A goose being taken to the home of a bride-to-be

Paper horses at funeral, Tientsin

Paper servants at funeral, Tientsin

Woman reading inside a houseboat

Curing aches by thumping the head

A willow pattern plate on a lantern slide - raising funds for missionary work

Dragon costume, standing at rest outside the Garnier Building, Old Chinatown, Los Angeles, USA

Ship's band playing on deck of HMS Magnolia

A photomontage Christmas card, 1904

H.M.S. Andromeda and Wei Hai Wei, 1904

H.M.S. Andromeda at Weihaiwei

The long fingernails of a man who does not do manual work

Passengers in an open-topped wagon at a railway station

Clepsydra (water clock), Canton

Cargo boats on Bei Jiang River gorges, Guangdong

Making mats at the C.M.S. Boys' Blind School, Fuzhou

Boys at the C.M.S. Boys' Blind School, Fuzhou

The band, C.M.S. Boys' Blind School, Fuzhou

Gymnasium, C.M.S. Boys' Blind School, Fuzhou

Flag drill, C.M.S. Boys' Blind School, Fuzhou