Originally published in 1914, this text describes L.T. Headland and his wife's experience in China in the early twentieth century. With a focus on home life this study explores issues such as children, marriage and education as well as food, religion and concubinage as well as presenting anecdotes and personal stories from the families Headland interacted with. This title will be of interest to students of Asian Studies and Anthropology.

Preface; Chapter I Introductory; Chapter II Children and Child-Life; Chapter III School Life of Children; Chapter IV Education of the Poor; Chapter V Rules of Behaviour for Children; Chapter VI Girls; Chapter VII The Classic for Girls; Chapter VIII Marriage; Chapter IX Women; Chapter X Housewives; Chapter XI Motherhood; Chapter XII Concubinage; Chapter XIII Religion; Chapter XIV Family Ceremonies; Chapter XV Marriage Ceremonies; Chapter XVI Funeral Ceremonies; Chapter XVII Ancestor-Worship; Chapter XVIII Servants; Chapter XIX Food; Chapter XX Shops and Markets; Chapter XXI Expense of Living; Chapter XXII Travel: Inns and Restaurants; Chapter XXIII Summer Resorts; Chapter XXIV How the Poor Live; Chapter XXV Peasant Life; Chapter XXVI Oddities of Every-Day Life; Chapter XXVII CHinese Names and Nicknames; Chapter XXVIII Chinese Superstitions; Chapter XXIX Chinese Humour; Chapter XXX The Unscientific Chinese; Chapter XXXI Dress and Hospitality; Chapter XXXII Doing Things Backward; Chapter XXXIII Recent Changes in Home Life; Chapter XXXIV Games of Chinese Children;