HOW A PEASANT BOY BECAME PREMIER 80

THE FOUNDER OF YEDO AND OF MODERN FEUDALISM 86

THE PROGRESS OF CHRISTIANITY IN JAPAN 97

THE DECLINE AND FALL OF CHRISTIANITY IN JAPAN 106

THE CAPTIVITY OF CAPTAIN GOLOWNIN 113

THE OPENING OF JAPAN 123

THE MIKADO COMES TO HIS OWN AGAIN 133

HOW THE EMPIRE OF CHINA AROSE AND GREW 142

CONFUCIUS, THE CHINESE SAGE 150

THE FOUNDER OF THE CHINESE EMPIRE 156

KAOTSOU AND THE DYNASTY OF THE HANS 172

THE EMPRESS POISONER OF CHINA 180

THE INVASION OF THE TARTAR STEPPES 186

THE "CRIMSON EYEBROWS" 192

THE CONQUEST OF CENTRAL ASIA 197

THE SIEGE OF SINCHING 202

FROM THE SHOEMAKER'S BENCH TO THE THRONE 205

THREE NOTABLE WOMEN 212

THE REIGN OF TAITSONG THE GREAT 217

A FEMALE RICHELIEU 223

THE TARTARS AND GENGHIS KHAN 228

HOW THE FRIARS FARED AMONG THE TARTARS 236

THE SIEGE OF SIANYANG 242

THE DEATH-STRUGGLE OF CHINA 249

THE PALACE OF KUBLAI KHAN 255

THE EXPULSION OF THE MONGOLS 264

THE RISE OF THE MANCHUS 272

THE MANCHU CONQUEST OF CHINA 281

THE CAREER OF A DESERT CHIEF 290

THE RAID OF THE GOORKHAS 299

HOW EUROPE ENTERED CHINA 306

THE BURNING OF THE SUMMER PALACE 315

A GREAT CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT AND ITS FATE 323

COREA AND ITS NEIGHBORS 330

THE BATTLE OF THE IRON-CLADS 339

PROGRESS IN JAPAN AND CHINA 347

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