The great Khan of the Mongols -- The Columbus of Asia -- The journey of Father John -- Roger Bacon's informant -- Kublai Khan's request for missionaries -- The first missionary in Cathay -- Apostle of the Far East -- Patriarch of the entire Orient -- World missionary and traveler -- Friar Odoric's voyage to Cathay -- Friar Odoric's sojourn in Cathay -- Friar Odoric's return to Europe -- The martyrs of Thana -- The protomartyrs of China -- The papal legate for Cathay -- Decline of the early missions in China -- The golden horde -- The Ilkhanate of Persia -- Martyrs of the Mongol empire -- The pearl of the missions -- India and Ceylon -- Farther India -- Indonesia and Australasia -- The Philippine Islands -- The Japanese islands -- China in the modern era -- China's first native bishop -- Blessed martyrs of China -- A mission of martyrs -- American pioneers in the Orient.