Table of Contents

Special Issue

Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan
Notes and Recollections
by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod

Preface
Introduction
The Tsar and Tsarina at Their Home of Peterhof
To the Far East by the Trans-Siberian Railway
Manchuria under Russian Rule
The Capital of Manchuria
Port Arthur, Dalny, Niu-Chwang, Tien-Tsin
Pekin
The Dowager Empress and the Emperor of China
at the Summer Palace
Korea of Bygone Days and on the Eve of the War
Seoul, the Capital of Korea
The Emperor of Korea at the New Palace
Tokio
The Emperor and Empress of Japan at the Yeddo Palace
Japan and China on the Threshold of the Twentieth Century
Conclusion