CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Foreword ..... .. . . 5 



Introduction . . .. ... . . . 7 



Chapter I. The Period of Beginnings, 1784-1790 . . 10 



Chapter II. The Period of Expansion and of War, 1791- 



1814 . . . . . . ... .27 



Chapter III. From the Close of the War of 1812 to the 



Outbreak of the Opium Troubles, 1815-1834 . . 53 



Chapter IV. From the Close of the War of 1812 to 

 the Outbreak of the Opium Troubles, 1815-1838 

 (continued). 

 The Beginnings of American Missions to the Chinese . 85 



Chapter V. The Period of the Opium Troubles and of 

 the First British-Chinese War, culminating in the 

 Treaties of Nanking and Whanghia, 1839-1844 . .no 



Bibliography 145-200 



1. Bibliographies . . . . . . . 145 



2. Official Documents and Reports of Societies . . 146 



3. Manuscripts, Logs, Ship Accounts, Bills of Lading, 



and kindred documents . . . .- . .154 



4. Journals, Diaries, Contemporary Descriptions, Cor 



respondence, and Narratives of Voyages . . 160 



5. Contemporary Pamphlets, Sermons, Lectures, Dis 



cussions, and Treaties ...... 175 



6. Newspapers and Periodicals . . . . .179 



7. Secondary Authorities 183 



Index . 201 



