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THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS AT THE SIAMESE COURT
TO MRS. KATHERINE S. COBB.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
I. ON THE THRESHOLD.
II. A SIAMESE PREMIER AT HOME.
III. A SKETCH OF SIAMESE HISTORY.
IV. HIS EXCELLENCY'S HAREM AND HELPMEET.
V. THE TEMPLES OF THE SLEEPING AND THE EMERALD IDOLS.
VI. THE KING AND THE GOVERNESS.
VII. MARBLE HALLS AND FISH-STALLS.
VIII. OUR HOME IN BANGKOK
IX. OUR SCHOOL IN THE PALACE.
X. MOONSHEE AND THE ANGEL GABRIEL.
XI. THE WAYS OF THE PALACE.
XII. SHADOWS AND WHISPERS OF THE HAREM.
XIII. FÂ-YING, THE KING'S DARLING.
XIV. AN OUTRAGE AND A WARNING.
XV. THE CITY OF BANGKOK.
XVI. THE WHITE ELEPHANT.
XVII. THE CEREMONIES OF CORONATION.
XVIII. THE QUEEN CONSORT.
XIX. THE HEIR-APPARENT.—ROYAL HAIR-CUTTING.
XX. AMUSEMENTS OF THE COURT.
XXI. SIAMESE LITERATURE AND ART.
XXII. BUDDHIST DOCTRINE, PRIESTS, AND WORSHIP.
COMMON MAXIMS OF THE PRIESTS OF SIAM.
XXIII. CREMATION.
"THE NOTIFICATION
XXIV. CERTAIN SUPERSTITIONS.
XXV. THE SUBORDINATE KING
XXVI. THE SUPREME KING: HIS CHARACTER AND ADMINISTRATION.
"NOTICE.
"S.P.P.M. MONGKUT:
"VERY PRIVATE POST SCRIPT.
XXVII. MY RETIREMENT FROM THE PALACE.
XXVIII. THE KINGDOM OF SIAM.
XXIX. THE RUINS OF CAMBODIA.—AN EXCURSION TO THE NAGHKON WATT.
XXX. THE LEGEND OF THE MAHA NAUGKON
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