Intimate ChinaPart 2 — FOOTNOTESReading editionChapter navigation35 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterINTIMATE CHINADRY STATEMENTS. (TO BE CARRIED WITH THE READER, IF POSSIBLE.)PRELUDE. FIRST IMPRESSIONS.Chapter I · ON THE UPPER YANGTSE.Chapter II · A LAND JOURNEY.Chapter III · LIFE IN A CHINESE CITY.Chapter IV · HINDRANCES AND ANNOYANCES.Chapter V · CURRENT COIN IN CHINA.Chapter VI · FOOTBINDING.Chapter VII · ANTI-FOOTBINDING.Chapter VIII · THE POSITION OF WOMEN.Chapter IX · BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES.Chapter X · CHINESE MORALS.Chapter XI · SUPERSTITIONS.Chapter XII · OUR MISSIONARIES.Chapter XIII · UP-COUNTRY SHOPPING AND UP-COUNTRY WAYS.Chapter XIV · SOLDIERS.Chapter XV · CHINESE STUDENTS.Chapter XVI · A FATHER'S ADVICE TO HIS SON.Chapter XVII · BUDDHIST MONASTERIES.Chapter XVIII · A CHINESE ORDINATION.Chapter XIX · THE SACRED MOUNTAIN OF OMI.Chapter XX · CHINESE SENTIMENT.Chapter XXI · A SUMMER TRIP TO CHINESE TIBET.[2]Chapter XXII · ARTS AND INDUSTRIES.Chapter XXIII · A LITTLE PEKING PUG.Part I.—Getting to Peking.Part II.—The Sights of Peking.Chapter I · THE CHINESE EMPEROR'S MAGNIFICENCE.Chapter II · THE EMPRESS, THE EMPEROR, AND THE AUDIENCE.Chapter III · SOLIDARITY, CO-OPERATION, AND IMPERIAL FEDERATION.Chapter IV · BEGINNINGS OF REFORM.Chapter V · THE COUP D'ÉTAT.FOOTNOTESPrevious chapter ←Part 2 — Chapter V · THE COUP D'ÉTAT.End of this editionAll chapters and sections (35)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsINTIMATE CHINADRY STATEMENTS. (TO BE CARRIED WITH THE READER, IF POSSIBLE.)PRELUDE. FIRST IMPRESSIONS.Chapters1234567891011121314151617181920212223Parts12Part 2 · Chapters12345Part 2 · Other sectionsFOOTNOTESNotes in this chapterNote 1 · "In November the wild prunes first blossom on the mountain-pass"—as the death of Mr. — took place in that month.← CHAPTER V. THE COUP D'ÉTAT.