一 BOYHOOD 1
二 SCHOOL DAYS 7
三 JOURNEY TO AMERICA AND FIRST EXPERIENCES THERE 11
四 AT MONSON ACADEMY 14
五 MY COLLEGE DATS 18
六 RETURN TO CHINA 22
七 EFFORT TO FIND A POSITION 30
八 EXPERIENCES IN BUSINESS 34
九 MY FIRST TRIP TO THE TEA DISTRICTS 40
十 MY VISIT TO THE TAIPINGS 48
十一 REFLECTIONS ON THE TAIPING REBELLION 57
十二 MY INTERVIEWS WITH TSANG KWOH FAN 69
十三 MY MISSION TO AMERICA TO BUY MACHINERY 77
十四 MY SECOND RETURN TO CHINA 80
十五 PROPOSAL OF MY EDUCATIONAL SCHEME 85
十六 THE CHINESE EDUCATIONAL MISSION 91
十七 INVESTIGATIOIN OF THE COOLIE TRAFFIC IIN PERU 97
十八 END OF THE EDUCATIONAL MISSION 100
十九 JOURNEY TO PRKING AND DEATH OF MY WIFE 109
二十 MY RECALL TO CHINA 113
十一 THE COUP D’ETAT OF 1898 121
APPENDIX 125
CLASSIFIED GLOSSARY 138