Table of Contents:
  • The hermit kingdom
  • Queen v. regent
  • The coming of the foreigner
  • The Chino-Japanese conflict
  • The murder of the queen
  • After the murder
  • The escape of the king
  • The Russian regime
  • The re-entry of Japan
  • The beginning of the new era
  • Treaty-making and treaty-breaking
  • The rule of Prince Ito
  • The abdication of Yi Hyeung
  • The crowning of the puppet emperor
  • A journey to the "righteous army"
  • The strong hand of Japan
  • The ruins of Chee-Chong
  • With the rebels
  • The suppression of foreign criticism
  • The prospects for foreign trade
  • The wider view
  • The trial of Viscount Miura
  • Treaties relating to Korea
  • Petition from the Koreans of Hawaii.