| Ceiling, Imperial Palace, Seoul | Cover |
| Tablet in Seoul | Frontispiece |
| PAGE | |
| Devil Post outside Seoul | 1 |
| Guardian of a grave | 9 |
| Independence Arch | 11 |
| Pagoda at Seoul | 12 |
| A moment of leisure | 13 |
| At the Wells | 17 |
| Chemulpo | 21 |
| Pavilion on the wall of the Capital | 23 |
| Hen-seller | 24 |
| Not one whit Europeanised | 33 |
| A side alley | 35 |
| Native dress | 37 |
| They wear the Chang-ot | 38 |
| A study in hats | 39 |
| Means of locomotion | 42 |
| A Sang-no | 43 |
| White-coated, white-socked population | 45 |
| She may visit her friends | 47 |
| A middle-class family | 49 |
| In winter costume | 51 |
| A palace concubine | 53 |
| Dancing women of the Court | 55 |
| Boys | 58 |
| His Imperial Highness, Prince Yi-Cha-Sum | 59 |
| His Imperial Majesty the Emperor | 60 |
| The Hall of Audience, Seoul | 64 |
| Their Imperial Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess | 67 |
| A minor Royalty | 69 |
| Within the Palace grounds, Seoul | 72 |
| Imperial Throne, Seoul | 74 |
| Imperial Tablet-House, Seoul | 77 |
| An Imperial pavilion, Seoul | 79 |
| Mr. J. McLeavy Brown, C.M.G., LL.D. | 82 |
| British Legation, Seoul | 88 |
| The Imperial Library, Seoul | 94 |
| A Seoul gate | 107 |
| Justice is not tempered with mercy | 113 |
| Children of the lower class | 115 |
| The Korean and his bull | 119 |
| A spade furnished with ropes | 121 |
| Pounding grain | 122 |
| Carrying produce to market | 123 |
| Japanese Cavalry | 128 |
| The Guard of the Japanese Legation, Seoul | 131 |
| H.M.S. Astrea | 137 |
| Brick laying extraordinary | 145 |
| The Consulting-room of Miss Cooke | 155 |
| A railway siding | 169 |
| In New Fusan | 177 |
| Palace Gateway | 180 |
| Chemulpo | 185 |
| On the Yalu River | 197 |
| Chinese Encampment | 203 |
| Beyond the Capital | 208 |
| Woodland Glades | 209 |
| Country Carts | 213 |
| A pitched battle | 215 |
| A summer pleasaunce | 224 |
| The Abbot of Chang An Sa | 227 |
| The Abbot of Yu Chom Sa | 233 |
| Yu Chom Sa | 237 |
| An Altar-piece | 239 |
| Shin Ki Sa | 243 |
| The Abbot and Monks of Chang An Sa | 245 |
| A Fair Magician | 251 |
| Without the walls of Seoul | 253 |
| The Temple of Heaven, Seoul | 255 |
| An Imperial summer house, erected to mark the spot where the corpse of the late Queen was burned by the Japanese | 260 |
| A bridge scene in Seoul | 261 |
| The streets are magnificent | 268 |
| Beyond the Amur | 281 |
| On the Han River | 282 |
| Washing clothes in a drain | 284 |
| A day of festival | 291 |
| Russian post on the Korean Frontier | 297 |
About This Book
A contemporary travel and political survey of the peninsula blends firsthand observations of landscape, coastal ports, and urban life with analysis of governance, court ritual, and everyday customs. The narrative moves from island flora and port towns to the capital's streets and palace, examining domestic economy, education, and social status. It addresses fiscal and diplomatic issues including trade, treaty ports, currency and taxation, and competing foreign interests. Rural chapters describe agriculture, rural industries, temples, and monastic practice, while later sections consider public health, famine, and missionary activity. Maps and illustrations accompany practical recommendations for commercial engagement and administrative reform.