Annals and Memoirs of the Court of Peking

A serious and valuable account of the Chinese court, covering the Ming and Manchu dynasties with such chapter titles as:
A Chinese Haroun Al Raschid
An Infamous Eunuch
Li Tzu-Ch'eng's Rebellion and the Fall of Peking
Wu San-Kuei
The Manchu Dynasty Established
The Mings at Nanking
The Sack of Yang Chou-Fu
The Last of The Mings
Emperor Shun Chih
K'ang Hsi as a Father
Tribulations of Yung Cheng
Yung Cheng Dispenses Justice
His Majesty Chi'ien Lung
Downfall of Ho Shen
Chia Ch'ing: The Beginning of The End
Tao Kukang. The Impact of the West
Hsien Feng and T'ung Chih: The Facile Descent
Sorrows of His Majesty Kuang Hsu
Memoirs of the Boxer Year (1900)
Concerning the Old Buddha
The Court Under the Last Regency
Conclusion
Index