Book Description

Title:

Far From Formosa: The Island, Its People and Missions

Author:

George Leslie Mackay [1884-1901]

Publication Year:

1896

Location:

New York

Publisher:

Fleming H. Revell Company

Pages:

346

Subjects:

Christian Mission, Taiwan

Copyright Holder:

Public domain

Contents

• Editorial Preface—J.A. MacDonald
• Introductory

1. Early Years of the Author
2. At Princeton and Edinburgh
3. Toronto to Tamsui
4. First Views of Formosa
   
   The Island
5. Geography and History
6. Geology
7. Trees, Plants, and Flowers
8. Animal Life
9. Ethnology in Outline
   
   Among the Chinese
10. The People
11. Government and Justice
12. Industrial and Social Life
13. Chinese Religious Life
14. Beginnings of Mission Work
15. The First Native Preacher and his Church
16. Establishing Churches
17. How Bang-Kah was Taken
18. Touring in the North
19. The Waiting Isles
20. The Coming of the French
    
    The Conquered Aborigines
21. Pe-Po-Hoan Characteristcs
22. Rice-Farming in Formosa
23. Mission Work Among the Pe-Po-Hoan
24. S Trip Fown the East Coast
25. A Sek-Hoan Mission
26. Life Among the Lam-Si-Hoan
    
    The Mountain Savages
27. Savage Life and Customs
28. With the Head-Hunters
    
    At Headquaters
29. A Sketch of Tamsui
30. Training a Native Ministry
31. Oxford College
32. Native Workers for Native Women
33. Medical Work and the Hospital
34. Foreigners and the Missions
35. With the Englisg Presbyterians
36. Retrospect and Prospect

• Index

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