THE

CHINESE

AT HOME AND ABROAD.

TOGETHER WITH

The Report of the Special Committee of the C
Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, on the
Condition of the Chinese Quarter of that City.

BY WILLARD B. FARWELL.

19

SAN FRANCISCO:

A. L. BANCROFT & CO.

1885.

Checked
May 1913

22547.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1885, by WILLARD B. FARWELL

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

CONTENTS.

PART I.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTORY.

The Chinese Question should be discussed dispassionately-Need of Missionary

work among the American people-Original attitude of San Francisco

toward the Chinese-What the change of sentiment has been-Political

status of the Chinese-Inconsistencies of the American policy-The logical

consideration of the Question.....

PAGE.

7-14

CHAPTER II.

THE CHINESE AT HOME.

Opinions of the Abbé Huc-John Henry Gray, Archdeacon of Hong Kong, on the

Chinese-The experiences of the Missionary, Rev. Justice Doolittle-Slavery

in China-False statements exposed-Mr. Conwell's testimony-The proofs

as given in Williams' "Middle Kingdom "-Bayard Taylor, Hon. Wm. J.

Shaw and other travelers on the Chinese at Home.......

The better side of the Chinese character always held up to view-Horrible cruelties

practiced in Courts of Justice-Thrilling story told by the Abbé Huc-

Prisoners with hands nailed to carts-Chinese Prisons and Punishments-

Tortures and savage practices-How writers all agree on these points-Ex-

periences of Mr. Loch and Sir Henry Parkes-The massacre at Tein-Tsin-

Justice both blind and deaf in China-Infanticide in China-How it is prac-

ticed among rich and poor-Inhumanity among the Chinese in California-The

bigotry of a Missionary writer......

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