The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok

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Title:: The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok
Collection:: Southeast Asia Visions
Creator:: Leonowens, Anna Harriette
Date:: 1870
Extent:: 354 600dpi JPEG page images
Publisher:: Porter and Coates
Publication Place:: Philadelphia
Format:: Book
Contents:: Front Matter
I: On the Threshold
II: A Siamese Premier at Home
III: A Sketch of Siamese History.
IV: His Excellency's Harem and Helpmeet.
V: The Temples of the Sleeping and the Emerald Idols.
VI: The King and the Governess.
VII: Marble Halls and Fish Stalls.
VIII: Our Home in Bangkok.
IX: Our School in the Palace.
X: Moonshee and the Angel Gabriel.
XI: The Ways of the Palace.
XII: Shadows and Whispers of the Harem.
"XIII: Fa-Ying, the King's Darling."
XIV: An Outrage and a Warning.
XV: The City of Bangkok.
XVI: The White Elephant.
XVII: The Ceremonies of Coronation.
XVIII: The Queen Consort.
XIX: The Heir-Apparent.-Royal Hair-Cutting.
XX: Amusements of the Court.
XXI: Siamese Literature and Art.
"XXII: Buddhist Doctrine, Priests, and Worship."
XXIII: Cremation.
XXIV: Certain Superstitions.
XXV: The Subordinate King.
XXVI: The Supreme King: His Character and Administration.
XXVII: My Retirement from the Palace.
XXVIII: The Kingdom of Siam.
XXIX: The Ruins of Cambodia. -An Excursion to the Naghkon Watt.
XXX: The Legend of the Maha Naghkon.

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