Defence of Caste
Some Forces That Are Battering Down the System
Foreign Travel Weakening Caste.

XXIV. The Plight of the Hindu Woman 236

"Woman Is Not to Be Trusted"
Twelve-year-old Brides and Bridegrooms
A Wedding Procession in Agra {xvi}
5000 Rupees for a Wedding Feast
The Plight of the Child-wives
Cruel Treatment of Widows
The Picture Not Wholly Dark
One Worthy Tribute to the Grace of Woman.

XXV. More Leaves from an India Notebook 246

Some Historic Indian Cities
India No More Homogeneous than Europe
English Rule: An Interview with Mr. Krishnaswami Iyer
Indian Wealth in a Few Hands
16 Cents a Day an Incredibly High Wage
No Horses on Indian Farms
Bombay a Great Cotton Market
The Story of a Man-eater
A Snake Story to End With.

XXVI. What the Orient May Teach Us 261

Conservation the Keynote
What Neglect of Her Forests Has Cost China
Forestry Lessons from Japan and Korea
Conserving Individual Wealth
The Essential Immorality of Waste
Avoiding the Wastes of War
Preserving Our Physical Stamina and Racial Strength
A Lesson from China
Patriotism as a Moral Force
The Coming "Conflict of Color"
Oriental vs. Occidental Ideals.

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Count Shige-Nobu Okuma of Japan Frontispiece

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The Giant Avenue of Cryptomerias at Nikko 13

Typical Japanese Costumes and Temple Architecture 14

Japanese Farming Scenes 19

Japanese School Children 20

The Great Buddha (Diabutsu) at Kamakura 53

The Degenerate Koreans at Rest and at Work 54

Like Scenes from Our Western Prairies 81

Manchurian Women (showing peculiar head-dress) 82

Chinese Waste-paper Collector 82

Pu Yi the Son of Heaven and
Emperor of the Middle Kingdom 105

How China Is Dealing with Opium Intemperance 106

A Man-made Desert 117

Pumping Water for Irrigation 117

Transportation and Travel in China 118

Fashionable Chinese Dinner Party 137

How Lumber Is Sawed in the Orient 137

A Quotation from Confucius 138

The Great Wall of China