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[Illustration: Sir Robert Hart, G.C.M.G.]

SIR ROBERT HART - THE ROMANCE OF A GREAT CAREER - TOLD BY HIS NIECE JULIET BREDON - SECOND EDITION

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS - SIR ROBERT HART - THE CANAL: THE ROUTE BY WHICH SIR ROBERT HART FIRST CAME TO PEKING - A VIEW OF OLD PEKING SHOWING CONDITION OF ROADS - A ROAD IN OLD PEKING DURING THE RAINY SEASON - SIR ROBERT HART ABOUT 1866 - UNDER THE PEKING CITY WALL TOWARDS TUNGCHOW—ALONG THE GRAND CANAL - A PICNIC IN OLD PEKING—TOWARDS YUEN MING YUEN - WELL NEAR THE CANAL, BRITISH LEGATION, BEFORE 1900 - SIR ROBERT HART IN 1878 - OUTSIDE SIR ROBERT HART'S HOUSE BEFORE 1900 - PEKING: A MESSENGER CARRYING MAILS IN THE RAINY SEASON - A SECRETARY GOING TO THE INSPECTORATE OFFICES DURING THE RAINY SEASON - STABLES OF SIR ROBERT HART IN THE RAINY SEASON - THE INSPECTORATE STREET BEFORE 1900 - ENTRANCE TO THE INSPECTORATE OF CUSTOMS BEFORE 1900 - SIR ROBERT HART'S BAND IN THE EARLY 'NINETIES - SIR ROBERT HART'S CHINESE BAND - SIR ROBERT HART'S STABLES IN 1890 - SIR ROBERT HART'S PRIVATE CART - THE IMPERIAL CHINESE POST OFFICE ENTRANCE ON A RAINY DAY IN THE 'NINETIES - A GARDEN PARTY GIVEN BY SIR ROBERT HART TO GOVERNOR TRÜPPEL (OF KIAOCHOW) AND PARTY - LADY HART - SIR ROBERT HART IN HIS PRIVATE OFFICE - SIR ROBERT HART AND A GROUP OF CUSTOMS PEOPLE - SIR ROBERT HART AND MISS KATE CARL - PEKING PEACE PROTOCOL, 1901 - A CORNER OF SIR ROBERT HART'S GARDEN: A WINTER VIEW - ANOTHER WINTER VIEW OF SIR ROBERT HART'S GARDEN - TING'RH, OR CHINESE PAVILION, IN SIR ROBERT HART'S GARDEN, PEKING - SIR ROBERT HART AND HIS STAFF (FOREIGN AND CHINESE), PEKING, 1903 - SIR ROBERT HART WISHING MISS ROOSEVELT "BON VOYAGE" ON HER DEPARTURE FROM PEKING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1906 - FRONT DOOR OF SIR ROBERT HART'S HOUSE, PEKING - FRONT VIEW OF SIR ROBERT HART'S HOUSE - A WORD OF INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I - EARLY YEARS

CHAPTER II - FIRST YEARS IN CHINA—LIFE AT NINGPO—THE ALLIED COMMISSION AND SIR HARRY PARKES—RESIGNATION FROM THE CONSULAR SERVICE

CHAPTER III - THE BEGINNINGS OF THE IMPERIAL CHINESE CUSTOMS—A VISIT TO SIR FREDERICK BRUCE—THE SHERARD OSBORNE AFFAIR—APPOINTED INSPECTOR-GENERAL

CHAPTER IV - ORDERED TO LIVE AT SHANGHAI—FIRST MEETING WITH "CHINESE GORDON"—THE RECONCILIATION BETWEEN GORDON AND LI HUNG CHANG—THE TAKING OF CHANG-CHOW-FU—DISBANDMENT OF "THE EVER-VICTORIOUS ARMY"—REWARDS FOR GORDON

CHAPTER V - ORDERED TO LIVE IN PEKING—"WHAT A BYSTANDER SAYS"—A RETURN TO EUROPE—MARRIAGE—CHINA ONCE AGAIN—THE BURLINGAME MISSION—FIRST DECORATION—THE "WASA" OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY

CHAPTER VI - BIRTH OF A SON—THE MARGARY AFFAIR AND THE CHEFOO CONVENTION—A SECOND VISIT TO EUROPE—THE PARIS EXHIBITION OF 1878

CHAPTER VII - YUAN PAO HÊNG SUGGESTS PROHIBITION OF OPIUM SMOKING IN CHINA—NEW BUILDINGS FOR THE INSPECTORATE—THE FIRST INFORMAL POSTAGE SERVICE—THE FRENCH TREATY OF 1885—OFFERED POST OF BRITISH MINISTER