Literature, Chinese—­
    Cambridge University library, see Library. 
    Concordance to phraseology, 65-69. 
    Relative values of Chinese and Greek in mental and moral training,
      109-119. 
    Western incidents in, 133-139.

  Liu Hsiang, Biographies of Eminent Women, 50.

  Luzon (Philippines), Spanish seizure, 136.

  Magic—­
    Jugglers, Chinese and Grecian, 124. 
    Taoist black art, 168-170.

  Magistrates—­
    Advancement in ranks, 78. 
    Deputy official, test of, 79-80. 
    Division of prefectures into magistracies, 76. 
    Duties, 80. 
    Expenses of education no obstacle, 79. 
    Income, 82-83. 
    Law experts in offices, 56. 
    Real rulers of China, 78.

  Mahommedanism in China, 143.

  Manchus, imprisonment, 1891, people’s fury, 98.

  Mandarin language—­
    Importance of “official language,” 7-10. 
    Sounds for conveyance of speech, lack of, 17-21. 
    Study of, 10-21.
    [See also Language.]

  Mandarins—­
    Meeting in street, 186. 
    Seal of office, 198-199.

  Manichaeans in China, 144.

  Marriage customs—­
    Grecian customs, similarity of, 122. 
    Widows, 201-202. 
    Wives, number of, 196.

  Mencius—­
    Attacks on heterodox systems, 147. 
    Conversations with disciples, book of Confucian Canon, 42. 
    Lao Tzu, no allusion to, in writings, 147. 
    Quotations from, 84-87, 196-197.

  Ming dynasty—­
    Emperor, character and end of last Emperor, 117-119. 
    History, quotations, 136. 
    Overthrow, 118-119. 
    Senior Classics, illustrated books, 70-71.

  Mirror of History, by Ssu-ma Kuang, 49.

  Mirrors, ancient Chinese and Greek, 132-133.

  Missionaries, Protestant, in China, 144.

  Monosyllables, Chinese language, incapable of inflection, 10-17.

  Murder, conviction for, illustrations, 103-106.

  Music—­
    Book of Music, Confucian Canon, 42. 
    Burning of the Books, music destroyed, 129. 
    Greek characteristics, 129.

  Nestorian Christians in China, 143.

  Netherlands—­story of Dutch settlement in China, 137.

  Novels, Chinese, 61-62.

  Odes, Book of, Confucian Canon, 41. 
    Mirrors mentioned in, 132. 
    Standard of rhyme, 67. 
    Toys of boy and girl babies, 195.

  Official coats, “horse-shoe sleeves,” 179.

  Official positions in China—­
    Law experts in offices of judge of criminal cases, 56. 
    Senior Classics, see that title. 
    Value of, 72. 
    Women once admitted to, 198.
    [See also Government.]

  Olives, Greek and Chinese associations, 128.