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| = PREFACE = | | = PREFACE = |
| MANY excellent books have been written about Korea, each of them approaching the subject
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| from a slightly different angle. In the present volume I have attempted to handle the theme
| | =INTRODUCTORY= |
| from a more intimate standpoint than that of the casual tourist.
| | == THE PROBLEM == |
| Much that is contained in this present volume is matter that has come under the writer's
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| personal observation or has been derived directly from Koreans or from Korean works. Some of
| | =CHAPTER 1. WHERE AND WHAT KOREA IS ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND= |
| this matter has already appeared in The Korea Review and elsewhere. The historical survey is a
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| condensation from the writer's " History of Korea. "
| | =CHAPTER 2. THE PEOPLE= |
| This book is a labour of love, undertaken in the days of Korea's distress, with the purpose of
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| interesting the reading public in a country and a people that have been frequently maligned
| | =CHAPTER 3. GOVERMENT= |
| and sel- dom appreciated. They are overshadowed by China on the one hand in respect of
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| numbers, and by Japan on the other in respect of wit. They are neither good merchants like
| | =CHAPTER 4. LEGENDARY AND ANCIENT HISTORY= |
| the one nor good fighters like the other, and yet they are far more like Anglo-Saxons in
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| temperament than either, and they are by far the pleasantest people in the Far East to live
| | =CHAPTER 5. MEDIEVAL HISTORY= |
| amongst. Their failings are such as follow in the wake of ignorance everywhere, and the
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| bettering of their opportunities will bring swift betterment to their condition.
| | =CHAPTER 6. THE GOLDEN AGE OF KOREA AND THE JAPANESE INVASION= |
| For aid in the compilation of this book my thanks are mainly due to a host of kindly Koreans
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| from every class in society, from the silk-clad yangban to the fettered criminal in prison, from
| | =CHAPTER 7. THE MANCHU INVASION AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY= |
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| | =CHAPTER 8. THE OPENING OF KOREA= |
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| | =CHAPTER 9. THE ASSASSINATION OF THE QUEEN= |
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| | =CHAPTER 10. THE INDEPENDENCE CLUB= |
