Contents of volume I - New Series.
Introduction.		i
Vol. 1. No. 1. Japan and China, July, 1876
China and Japan as fields for Literary Research.		1
Shanghai City.	J. R. R.	8
The Illustrations.		12
Chinese Tea-house, Shanghai City.		12
Garden near Ch'en Hwang Temple.		13
The Chinese Wheelbarrow.		13
A Shanghai Merchant's Wife.		14
The Itinerant Cobbler.		14
Wicker-work and Matting Shop.		15
Poetry. Dame Kuo's visit to Hsi-ting fair.	G. C. Stent	15
A Legend of the House of Sendai. From Japanese Records.	The Editor	17
The Period. Jottings of the Month, from the Local Papers. CHINA.		23
Vol. 1. No. 2. Japan and China, August, 1876
The Story of Tit Cheong Yok. (Translated from the Chinese.)		29
Poetry. Don't marry a Widow. (Freely rendered into English from the Chinese.)	G. C. Stent	34
Sir Thomas F. Wade, K.C.B.		37
A Legend of the House of Sendai. From Japanese Records.	The Editor	41
Chinese Mosquitos, and how to repel them.	Macgowan	44
The Illustrations.		46
The River front, Shanghai.		46
Chinese Military Officer.		47
Yü-Lu-Lieut. - Governor of Nankin.		47
Coolies waiting for employment.		47
Chinese Shops.		48
The Period.		48
Japan. The Mikado's Progress.		51
The following is from the China Mail. - Hongkong.		52
Vol. 1. No. 3. Japan and China, September, 1876
The Story of Mow Ying. From the Chinese.		53
The Yellow Stock Tower. A Chinese Historical Drama, in Two Acts.	G. C. Stent	57
Manners and Customs in the Far East.		66
No.1. Marriage Ceremonies of the Chinese at Macao.		67
A Legend of the House of Sendai. From Japanese Records.	The Editor	69
His Excellency Li Hung-Chang.		73
The Illustrations.		75
The Oriental Bank and Central Hotel, Bund, Shanghai.		75
The Garden of the Old American Legation, Yedo.		75
The Group in the U. S. Legation Garden.		76
The Japanese Kago. (Cango).		76
The Temple Porch.		76
Vol. 1. No. 4. Japan and China, October, 1876
Manners and Customs in the Far East.		77
No. 2. Ceremonies Observed on the Occasion of Deaths and Funerals in Macao.	R. F. Martins	77
The Story of Mow Ying. From the Chinese.		81
A Legend of the House of Sendai. From Japanese Records.	The Editor.	86
Chinese Theatricals. A Lecture Delivered in Shanghai.	G. C. Stent	90
Japanese Legends and Tales. No. 1. The Kagiya.	H. J. B.	97
Mr. Robert Hart. Inspector - General of Imperial Customs, China.		98
Supplementary Note on Li Hung-chang.		99
The Illustrations.		100
The Mikado and Empress of Japan.		101
Stage of the Peking Theatre, Canton Road.		102
Vol. 1. No. 5. Japan and China, November, 1876
Manners and Customs in the Far East. R. F. Martins		103
No. 3. Various Superstitions of the Chinese at Macao.		103
No. 4. Processions.		105
A Personal Narrative.		107
A Legend of the House of Sendai. From Japanese Records.	The Editor	112
The Story of Puk Yok-shong. From the Chinese.		116
His Excellency Jujoi Mori Arinori, Japanese Minister to China.	Macgowan	119
Poetry.		123
Inverted Facts. From the Chinese.	G. C. Stent	123
The Illustrations.		125
The large Idol of Daibutsz.		125
Japanese Buddhist Priests.		126
Female Labourers in the fields, Japan.		126
Tea-house, Hostess and Attendants.		127
The Mound, Soochow Creek.		127
Up the Northern River.		127
The Cangue.		128
To our Leaders.		128
Vol. 1. No. 6. Japan and China, December, 1876
Manners and Customs in the Far East.		129
No. 5. Feasts and Festivals of the Chinese in Macao.	R. F. Martins	129
The Story of Puk Yok-shong. (From the Chinese)		132
Samuel Wells Williams, L. L. D.		140
Miss. Lydia Mary Fay.	Macgowan	142
A Legend of the House of Sendai. From Japanese Records.	The Editor	145
The Illustrations.		152
The Deck of H. M. S. "Newcastle."		152
Two Views in O Hama Go Ten, Tokio.		152
So-Ro-Do, or Drum Tower.		152

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