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Korea and Her Neighbors

by Isabella L. Bird

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Author’s Prefatory Note
  3. 3Introductory Chapter
  4. 4Chapter I — First Impressions of Korea
  5. 5Chapter II — First Impressions of the Capital
  6. 6Chapter III — The Kur-Dong
  7. 7Chapter IV — Seoul, the Korean Mecca
  8. 8Chapter V — The Sailing of the Sampan
  9. 9Chapter VI — On the River of Golden Sand
  10. 10Chapter VII — Views Afloat
  11. 11Chapter VIII — Natural Beauty — The Rapids
  12. 12Chapter IX — Korean Marriage Customs
  13. 13Chapter X — The Korean Pony — Korean Roads and Inns
  14. 14Chapter XI — Diamond Mountain Monasteries
  15. 15Chapter XII — Along the Coast
  16. 16Chapter XIII — Impending War — Excitement at Chemulpo
  17. 17Chapter XIV — Deported to Manchuria
  18. 18Chapter XV — A Manchurian Deluge — A Passenger Cart — An Accident
  19. 19Chapter XVI — Mukden and Its Missions
  20. 20Chapter XVII — Chinese Troops on the March
  21. 21Chapter XVIII — Nagasaki — Wladivostok
  22. 22Chapter XIX — Korean Settlers in Siberia
  23. 23Chapter XX — The Trans-Siberian Railroad
  24. 24Chapter XXI — The King’s Oath — An Audience
  25. 25Chapter XXII — A Transition Stage
  26. 26Chapter XXIII — The Assassination of the Queen
  27. 27Chapter XXIV — Burial Customs
  28. 28Chapter XXV — Song-Do: A Royal City
  29. 29Chapter XXVI — The Phyöng-Yang Battlefield
  30. 30Chapter XXVII — Northward Ho!
  31. 31Chapter XXVIII — Over the An-Kil Yung Pass
  32. 32Chapter XXIX — Social Position of Women
  33. 33Chapter XXX — Exorcists and Dancing Women
  34. 34Chapter XXXI — The Hair-Cropping Edict
  35. 35Chapter XXXII — The Reorganized Korean Government
  36. 36Chapter XXXIII — Education and Foreign Trade
  37. 37Chapter XXXIV — Dæmonism or Shamanism
  38. 38Chapter XXXV — Notes on Dæmonism Concluded
  39. 39Chapter XXXVI — Seoul in 1897
  40. 40Chapter XXXVII — Last Words on Korea
  41. 41Appendixes — Appendix A — Mission Statistics for Korea, 1896
  42. 42Appendix B — Direct Foreign Trade of Korea, 1886-96
  43. 43Appendix C — Return of Principal Articles of Export (Net) to Foreig…
  44. 44Appendix D
  45. 45Appendix E

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