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With the Empress Dowager of China
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With the Empress Dowager of China

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  1. Illustrated by the author and with photographs. Contents: My Presentation and First Day at the Chinese Court; Personal Appearance of Her Majesty-A Chinese Repast-Boating; The Palace of the Emperor’s Father; Her Majesty’s Throne-Room; The Young Empress and Ladies of the Court; Continuation of the Portrait; Festivities at Court; His Majesty the Emperor; The Emperor’s Birthday; Peking-The Sea Palace; Some Characteristics of Her Majesty-Second Visit to the Sea Palace; Return to the Summer Palace; The Steam-Launch-Semi-Annual Sacrifices to Confucius; The Palace Eunuchs; Literary Tastes and Accomplishments of the Empress Dowager; The Great Audience Hall; The Summer Palace; Festival of the Harvest Moon; A Garden Party; Beginning a Second Portrait of the Empress Dowager; A European Circus at the Palace; Palace Customs; Her Majesty’s Anxiety-Her Birthday; The Winter Palace; Peking-Beginning the Portrait of St. Louis; Some Social Customs; Present-Giving; Some Winter Days at the Palace; Religious Rites; Her Majesty the Empress Dowager; The Chinese New Year; Continuation of the St. Louis Portrait; Finishing and Sending Off the Portrait; and Return to the Summer Palace.
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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing
Country
United States
Date
10 September 2010
Pages
374
ISBN
9781163204221
  1. Illustrated by the author and with photographs. Contents: My Presentation and First Day at the Chinese Court; Personal Appearance of Her Majesty-A Chinese Repast-Boating; The Palace of the Emperor’s Father; Her Majesty’s Throne-Room; The Young Empress and Ladies of the Court; Continuation of the Portrait; Festivities at Court; His Majesty the Emperor; The Emperor’s Birthday; Peking-The Sea Palace; Some Characteristics of Her Majesty-Second Visit to the Sea Palace; Return to the Summer Palace; The Steam-Launch-Semi-Annual Sacrifices to Confucius; The Palace Eunuchs; Literary Tastes and Accomplishments of the Empress Dowager; The Great Audience Hall; The Summer Palace; Festival of the Harvest Moon; A Garden Party; Beginning a Second Portrait of the Empress Dowager; A European Circus at the Palace; Palace Customs; Her Majesty’s Anxiety-Her Birthday; The Winter Palace; Peking-Beginning the Portrait of St. Louis; Some Social Customs; Present-Giving; Some Winter Days at the Palace; Religious Rites; Her Majesty the Empress Dowager; The Chinese New Year; Continuation of the St. Louis Portrait; Finishing and Sending Off the Portrait; and Return to the Summer Palace.
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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing
Country
United States
Date
10 September 2010
Pages
374
ISBN
9781163204221