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SIR ROBERT HART
THE ROMANCE OF A GREAT CAREER
TOLD BY HIS NIECE JULIET BREDON
SECOND EDITION
1910
CONTENTS
A WORD OF INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
EARLY YEARS
CHAPTER II
FIRST YEARS IN CHINA—LIFE AT NINGPO—THE ALLIED COMMISSION AND SIRHARRY PARKES—RESIGNATION FROM THE CONSULAR SERVICE
CHAPTER III
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE IMPERIAL CHINESE CUSTOMS—A VISIT TOSIR FREDERICK BRUCE—THE SHERARD OSBORNE AFFAIR—APPOINTEDINSPECTOR-GENERAL
CHAPTER IV
ORDERED TO LIVE AT SHANGHAI—FIRST MEETING WITH "CHINESE GORDON"—THERECONCILIATION BETWEEN GORDON AND LI HUNG CHANG—THE TAKING OFCHANG-CHOW-FU—DISBANDMENT OF "THE EVER-VICTORIOUS ARMY"—REWARDS FORGORDON
CHAPTER V
ORDERED TO LIVE IN PEKING—"WHAT A BYSTANDER SAYS"—A RETURN TOEUROPE—MARRIAGE—CHINA ONCE AGAIN—THE BURLINGAME MISSION—FIRSTDECORATION—THE "WASA" OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY
CHAPTER VI
BIRTH OF A SON—THE MARGARY AFFAIR AND THE CHEFOO CONVENTION—A SECONDVISIT TO EUROPE—THE PARIS EXHIBITION OF 1878
CHAPTER VII
YUAN PAO HÊNG SUGGESTS PROHIBITION OF OPIUM SMOKING IN CHINA—NEWBUILDINGS FOR THE INSPECTORATE—THE FIRST INFORMAL POSTAGESERVICE—THE FRENCH TREATY OF 1885—OFFERED POST OF BRITISH MINISTER
CHAPTER VIII
AN IMPORTANT MISSION TO HONGKONG AND MACAO—THE BEGINNING OF APRIVATE BAND—DECORATIONS, CHINESE AND FOREIGN—THE SIKKIM-THIBETCONVENTION—FORMAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE POST OFFICE—WAR LOANS
CHAPTER IX
THE PROLOGUE TO THE SIEGE—BARRICADES AND SCALING LADDERS—THE SIEGEPROPER—A MESSAGE FROM THE YAMÊN AND AN IMPORTANT TELEGRAM—RELIEF ATLAST—NEW QUARTERS—NEGOTIATIONS—THE CONGRESS OF PEKING—AN IMPERIALAUDIENCE
CHAPTER X
SOME QUIET YEARS—A CHANGE OF MASTERS—INSOMNIA—A FAREWELLAUDIENCE—AN HONOUR AND ITS ADVERTISEMENT—AH FONG ANDOTHERS—DEPARTURE FROM PEKING—"A SMALL, INSIGNIFICANT IRISHMAN"
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
SIR ROBERT HART
THE CANAL: THE ROUTE BY WHICH SIR ROBERT HART FIRST CAME TO PEKING
A VIEW OF OLD PEKING SHOWING CONDITION OF ROADS
A ROAD IN OLD PEKING DURING THE RAINY SEASON
SIR ROBERT HART ABOUT 1866
UNDER THE PEKING CITY WALL TOWARDS TUNGCHOW—ALONG THE GRAND CANAL
A PICNIC IN OLD PEKING—TOWARDS YUEN MING YUEN
WELL NEAR THE CANAL, BRITISH LEGATION, BEFORE 1900
SIR ROBERT HART IN 1878
OUTSIDE SIR ROBERT HART'S HOUSE BEFORE 1900
PEKING: A MESSENGER CARRYING MAILS IN THE RAINY SEASON
A SECRETARY GOING TO THE INSPECTORATE OFFICES DURING THE RAINY SEASON<