The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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- As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan
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1. Front matter2. THE ENGLISHMAN IN CHINA3. PREFACE.4. ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE FIRST VOLUME.5. CHAPTER I. THE ARMY SURGEON.6. CHAPTER II. SENT TO CHINA.7. CHAPTER III. ANTECEDENTS OF THE WAR.8. CHAPTER IV. THE FIRST CHINA WAR, 1839-1842.9. CHAPTER V. THE TREATY OF 1842.10. CHAPTER VI. THE FRUITS OF THE WAR AND PROSPECTS OF PEACE.11. CHAPTER VII. THE NEW INTERCOURSE: CANTON, 1842-1847.12. CHAPTER VIII. THE NEW TREATY PORTS—FOOCHOW, AMOY, NINGPO.13. CHAPTER IX. SHANGHAI.14. CHAPTER X. CONSUL ALCOCK'S VIEWS ON GENERAL POLICY.15. CHAPTER XI. TRADE UNDER THE TREATY OF NANKING.16. CHAPTER XII. SHIPPING.17. CHAPTER XIII. THE TRADERS.18. CHAPTER XIV. HONGKONG.19. CHAPTER XV. MACAO.20. CHAPTER XVI. PIRACY.21. CHAPTER XVII. THE ARROW WAR, 1856-1860.22. CHAPTER XVIII. INTERCOURSE UNDER THE TREATIES OF 1858 AND 1860.23. APPENDIX I. NOTE ON OUR PRESENT POSITION AND THE STATE OF OUR RELATIONS WITH CHINA, BY CONSUL ALCOCK, JANUARY 19, 1849.24. APPENDIX II. CONFIDENTIAL DESPATCH BY CONSUL ALCOCK TO SIR GEORGE BONHAM, JANUARY 13, 1852.25. APPENDIX III. CONFIDENTIAL DESPATCH TO SIR GEORGE BONHAM, DATED JUNE 17, 1852. (EXTRACT.)26. APPENDIX IV. ACCOUNT OF THE SALT TRADE ANNEXED TO MR PARKES' SUMMARY OF THE NATIVE MARITIME TRADE OF FOOCHOW, 1846. (EXTRACTS.)