Dinner, invitation to, 188.

  Diplomatists, see Statesmen.

  Doctors, Chinese, “horse-money,” etc., 209-210.

  Doctrine of the Mean, Confucian Canon, 42.

  Doctrines, see Religions.

  Dogs’ flesh, Canton shops, 207.

  Drama, see Plays.

  Drawing, chapters on, in Chinese encyclopaedia, 53.

  Dress, Chinese—­
    Official coats, 179. 
    Veils for women, abolition of, 197.

  Dress, Japanese, misconception as to, 178.

  Dutch settlement in China, story of, 137.

  Dyeing the hair, practice of, 180.

  Dynastic histories—­
    Cambridge collection—­
      Biographies, see that title. 
      Edition of 1747, 45. 
      Encyclopaedias, see that title.
      Historical Record, see that title.
      Mirror of History, by Tsuma Kuang. 
      Penal Code, 56.
      Record in Dark Blood, 57. 
      Reprints, 55. 
      Statutes of present dynasty, 56. 
      “Veritable Record”, 48. 
    Woman’s work, 197.

  Dynasties of China—­
    Histories, see Dynastic histories. 
    History compilation custom, 47. 
    Ming dynasty, see that title. 
    Statutes of present dynasty, 56.

  Education—­
    Value of, 72, 79
    Women, 197-198.

  Elixir of life, Taoist doctrine, 163, 170.

  Emperors of China—­
    Ch’ien Lung, catalogue enterprise, 69. 
    Government of the Emperor, 75. 
    K’ang Hsi, see that title. 
    Ming dynasty, character and end of last Emperor, 117-119.

  Encyclopaedias, Cambridge collection, 51-54. 
    Arrangement, 54. 
    Drawing, chapters on, 53. 
    Portrait-painting topic, 53.
    San T’sai Tu Hui, 52-53.
    [See also Dictionaries.]

  England, Cambridge University library, see Library.

  English—­“pidgin” English, 17.

  Entertainments, Chinese and Grecian, 126-127.

  Etiquette—­
    Glasses, removal when conversing, 183. 
    Street etiquette, 183-186. 
    Visitors, see that title.

  Exaggeration, Chinese, 193.

  Execution substitutes, erroneous idea, 208.

  Eyeglasses—­
    Chamberlain’s, J., remarks by Li Hung-chang, 182-183. 
    Chinese etiquette, removal of spectacles, 183.

  Family Library, Chinese reprints.

  Fay, Miss, student of Chinese, 6.

  Fielde, Miss, student of Chinese, 6.

  Finance commissioner, provincial official, 81.

  Five Classics, Confucian Canon, 40-42.

  Foot-binding—­
    Edicts prohibiting, 203. 
    Fashion, obstacle to abolition, 202.

  Fulangbis, seizure of islands from China, 136.