Monosyllables, Chinese language, incapable of inflection, 10-17. Murder, conviction for, illustrations, 103-106. Music— _Book of Music_, Confucian Canon, 42. Burning of the Books, music destroyed, 129. Greek characteristics, 129. Nestorian Christians in China, 143. Netherlands—story of Dutch settlement in China, 137. Novels, Chinese, 61-62. Odes, Book of, Confucian Canon, 41. Mirrors mentioned in, 132. Standard of rhyme, 67. Toys of boy and girl babies, 195. Official coats, "horse-shoe sleeves," 179. Official positions in China— Law experts in offices of judge of criminal cases, 56. Senior Classics, _see that title_. Value of, 72. Women once admitted to, 198. [_See also_ Government.] Olives, Greek and Chinese associations, 128. Opposites, China regarded as land of, 119, 210. Painting the face, custom of Chinese and Grecian women, 122. Pakhoi, opium tax resisted, 95-96. Paper, invention of, effect on style of Chinese writing, 26. Pegasus—Chinese "heavenly horse" compared, 133. Peking, dialect of, standard Mandarin, 8. Penal Code, Chinese, 56, 87-88. Persia—"heavenly horse" in China, 131,133. Philippines, Spanish seizure from China, 136. Phonetic basis and indicator, _see_ Language—Written. Phraseology concordance, Chinese, 65-69. "Pidgin" English, 17. Pigs, tax on, resisted, 93-95. Pills of immortality, concoction and effect of, 107. Plays— Editions of, 62-33. Grecian similarities, 125-126. Poetry— Cambridge collection, 60. Taoist poet, quotations from, 160-163. Women writers, 60, 197. Population, Chinese, vastness of, 3. Portrait-painting, Chinese— Encyclopædia topic, 53. Story, 53. Prefectures, division of circuits, 76, 83. Priest, Buddhist priest anecdote, 138. Prince Huai-nan, _see_ Huai-nan. Protestant missionaries in China, 144. Provincial government— Division of provinces, 76, 78. Governors, 76, 83. Officials, commissioners, etc., 81-82. Viceroys, 76, 82, 83. Puppet-shows, China, alleged origin of, 123. Pythagorean and Chinese systems of music, similarity of, 129. Quails, fighting, Grecian and Chinese custom, 126. Queue— False hair, 180. Tartars, fight against queue, 179. Theories as to origin, 178-179. Readers, professional, Chinese, 61. _Record in Dark Blood_, historical section, Cambridge, 57. Relativity, doctrine of, Lao Tzŭ's teachings, 156. Religions— Buddhism, _see that title_. Classification—Three Doctrines, 143, 145. Confucian Canon, _see that title_. Jews, 144. Lao Tzŭ, _see_ Taoism. Mahommedanism, 143. Manichæans, 144. Nestorian Christians, 143. Protestant missionaries, 144. Roman Catholicism, 144. Taoism, _see that title_. Zoroastrians, 144. Reprints, Chinese— Cambridge collection, 55. _Family Library_, 55. Rhyme, Chinese, 67-68.