This classic introduction to Burmese cultures includes the following short chapters:
I. First Years
II. School Days
III. Buddhist Baptism
IV. Life in the Monastery
V. Tattooing
VI. Ear-Boring
VII. Marriage
VIII. Domestic Life
IX. The House and Its Belongings
X. The Earth and Its Beginning
XI. The Ladder of Existence
XII. The Noble Order of the Yellow Robe
XIII. The Monasteries
XIV. Schismatics
XV. Pagodas
XVI. The Legend of the Rangoon Pagoda
XVII. Images
XVIII. Bells
XIX. A Pagoda Feast
XX. Duty Days
XXI. The End of Lent
XXII. Nats and Spirit-Worship
XXIII. Rice Cultivation
XXIV. A Gracious Ploughing
XXV. A Harvest Feast
XXVI. Silk-Growing
XXVII. Lacquer Ware
XXVIII. Nga-Pee
XXIX. Plays
XXX. Dancing
XXXI. Music and Songs
XXXII. The Tawadehntha Feast
XXXIII. A Sohn-Daw-Gyee Feast
XXXIV. A Work of Merit
XXXV. The New Year’S Feast
XXXVI. A Boat-Race
XXXVII. Chess
XXXVIII. Games
XXXIX. Lucky and Unlucky Days
XL. The Butterfly Spirit
XLI. Cholera Specifics
XLII. Making Gold
XLIII. Sumptuary Laws and Etiquette
XLIV. Wizards, Doctors, and Wise Men
XLV. Slaves and Outcasts
XLVI. Forming the National Character
XLVII. The Lord of the Celestial Elephant and of Many White Elephants
XLVIII. King Theebaw
XLIX. King Theebaw
L. King Theebaw
LI. The Palace
LII. The Lord White Elephant
LIII. Ministers of State
LIV. The Burmese Army
LV. Judicial Administration
LVI. Revenue System
LVII. Land Tenure
LVIII. Mandalay and Rangoon
LIX. Eras, Computation of Time, Weight, Etc.
LX. The Language
LXI. Selections From the Literature
LXII. Stray Notes
LXIII. A Pohn-Gyee Byan
LXIV. Death and Burial
