEKING DUST Loading coolies at Wei-Hei-Wei INTRODUCTION Two classes of books are written about China by two classes of people. There are books written by people who have spent the night in China, as it were, superficial and amusing, full of the tinkling of temple bells and there are other books written by people who have spent years in China and who know it well, ponderous books, full of absolute information, heavy and unreadable. Books of the first class get one nowhere. They are delightful and entertaining, but one feels their irresponsible authorship. Books of the second class get one nowhere, for one cannot read them they are too didactic and dull. The only people who might read them do not read them, for they also are possessed of deep, fundamental knowledge of China, and their views agree in no slightest particular with the views set forth by the learned scholars and theorists. viii INTRODUCTION This book falls into neither of these two classes, except perhaps in the irresponsibility of its author. It is compounded of gossip, the flying gossip or dust of Peking, Take it lightly blow off such dust as may happen to stick to you. For authentic information turn to the heavy volumes written by the acknowledged students of international politics. ELLEN N. LA MOTTE. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The writer wishes to thank the f ol fowing friends who have been kind enough to lend the photographs used in the illustrations Warren R. Austin, F. C. Hitchcock, Margaret Frieder, T. Severin and Rachel Snow. CONTENTS PART I LETTERS WRITTEN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, 1916 CHAPTER PAGE I POOR OLD CHINA 3 II PEKING 13 III CIVILIZATION 4 IV RACE ANTAGONISMS 9 V SPHERES OF INFLUENCE 9 VI ON THE SACREDNESS OF FOREIGNERS .50 VII DONKEYS GENERALLY 61 VIII ADVISERS AND ADVICE . . . . .71 IX CHINESE HOUSES 77 X How IT s DONE IN CHINA .... 86 XI THE LAO-HSI-KAI OUTRAGE .... 94 XII THE LAO-HSI-KAI AFFAIR .... 101 XIII THE LAO-HSI-KAI INCIDENT . . . 108 PART II LETTERS WRITTEN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 1917 I THE RETURN TO PEKING . . . .115 II THE OPIUM SCANDAL III THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER . x CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE TV CHINAS COURSE. CLEAR 189 V FEAR OF THE PLUNGE 145 VI A DUST-STORM 150 VII A BOWL OF PORRIDGE 164 VIII FROM A SCRAP-BOOK 172 IX THE GERMAN REPLY 182 X DUST AND GOSSIP 189 XI DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BROKEN . . 198 XII WALKING ON THE WALL .... 202 XIII MEETING THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA . . 208 XIV GREAT BRITAINS TWELVE DEMANDS - 220 XV CONCLUSION 229 APPENDIXES 281 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Loading coolies at Wei-Hei-Wei . . Frontispiece PACING PAGE Map 3 Coolies 20 Camel caravan, Peking . 21 Peking car 32 Fruit stall in the bazaar 33 Entrance gate to compound of Chinese house . 84 Compound of Chinese house 85 Chinese funeral 120 Chinese funeral 121 Vice-President Feng Kuo-Chang .... 128 View of Peking . . . 129 Village outside walls of Peking 204 Fortune teller 205 President Li Yuan-Hung 216 Entrance to Winter Palace 217We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Peking Dust. To get started finding Peking Dust, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: PEKING DUST Loading coolies at Wei-Hei-Wei INTRODUCTION Two classes of books are written about China by two classes of people. There are books written by people who have spent the night in China, as it were, superficial and amusing, full of the tinkling of temple bells and there are other books written by people who have spent years in China and who know it well, ponderous books, full of absolute information, heavy and unreadable. Books of the first class get one nowhere. They are delightful and entertaining, but one feels their irresponsible authorship. Books of the second class get one nowhere, for one cannot read them they are too didactic and dull. The only people who might read them do not read them, for they also are possessed of deep, fundamental knowledge of China, and their views agree in no slightest particular with the views set forth by the learned scholars and theorists. viii INTRODUCTION This book falls into neither of these two classes, except perhaps in the irresponsibility of its author. It is compounded of gossip, the flying gossip or dust of Peking, Take it lightly blow off such dust as may happen to stick to you. For authentic information turn to the heavy volumes written by the acknowledged students of international politics. ELLEN N. LA MOTTE. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The writer wishes to thank the f ol fowing friends who have been kind enough to lend the photographs used in the illustrations Warren R. Austin, F. C. Hitchcock, Margaret Frieder, T. Severin and Rachel Snow. CONTENTS PART I LETTERS WRITTEN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, 1916 CHAPTER PAGE I POOR OLD CHINA 3 II PEKING 13 III CIVILIZATION 4 IV RACE ANTAGONISMS 9 V SPHERES OF INFLUENCE 9 VI ON THE SACREDNESS OF FOREIGNERS .50 VII DONKEYS GENERALLY 61 VIII ADVISERS AND ADVICE . . . . .71 IX CHINESE HOUSES 77 X How IT s DONE IN CHINA .... 86 XI THE LAO-HSI-KAI OUTRAGE .... 94 XII THE LAO-HSI-KAI AFFAIR .... 101 XIII THE LAO-HSI-KAI INCIDENT . . . 108 PART II LETTERS WRITTEN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 1917 I THE RETURN TO PEKING . . . .115 II THE OPIUM SCANDAL III THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER . x CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE TV CHINAS COURSE. CLEAR 189 V FEAR OF THE PLUNGE 145 VI A DUST-STORM 150 VII A BOWL OF PORRIDGE 164 VIII FROM A SCRAP-BOOK 172 IX THE GERMAN REPLY 182 X DUST AND GOSSIP 189 XI DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BROKEN . . 198 XII WALKING ON THE WALL .... 202 XIII MEETING THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA . . 208 XIV GREAT BRITAINS TWELVE DEMANDS - 220 XV CONCLUSION 229 APPENDIXES 281 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Loading coolies at Wei-Hei-Wei . . Frontispiece PACING PAGE Map 3 Coolies 20 Camel caravan, Peking . 21 Peking car 32 Fruit stall in the bazaar 33 Entrance gate to compound of Chinese house . 84 Compound of Chinese house 85 Chinese funeral 120 Chinese funeral 121 Vice-President Feng Kuo-Chang .... 128 View of Peking . . . 129 Village outside walls of Peking 204 Fortune teller 205 President Li Yuan-Hung 216 Entrance to Winter Palace 217We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Peking Dust. To get started finding Peking Dust, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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