BEDOUIN WOMEN IN FRONT OF TENT 69 A HOLY MAN, BENARES 96 CRADLE IN VILLAGE, BARODA 132 INDIAN WOMEN SPINNING 148 A CARRIAGE FOR WOMEN 154 MOHAMMEDAN WOMEN, HYDERABAD 170 HUSKING RICE IN A BURMESE VILLAGE 179 BURMESE GIRL 180 DANCING AT A VILLAGE FESTIVAL, BURMAH 183 A BUDDHIST SCHOOL MANDALAY (SHOWING BEGGING-BOWL) 194 BURMESE BOY WITH TATTOOED LEGS 196 _EN ROUTE_ TO A FESTIVAL, BURMAH 198 A BURMESE WOMAN AND HER CIGAR 206 BURMESE WORKING WOMAN 208 GOLDEN PAGODA, MANDALAY 210 CHINESE WOMEN WARMING HANDS AND FEET WITH BRAZIERS 214 CHINESE WOMEN AND CHAIR-BEARERS 218 BOUND FEET OF CHINESE WOMAN 221 AN OLD-FASHIONED CHINESE GIRLS’ SCHOOL 224 WHEELBARROW AND COOLIE—USED IN PLACE OF WAGONS IN TOWNS AND COUNTRY VILLAGES NEAR SHANGHAI 236 RAIN-COATS OF CHINESE WORKMEN 246 RICE-BOATS ON CANAL, CHINA 260 JAPANESE CHILDREN PLAYING 276 AN OUTDOOR KITCHEN IN JAPAN 290 [Illustration: “TWO WOMEN SHALL BE GRINDING AT THE MILL.” To face p. 9.] INTRODUCTION “What thou biddest Unargued I obey. So God ordains; God is _thy_ law, thou mine: to know no more Is woman’s happiest knowledge, and her praise.” This is the creed of the woman of the East to-day. It is the same as it has been for centuries; it will continue the same for centuries to come. Indeed, it is a question whether the Oriental woman, with all her intellectual and social advance which is already beginning, will be able ever to free herself from those traditional and inherent influences which have been wrought into the very warp and woof of Eastern humanity.