Headland, Isaac Taylor. Court Life In China
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  • Front Matter
  • Chapter 1 I The Empress Dowager-Her Early Life
  • Chapter 2 II The Empress Dowager--Her Years of Training
  • Chapter 3 III The Empress Dowager--As a Ruler
  • Chapter 4 IV The Empress Dowager--As a Reactionist
  • Chapter 5 V The Empress Dowager--As a Reformer
  • Chapter 6 VI The Empress Dowager--As an Artist
  • Chapter 7 VII The Empress Dowager--As a Woman
  • Chapter 8 VIII Kuang Hsü--His Self-Development
  • Chapter 9 IX Kuang Hsü--As Emperor and Reformer
  • Chapter 10 X Kuang Hsü--As a Prisoner
  • Chapter 11 XI Prince Chün--The Regent
  • Chapter 12 XII The Home of the Court--The Forbidden City
  • Chapter 13 XIII The Ladies of the Court
  • Chapter 14 XIV The Princesses--Their Schools (Taken from Mrs. Headland's note-book.)
  • Chapter 15 XV The Chinese Ladies of Rank ([2] Taken from Mrs. Headland's note-book.)
  • Chapter 16 XVI The Social Life of the Chinese Woman
  • Chapter 17 XVII The Chinese Ladies--Their Ills ([4] Taken from Mrs. Headland's note-book.)
  • Chapter 18 XVIII The Funeral Ceremonies of a Dowager Princess ([5] Taken from Mrs. Headland's note-book.)
  • Chapter 19 XIX Chinese Princes and Officials
  • Chapter 20 XX Peking--The City of the Court
  • Chapter 21 XXI The Death of Kuang Hsü and the Empress Dowager
  • Chapter 22 XXII The Court and the New Education
  • Back Matter