The Chinese and their Rebellions

Preface; Part I: 1. Political geography and administrative machinery; 2. Theory and practical working of the normal Chinese autocracy; 3. Accession, abnormal policy, and weakness of the Manchoo dynasty; 4. Rise and progress of the Chinese people; 5. M. Huc's opinions of the Chinese; 6. Hung Sew Tseuen, the originator of the rebellion; 7. Hung Sew Tseuen's establishment of a new sect of Christians; 8. Origin of the grosser fanaticisms of the new sect of Christians; 9. Retrospective account of the establishment of the Manchoo power in China; 10. Formation of Chinese political societies against the Manchoo domination; 11. Conversations of the old emperor Taou Kwang with a high mandarin; 12. Measures of the imperial authorities against the Kwang Se Christians; 13. Military and political proceedings of the Tae Ping rebels; 14. Military history of the Tae Pings, after the occupation of Nanking; 15. State of the sea-board population at the mouth of the Great River; 16. Excursion on the grand canal; 17. Intercourse of the Tae Pings with western foreigners; 18. Notice of the philosophy, morality, and polity of the Chinese; 19. Christianity and prospects of the Tae Pings; 20. The best policy of western states towards China; Part II: 1. Definition of civilization; 2. Religion, science, and art; 3. Miscellaneous illustrations from Christian and Confucian civilizations; Appendices.