Various
text files produced from scans by Google of the US edition of this book
are available through the Internet Archive, all more or less corrupted.
I have corrected one such file: You may download the full text of my
corrected version of Korea and her Neighbors in PDF format or in MSWord format (in these page numbering corresponds to that of the printed volume, allowing use
of the Index etc) (See links to scans of the Illustrations below)
Images of the original book, scanned by Google, can be viewed through Internet archive in PDF format.
A short biography of Isabella Bishop
A PDF file (Internet Archive) of Anna M. Stoddart's The Life of Isabella Bird (1906)
| Introductory Chapter 11 I. First Impressions of Korea 23 II. First Impressions of the Capital 35 III. The Kur-dong 49 IV. Seoul, the Korean Mecca 59 V. The Sailing of the Sampan 66 VI. On the River of Golden Sand 71 VII. Views Afloat 82 VIII. Natural Beauty — The Rapids 98 IX. Korean Marriage Customs 114 X. The Korean Pony — Korean Roads and Inns ... 121 XI. Diamond Mountain Monasteries 133 XII. Along the Coast 150 XIII. Impending War — Excitement at Chemulpo .... 177 XIV. Deported to Manchuria 185 XV. A Manchurian Deluge — A Passenger Cart — An Accident 192 XVI. Mukden and its Missions 199 XVII. Chinese Troops on the March 206 XVIII. Nagasaki — Wladivostok 213 XIX. Korean Settlers in Siberia 223 XX. The Trans-Siberian Railroad 239 XXI. The King's Oath — An Audience 245 XXII. A Transition Stage 261 XXIII. The Assassination of the Queen 269 XXIV. Burial Customs 283 XXV. Song-do: A Royal City 292 XXVI, The Phyong-yang Battlefield 301 XXVII. Northward Ho ! 320 |
XXVIII. Over the An-kil Yung Pass 330 XXIX. Social Position of Women 338 XXX. Exorcists and Dancing Women 344 XXXI. The Hair-cropping Edict 359 XXXII. The Reorganized Korean Government 371 XXXIII. Education and Foreign Trade 387 XXXIV. Daemonism or Shamanism 399 XXXV. Notes on Daemonism Concluded 409 XXXVI. Seoul in 1897 427 XXXVII. Last Words on Korea 445 Appendixes 461ff Appendix A. — Mission Statistics for Korea 1896. Appendix B. — Direct Foreign Trade of Korea 1896-95. Appendix C. — Return of Principal Articles of Export for the years 1806-95. Appendix D. — Population of Treaty Ports. Appendix E. — Treaty between Japan and Russia, with reply of H. E., the Korean Minister for Foreign Affairs. (included in the PDF file) Index The Music for Arirang 166 |
List of Illustrations in the 1897 edition.
Harbor of Chemulpo Facing 30
Gate of Old Fusan 34
Japanese Military Cemetery, Chemulpo Facing 38
Turtle Stone 48
Gutter Shop, Seoul Facing 60
The Author's Sampan, Han River Facing 66
Korean Peasants at Dinner 81
A Korean Lady 120
The Diamond Mountains Facing 140
Tombstones of Abbots, Yu-Chom Sa Facing 146
Passenger Cart, Mukden 198
Temple of God of Literature, Mukden Facing 200
Gate of Victory, Mukden Facing 208
Chinese Soldiers Facing 210
Wladivostok Facing 214
Russian “Army,” Krasnoye Celo Facing 232
Korean Settler's House 238
Korean Throne Facing 248
Summer Pavilion, or “Hall of Congratulations” Facing 254
Royal Library, Kyeng-Pok Palace Facing 256
Korean Gentleman in Court Dress 260
Place of the Queen's Cremation 268
Chil-Sung Mon, Seven Star Gate 300
Altar at Tomb of Kit-ze Facing 318
Russian Settler's House, Facing 320
Upper Tai-Dong Facing 324
Russian Officers, Hun-Chun Facing 330
South Gate Facing 412
Seoul and Palace Enclosure Facing 428
The King of Korea Facing 430
Korean Cadet Corps and Russian Drill Instructors Facing 434
A Street in Seoul Facing 436
Korean Policemen, Old and New Facing 444
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Additional pictures taken by Isabella Bird while in Korea (From a series of photographs housed in the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh) View of some very poor houses, no locality identified. A view of Seoul showing the imposing Russian Legation and (in the foreground) the forst building of the British Legation. A view of the Altars of the Earth and of Grain in Sajik-dong, Seoul. Two young yangban gentlemen, one holding a Sohak (小學) primer. Three brothers, presumably, of the yangban class. Funeral monuments at Yu-Chom-sa, the same as on p146 of her book. Kwanghwa-mun, the front gate of Kyongbok-gung, Seoul, seen from the south-western side, outside the palace. 金壘關 (Kumnu-gwan) the West Gate of Busan-jin fortress. The gate shown in the picture no longer exists as such, it was entirely rebuilt in the 1970s in another location. The 2 stones to either side are still there, one with 西門鎖鑰 서문쇄약 and one with 南邀咽喉 남요인후 (combined, they say "this is the southern frontier, corresponding to the nation's neck; the west gate is like the nation's lock" and were probably erected after the Japanese invasions of the 1590s) Perhaps a Ma-pu, to whom she often refers. Myo-gil-sang, in the Diamond Mountains (p.144-5) with her bag in the foreground. Two serving women standing on the same floor as the 2 young gentlemen. (These images were very kindly sent to me by Kwang On Yoo) |
