Added title page, engraved.

Volume I: General divisions and features of the empire -- Geographical description of the eastern provinces -- Geographical description of the western provinces -- Population and statistics -- Natural history of China -- Laws of China and plan of government -- Administration of the laws -- Education and literary examinations -- Structure of the Chinese language -- Classical literature of the Chinese -- Polite literature of the Chinese -- volume II: Architecture, dress, and diet of the Chinese -- Social life among the Chinese -- Industrial arts of the Chinese -- Science of the Chinese -- History and chronology of China -- Religion of the Chinese -- Christian missions among the Chinese -- Commerce of the Chinese -- Foreign intercourse with China -- Origin of the war with England -- Progress of the war and opening of China.