Chosön, the land of the morning calm : a sketch of Korea / by Percival Lowell ; illustrated from photographs by the author.
Includes index.
This copy inscribed "Lizzie G. Stephens from P.(?) E. W."
Signed: Merlin J. Guilfoyle. N.B. Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle (July 15, 1908 – November 20, 1981) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Stockton from 1969 to 1979 and Auxiliary Bishop to San Francisco.{etc}. A number of Bp. Guilfoyle's books are in the Ricci Institute Library.

Where the day begins -- The geography of the peninsula -- The climate -- The coast -- Chemulpo -- The journey up to Söul -- The journey up to Söul, the second day -- The entry into Söul -- A walled city -- The watch-fires on the south mountain -- The government -- The triad of principles -- The quality of impersonality -- The patriarchal system -- Presentation at court -- A day at home -- The house of the sleeping waves -- The want of a religion -- The demon worship -- Söul by day -- Söul by night -- A Korean banquet -- My friend the mathematician -- Architecture -- Landscape gardening -- The palaces -- A chapter of horrors -- The valley of clothes -- Costume -- On hats -- An out-of-the-way corner in language -- The flower-stream temple -- Winter revels in a monastery -- Time -- A predicament -- The beacons of Pusan.

OCLC note: 25 Albertype plates from photographs of Korea by Percival Lowell. Forbes Albertype Co., Boston, did the plates......The pictures by him, as reproduced by the Forbes company, are striking and the tonal range of the collotypes is particularly effective in this book." -- Hanson collection catalog, p. 88.

1. Kodaein ŭi munhwa wa sasang -- 2. Chŏnt'ongsŏng kwa sasangsŏng -- 3. Chuch'e ŭisik ŭi hŭrŭm -- 4. Ch'oe Yŏng-un yŏn'gu -- 5. Han'guk sasangsa ŭi churyu -- 6. Han'guk sasang ŭi hyŏndaejŏk kwaje -- 7. Han'guk sasang ŭi churyu II -- 8. Han'guk sasang ŭi kudo.

1. 古代人의文化와思想 -- 2. 傳統性과思想性 -- 3. 主体意識의흐름 -- 4. 崔水雲研究 -- 5. 韓國思想史의主流 -- 6. 韓國思想의現代的課題 -- 7. 韓國思想의主流II -- 8. 韓國思想史의構圖.

History and culture -- Ideology -- Politics and legilation -- Economics, society and technology -- Language, literature and arts.

Components of Korean shamanism / Kim Tʼae-gon --Korean shamanic initiation as therapeutic transformation : a transcultural view / Edward R. Canada -- The world of kut and Korean optimism / Yu Tong-sik -- Korean fertility cult for children in shaman ritual and myth / Arthur W. Kinsler -- Pyŏlsin exorcism of Ŭnsan / Im Tong-gwŏn -- Caught between ancestors and spirits : field report of a Korean mansin's healing kut / Laurel Kendall -- Tangsin, Cheju shamanism / Chin Sŏng-gi -- Magic, science and religion on Cheju Island / Yun Sun-yŏng -- Divination in Korean shamanistic thought / Yi Chŏng-yŏng --Shamanistic thought and traditional Korean homes / Yi Chŏng-yŏng -- The strategies of a Korean fortuneteller / Dawnhee Yim Janelli -- Mugam, the dance in Shaman's clothing / Laurel Kendall -- The five blessings and Korean coin charms : a psychocultural analysis / Cho Chʼang-su -- Shamanism in the Seoul area / Kim Tʼae-gon -- Mudang's song of Pujŏng / Yi Chŏng-yŏng -- The religious implications of the 'sacred calendar' of Korea / Sin Myŏng-sŏp.