The English Governess at the Siamese Court
- Subtitle
- Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok
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1. Front matter2. TO MRS. KATHERINE S. COBB.3. PREFACE.4. Introductory material5. I. ON THE THRESHOLD.6. II. A SIAMESE PREMIER AT HOME.7. III. A SKETCH OF SIAMESE HISTORY.8. IV. HIS EXCELLENCY'S HAREM AND HELPMEET.9. V. THE TEMPLES OF THE SLEEPING AND THE EMERALD IDOLS.10. VI. THE KING AND THE GOVERNESS.11. VII. MARBLE HALLS AND FISH-STALLS.12. VIII. OUR HOME IN BANGKOK13. IX. OUR SCHOOL IN THE PALACE.14. X. MOONSHEE AND THE ANGEL GABRIEL.15. XI. THE WAYS OF THE PALACE.16. XII. SHADOWS AND WHISPERS OF THE HAREM.17. XIII. FÂ-YING, THE KING'S DARLING.18. XIV. AN OUTRAGE AND A WARNING.19. XV. THE CITY OF BANGKOK.20. XVI. THE WHITE ELEPHANT.21. XVII. THE CEREMONIES OF CORONATION.22. XVIII. THE QUEEN CONSORT.23. XIX. THE HEIR-APPARENT.—ROYAL HAIR-CUTTING.24. XX. AMUSEMENTS OF THE COURT.25. XXI. SIAMESE LITERATURE AND ART.26. XXII. BUDDHIST DOCTRINE, PRIESTS, AND WORSHIP.27. COMMON MAXIMS OF THE PRIESTS OF SIAM.28. XXIII. CREMATION.29. XXIV. CERTAIN SUPERSTITIONS.30. XXV. THE SUBORDINATE KING31. XXVI. THE SUPREME KING: HIS CHARACTER AND ADMINISTRATION.32. XXVII. MY RETIREMENT FROM THE PALACE.33. XXVIII. THE KINGDOM OF SIAM.34. XXIX. THE RUINS OF CAMBODIA.—AN EXCURSION TO THE NAGHKON WATT.35. XXX. THE LEGEND OF THE MAHA NAUGKON