| Chapter | Page | |
| Introductory Chapter | 11 | |
| I. | First Impressions of Korea | 23 |
| II. | First Impressions of the Capital | 35 |
| III. | The Kur-dong | 49 |
| IV. | Seoul, the Korean Mecca | 59 |
| V. | The Sailing of the Sampan | 66 |
| VI. | On the River of Golden Sand | 71 |
| VII. | Views Afloat | 82 |
| VIII. | Natural Beauty—The Rapids | 98 |
| IX. | Korean Marriage Customs | 114 |
| X. | The Korean Pony—Korean Roads and Inns | 121 |
| XI. | Diamond Mountain Monasteries | 133 |
| XII. | Along the Coast | 150 |
| XIII. | Impending War—Excitement at Chemulpo | 177 |
| XIV. | Deported to Manchuria | 185 |
| XV. | A Manchurian Deluge—A Passenger Cart—An Accident | 192 |
| XVI. | Mukden and its Missions | 199 |
| XVII. | Chinese Troops on the March | 206 |
| XVIII. | Nagasaki—Wladivostok | 213 |
| XIX. | Korean Settlers in Siberia | 223 |
| XX. | The Trans-Siberian Railroad | 239 |
| XXI. | The King’s Oath—An Audience | 245 |
| XXII. | A Transition Stage | 261 |
| XXIII. | The Assassination of the Queen | 269 |
| XXIV. | Burial Customs | 283 |
| XXV. | Song-do: A Royal City | 292 |
| XXVI. | The Phyong-yang Battlefield | 301 |
| XXVII. | Northward Ho! | 320 |
| XXVIII. | Over the An-kil Yung Pass | 330 |
| XXIX. | Social Position of Women | 338 |
| XXX. | Exorcists and Dancing Women | 344 |
| XXXI. | The Hair-cropping Edict | 359 |
| XXXII. | The Reorganized Korean Government | 371 |
| XXXIII. | Education and Foreign Trade | 387 |
| XXXIV. | Dæmonism or Shamanism | 399 |
| XXXV. | Notes on Dæmonism Concluded | 409 |
| XXXVI. | Seoul in 1897 | 427 |
| XXXVII. | Last Words on Korea | 445 |
| Appendixes | 461 | |
| Appendix A.—Mission Statistics for Korea 1896. | ||
| Appendix B.—Direct Foreign Trade of Korea 1886-95. | ||
| Appendix C.—Return of Principal Articles of Export for the years 1896-95. | ||
| Appendix D.—Population of Treaty Ports. | ||
| Appendix E.—Treaty between Japan and Russia, with reply of H.E., the Korean Minister for Foreign Affairs. | ||
| Index | 475 |