Korea and Her Neighbours

Isabella Bird

I. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF KOREA, II. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE CAPITAL, III. THE KUR-DONG, IV. SEOUL, THE KOREAN MECCA, V. THE SAILING OF THE SAMPAN, VI. ON THE RIVER OF GOLDEN SAND, VII. VIEWS AFLOAT, VIII. NATURAL BEAUTY - THE RAPIDS, IX. KOREAN MARRIAGE CUSTOMS, X. THE KOREAN PONy-KOREAN ROADS AND INNS, XI. DIAMOND MOUNTAIN MONASTERIES, XII. ALONG THE COAST, XIII. IMPENDING WAR-EXCITEMENT AT CHEMULPO, XIV. DEPORTED TO MANCHURIA, XV. A MANCHURIAN DELUGE - A PASSENGER CART - AN ACCIDENT, XVI. MUKDEN AND ITS MISSIONS, XVII. CHINESE TROOPS ON THE MARCH, XVIII. NAGASAKI-WLADIVOSTOK, XIX. KOREAN SETTLERS IN SIBERIA, XX. THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD, XXI. THE KING'S OATH-AN AUDIENCE, XXII. A TRANSITION STAGE, XXIII. THE ASSASSINATION OF THE QUEEN, XXIV. BURIAL CUSTOMS, XXV. SONG-DO: A ROYAL CITY, XXVI. THE PHYONG-YANG BATTLEFIELD, XXVII. NORTHWARD HO!, XXVIII. OVER THE AN-KIL YUNG PASS, XXIX. SOCIAL POSITION OF WOMEN, XXX. EXORCISTS AND DANCING WOMEN, XXXI. THE HAIR-CROPPING EDICT, XXXII. THE REORGANIZED KOREAN GOVERNMENT, XXXIII. EDUCATION AND FOREIGN TRADE, XXXIV. DAEMONISM OR SHAMANISM, XXXV. NOTES ON DAEMONISM CONCLUDED, XXXVI. SEOUL IN 1897, XXXVII. LAST WORDS ON KOREA, APPENDIXES, INDEX