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William Elliot Griffis (1843 - 1928) was an American orientalist, Congregational minister, lecturer and prolific author. Griffis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of a sea captain and later a coal trader. During the American Civil War, he served two months as a corporal in Company H of the 44th Pennsylvania Militia after Robert E. Lee invaded Pennsylvania in 1863. After the war, he attended Rutgers University at New Brunswick, New Jersey, graduating in 1869. At Rutgers, Griffis was an English and Latin language tutor for Taro Kusakabe, a young samurai from the province of Echizen (part of modern Fukui). After a year of travel in Europe, he studied at the seminary of the Reformed Church in America in New Brunswick (known today as the New Brunswick Theological Seminary).
Preface
Bibliography
Part I. Ancient and Mediaeval History: 1. The Corean peninsula
2. The old kingdom of Cho-sen
3. The Fuyu race and their migrations
4. Sam-han, or southern Corea
5. Epoch of the three kingdoms - Hiaksai
6. Epoch of the three kingdoms - Korai
7. Epoch of the three kingdoms - Shinra
8. Japan and Corea
9. Korai, or united Corea
10. Cathay, Zipangu, and the Mongols
11. New Cho-sen
12. Events leading to the Japanese invasion
13. The invasion - on to Seoul
14. The campaign in the north
15. The retreat from Seoul
16. Cespedes, the Christian chaplain
17. Diplomacy at Kioto and Peking
18. The second invasion
19. The siege of Uru-san castle
20. Changes after the invasion
21. The Issachar of eastern Asia
22. The Dutchmen in exiles
Part II. Political and Social Corea: 23. The eight provinces
24. The king and royal palace
25. Political parties
26. Organization and methods of government
27. Feudalism, serfdom, and society
28. Social life, woman and the family
29. Child life
30. Housekeeping, diet, and costume
31. Mourning and burial
32. Outdoor life, characters and employments
33. Shamanism and mythical zoology
34. Legends and folklore
35. Proverbs and pithy sayings
36. The Corean tiger
37. Religion
38. Education and culture
Part III. Modern and Recent History: 39. The beginnings of Christianity
40. Persecution and martyrdom, 1801-34
41. The entrance of the French missionaries, 1835-45
42. The walls of isolation sapped
43. The French expedition
44. American relations with Corea
45. A body-snatching expedition
46. Our little war with the heathen
47. The ports opened to Japanese commerce
48. The year of the treaties
Appendix
Index.
