CONTENTS.
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PART I.
ANCIENT AND MEDIÆVAL HISTORY.
CHAPTER I. PAGE
The Corean Peninsula, 1
CHAPTER II.
The Old Kingdom of Chō-sen, 11
CHAPTER III.
The Fuyu Race and their Migrations, 19
CHAPTER IV.
Sam-han, or Southern Corea, 30
CHAPTER V.
Epoch of the Three Kingdoms.—Hiaksai, 35
CHAPTER VI.
Epoch of the Three Kingdoms.—Korai, 40
CHAPTER VII.
Epoch of the Three Kingdoms.—Shinra, 45
CHAPTER VIII.
Japan and Corea, 51
CHAPTER IX.
Korai, or United Corea, 63
CHAPTER X.
Cathay, Zipangu, and the Mongols, 70
CHAPTER XI.
New Chō-sen, 76
CHAPTER XII.
Events Leading to the Japanese Invasion, 88
CHAPTER XIII.
The Invasion—On to Seoul, 95
CHAPTER XIV.
The Campaign in the North, 104
CHAPTER XV.
The Retreat from Seoul, 115
CHAPTER XVI.
Cespedes, the Christian Chaplain, 121
CHAPTER XVII.
Diplomacy at Kiōto and Peking, 124
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Second Invasion, 129
CHAPTER XIX.
The Siege of Uru-san Castle, 137
CHAPTER XX.
Changes after the Invasion, 145
CHAPTER XXI.
The Issachar of Eastern Asia, 154
CHAPTER XXII.
The Dutchmen in Exile, 167
PART II.
POLITICAL AND SOCIAL COREA.
CHAPTER XXIII.
The Eight Provinces, 179
CHAPTER XXIV.
The King and Royal Palace, 218
CHAPTER XXV.
Political Parties, 224
CHAPTER XXVI.
Organization and Methods of Government, 230
CHAPTER XXVII.
Feudalism, Serfdom, and Society, 237
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Social Life—Woman and the Family, 244
CHAPTER XXIX.
Child Life, 256
CHAPTER XXX.
Housekeeping, Diet, and Costume, 262
CHAPTER XXXI.
Mourning and Burial, 277
CHAPTER XXXII.
Out-door Life.—Characters and Employments, 284
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Shamanism and Mythical Zoölogy, 300
CHAPTER XXXIV.
Legends and Folk-lore, 307
CHAPTER XXXV.
Proverbs and Pithy Sayings, 317
CHAPTER XXXVI.
The Corean Tiger, 320
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Religion, 326
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Education and Culture, 337
PART III.
MODERN AND RECENT HISTORY.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
The Beginnings of Christianity—1784–1794, 347
CHAPTER XL.
Persecution and Martyrdom—1801–1834, 353
CHAPTER XLI.
The Entrance of the French Missionaries—1835–1845, 361
CHAPTER XLII.
The Walls of Isolation Sapped, 367
CHAPTER XLIII.
The French Expedition, 377
CHAPTER XLIV.
American Relations with Corea, 388
CHAPTER XLV.
A Body-Snatching Expedition, 396
CHAPTER XLVI.
Our Little War with the Heathen, 403
CHAPTER XLVII.
The Ports Opened to Japanese Commerce, 420
CHAPTER XLVIII.
The Year of the Treaties, 433
CHAPTER XLIX.
The Economic Condition of Corea, 443
CHAPTER L.
Internal Politics: Chinese and Japanese, 458
CHAPTER LI.
The War of 1894: Corea an Empire, 472
CHAPTER LII.
Japan and Russia in Conflict, 484
CHAPTER LIII.
Corea a Japanese Protectorate, 497
CHAPTER LIV.
Chō-sen: A Province of Japan, 507
INDEX, 521