lions in Lumber
How the Islands Are Governed
Restricting the Suffrage
Education: Achievements of the American Government
Postal Savings Banks and the Torrens System
Public Health Work
Building Roads
And Then Keeping Them Up
"A George Junior Republic."

XVIII. Asia's Greatest Lesson foe America . . 173

Where 10 Cents a Day Is a Laborer's Wage
The Savage Struggle for Existence in the East
Tasks Heart-sickening in Their Heaviness
Where Women Are Burden-bearers
$12 a Year for a Farm Hand
An Overcrowded Population Not the Chief Cause of Asia's Poverty
A Defective Organization of Industry Responsible
Foolish Opposition to Labor-saving Tools
Our Debt to Machinery
Knowledge Itself a Productive Agency
Ineffectiveness of Oriental Labor
Tools and Knowledge the Secret of Wealth
Importance of Our Racial Heritage
The Final Lesson.

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XIX. The Straits Settlements and Burma 186

The Amazing Industry of the Chinese
Easy Money in Cocoanuts
How Germany Is Capturing Oriental Trade
Rangoon the City of Gorgeous Colors
Burma's Buddhist Temples
Rangoon's Beasts of Burden
Where the Elephants Do the Work
Some First-hand Jungle Stories
My Lord the Elephant
Good-by to Burma.

XX. Hinduism--and the Himalayas 198

Theoretical vs. Practical Hinduism
The Kalighat Temple, Calcutta
Human Sacrifices
Two Indian Places of Worship: A Contrast
A Visit to Benares
Burning the Bodies of the Dead
"Religion" as It Is in Benares
The Himalayas: A New and Happier Subject.

XXI. "The Poor Benighted Hindus" 210

India's Enormous Population
"The Wealth of the Indies" a Romance
A Typical Indian Village
No Chairs, Mattresses, Knives, or Forks Used
Where It Is 105 at Midnight
"Gunga Din" in Evidence
The Lady of Banbury Cross Outdone.

XXII. Hindu Farming and Farm Life 218

Primitive Tools Used by Farmers
What Crops Are Grown
Where Drought Means Death
Reducing the Ravages of Famine
Usury and a Remedy
Where America Is Behind
Landowner and Farm Laborer
Salaam, O Little Folk!

XXIII. The Caste System in India 226

No Man May Rise Higher, but May Fall Lower
How Fatalism Sustains Caste
Contamination by Touch
A Bone Collector's Pride of Rank
The "Thief Caste"
Caste and the Banyan Tree
A Maharaja's