customs, 206
  educational, 213
  Hart, Sir Robert, and, 206
  legal, 204
  merchant marine, 200
  mining enterprises, 202
  newspapers, 215
  post office, 205
  railways, 203
  streets, 218
  telegraph, 214
  Tung-wen College and The Imperial University, 209-210
  writing, 216
Reforms, unmentioned, 292, 301
  a change of costume, 292
  domestic slavery, 298
  polygamy, 295
Religions, the three, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, their
    characteristic features, 107
  each religion has a hierarchy, 109
  “Hall of the Three Religions,” 108
Ricci, after twenty years of effort, effects an entrance to Peking, 138
Rice, grown in all the provinces, 3
Richard, Dr. and the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 287
Richthofen, explorer, 58
River traffic, junks drawn by hundreds of coolies, 50
Rivers, the Yang-tse Kiang, 25
  Hwang Ho, 41
  Hingpo, 18
  Pearl, 9
  Kinsha, the “river of golden sands,” 52
  Min, 15
Roberts, Rev. Issachar, and the leader of the Tai-pings, 160
  is invited to visit their court, 160
Rockhill, Mr., the American Minister, and missionary institutions, 266
Roman Catholic missionaries, dissensions in the ranks of, 143
Roosevelt, President, his efforts to end Russo-Japanese War, 193
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  awarded Nobel peace prize, 193
  interview with Dr. Martin on the subject of the Exclusion Laws and the
  boycott, 251
Rozhesvenski, Admiral, and the relief squadron for Port Arthur, 190-192
Russell, Mr., and the author captured by pirates, 18
Russia, compels Japan to evacuate Manchuria and occupies the same districts
    herself, 171
  designs on Korea, 182
  increases her forces in Manchuria during Boxer War, 182
  obtains lease of Port Arthur, 174
  schemes for conquest, 182, 183
  surprised by Japan’s commencement of the war, 184
Russo-Japanese War, the, 181-195

Sages of China, the, Confucius, 89-93
  Lao-tse, 94
  Mencius, 93-94
Saghalien, Island of, Japan and Russia to divide possession of, 192
Schaal, Father, is president of Astronomical Board, casts cannon, and
  builds churches in Peking, 143
Sea of Japan, Battle of, 191-192
Seng Ko Lin Sin (nicknamed “Sam Collinson” by British), Lama prince who
    heads northern armies against Tai-ping rebels, 59, 159
  defeated by British and French before Peking, 59
Shang dynasty, founded by Shang-tang, 80
  annals of, 80, 82
  “made religion the basis of education,” 82
Shanghai, one of the five treaty ports, 26
  colleges and schools, newspapers and translation bureaux, 28
  foreign Concessions, opulent business houses, and luxurious mansions, 27
  leading commercial emporium, 26
Shang-ti and Tien, Roman Catholics and the terms, 143
Shangyang, a statesman of the Chou dynasty, converts the tenure of land