Observations in the Orient · the account of a journey to Catholic mission fields in Japan, Korea, Manchuria, China, Indo-China, and the Philippines

CONTENTS

Preface vii

Chapter I

From Maryknoll to The Golden Gate 1

Chapter II

On The Pacific 16

Chapter III

The Island Empire 32

Chapter IV

Northward to Nikko and Sendai 47

Chapter V

A Tour Through The Dioceses 61

Chapter VI

In Korea 82

Chapter VII

Through Manchuria to Tientsin 98

Chapter VIII

With The Lazarists In Peking and Chengtingfu 117

Chapter IX

Franciscan Hospitality At Hankow 131

Chapter X

Up The Yangtze to Shanghai 143

Chapter XI

A Dip into The Interior 155

Chapter XII

Shanghai and Hongkong 175

Chapter XIII

A Memorable Christmas 191

Chapter XIV

Maryknoirs First Mission 210

Chapter XV

Under The American Flag 224

Chapter XVI

A Trip to Indo-China 243

Chapter XVII

At The Frontier Of China 263

Chapter XVIII

Where St. Francis Xavier Died 278

Chapter XIX

Homeward 294

Chapter XX

Some Impressions 308

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Opposite Page

Frontispiece

Maryknoll-on-the-Hudson 2

Maryknoll-at-Scranton 6

Mormon Temple. Great Salt Lake 10

Seminary At Menlo Park, San Francisco 14

A Catholic Missionbe In The Land Of His Adoption 18

A Japanese Liner. The Palms Of Honolulu 22

Navigation on Chinese Waters 28

Yokohama— Its Harbor and a Main Street 32

Archbishop Petrelu In Japan. The Sacred Heart Church At Yokohama 36

At The Jesuit College, Tokyo 40

Brothers Of Mary Of Tokyo 44

Pagan Priests At Nikko 48

Scenes At Nikko 50

Children Of Sendai. Ancestor Worship 54

At Fukushima 62

Some Of The Treasures Of Japan 64

Veterans In The Service Of Their Master 68

The Feast Of Corpus Christi In Osaka 74

The Mission At Taikou. Korean Market 82

Cathedral Of Seoul. Typical Korean Hut 86

Bishop Mutel with his Little Folks 92

The Benedictine School At Seoul 96

A Street In Mukden. The Cathedral 100

French Nuns At Mukden. In The Compound 104

Seminarians Of Mukden. The Station 106

Flood Scenes In Tientsin 110

The Tientsin Compound 114

Students Of The Peitang. Cathedral Of Peking 118

The New Government Hospital At Peking 122

Sisters Of Charity At Chengtingfu 124

A Chinese Sister. Bishop De Vienne and Seminarians 128

From The Train Window En Route to Hankow 132

Recollections Of Hankow 136

The Catholic College In Wuchang 140

Establishment Of The Canossian Sisters, Hankow 142

Buddhist Monastery. Missioners Of Kiukiang 144 Ruling. 146

Views Of Shanghai 148

Mr. Lo Pa Hong. In St. Joseph's Hospital 152

The Jesuit Church At Sicawei 154

The Mission Buildings At Ningpo 156

On The Island Of Chusan 160

Through The Chusan Archipelago 164

Haimen— A Monument to Efficiency 166

Chinese Sisters. Mission Buildings At Taichowfu 168

The Bishop's House At Ningpo 172

A Jesuit Mission Compound 176

The Picnic At Hangchow 180

Views Of Hongkong 184

Street In Hongkong. Bp. Pozzoni with His Priests 188

Custom-House At Canton. The Bund 192

The Canton Cathedral. The Bishop's House 194

A Country Mission. Women Workers Of China 198

The Leper Islands Of Sheklung 202

The Heroic Priests Of Shekhjng 206

Macao 210

At Shiuhing 212

En Route to The Maryknoll Mission 216

A Street In Old China 220

A Christian Settlement. A Chinese Houseboat 222

Prelates Of Manila 226

Around and About Manila 234

Reminders Of The Ages Of Faith 240

Traveling In Tongking 244

At The Mission In Haiphong 250

Annamite Priest. Pere Cothonay At Langson 258

Indo-Chinese Of Cao-bang 266

French And Spanish Bishops In Tongking 270

Shaueen, The Foreign Concession 276

In a Chinese Inn. Chinese River Craft 282

Memorial Chapel At Sancian. Children Of The Mission 284

At Sancian Island with Fr. Thobias 288

Traveling In China 292

At The School Of The Canadian Sisters, Canton 296

The Tsu Family Of Shanghai 298

Fujiyama. The Inland Sea 304

Maryknoll's First Apostles TO China 310

Bishop de Guebriant and His Seminarians At Canton 314

Map Of The Maryknoll Mission In China 318

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