Eminent Women_, 50.

Luzon (Philippines), Spanish seizure, 136.

Magic--
Jugglers, Chinese and Grecian, 124.
Taoist black art, 168-170.

Magistrates--
Advancement in ranks, 78.
Deputy official, test of, 79-80.
Division of prefectures into magistracies, 76.
Duties, 80.
Expenses of education no obstacle, 79.
Income, 82-83.
Law experts in offices, 56.
Real rulers of China, 78.

Mahommedanism in China, 143.

Manchus, imprisonment, 1891, people's fury, 98.

Mandarin language--
Importance of "official language," 7-10.
Sounds for conveyance of speech, lack of, 17-21.
Study of, 10-21.
[_See also_ Language.]

Mandarins--
Meeting in street, 186.
Seal of office, 198-199.

Manichaeans in China, 144.

Marriage customs--
Grecian customs, similarity of, 122.
Widows, 201-202.
Wives, number of, 196.

Mencius--
Attacks on heterodox systems, 147.
Conversations with disciples, book of Confucian Canon, 42.
Lao Tzu, no allusion to, in writings, 147.
Quotations from, 84-87, 196-197.

Ming dynasty--
Emperor, character and end of last Emperor, 117-119.
History, quotations, 136.
Overthrow, 118-119.
Senior Classics, illustrated books, 70-71.

_Mirror of History_, by Ssu-ma Kuang, 49.

Mirrors, ancient Chinese and Greek, 132-133.

Missionaries, Protestant, in China, 144.

Monosyllables, Chinese language, incapable of inflection, 10-17.

Murder, conviction for, illustrations, 103-106.

Music--
_Book of Music_, Confucian Canon, 42.
Burning of the Books, music destroyed, 129.
Greek characteristics, 129.

Nestorian Christians in China, 143.

Netherlands--story of Dutch settlement in China, 137.

Novels, Chinese, 61-62.

Odes, Book of, Confucian Canon, 41.
Mirrors mentioned in, 132.
Standard of rhyme, 67.
Toys of boy and girl babies, 195.

Official coats, "horse-shoe sleeves," 179.

Official positions in China--
Law experts in offices of judge of criminal cases, 56.
Senior Classics, _see that title_.
Value of, 72.
Women once admitted to, 198.
[_See also_ Government.]

Olives, Greek and Chinese associations, 128.

Opposites, China regarded as land of, 119, 210.

Painting the face, custom of Chinese and Grecian women, 122.

Pakhoi, opium tax resisted, 95-96.

Paper, invention of, eff