Macao Mysterious Decay and Romance

by Pittis, Donald; Henders, Susan J.

• ISBN13: 9780195905694
• ISBN10: 0195905695
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-03-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This new collection of fiction, poetry, travel writing, journalism, and memoirs conveys the atmosphere, society, and history over 450 years in Macao.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii	(3)
A Note on Spelling & Punctuation	x	(7)
Introduction	xvii
PART I: THE DARK DAYS
W. H. Auden
1. Macao	2	(1)
Manuel Teixeira
2. The Bonnie and Clyde of Macao	3	(11)
Robert Shaplen
3. A Corner of the World	14	(20)
PART II: TEMPTATIONS	34	(27)
Leila Hadley
4. The Wickedest City of the Far East	34	(9)
C. A. Montalto de Jesus
5. For a Mess of Pottage	43	(2)
Carlos Jose Caldeira
6. A Most Ingenious System	45	(3)
Frederic Courtland Penfield
7. The Monte Carlo of the East	48	(4)
Paul Linebarger
8. The Father of the Straight Way	52	(4)
Crosbie Garstin
9. An Idyllic Scene for a Hell on Earth	56	(5)
PART III: THE PURSUIT OF GOLD	61	(25)
Ian Fleming
10. The Enigmatic Doctor Lobo	61	(6)
Johannes Nieuhof
11. Famous and Wealthy City	67	(2)
Alexander Hamilton
12. Villainous Merchants	69	(8)
Russell H. Conwell
13. People for Sale	77	(4)
Osmond Tiffany, Jr.
14. The Opium Clipper	81	(2)
Jules Itier
15. The Contraband Port	83	(3)
PART IV: STRANGE AND GRUESOME TALES	86	(18)
John Thomson
16. Headless Visitors Abroad	86	(1)
Luis Gonzaga Gomes
17. The Haunted House on Rua do Campo	87	(4)
C. H. Drage
18. One Murder, Four Deaths	91	(2)
C. A. Montalto de Jesus
19. The Strange Death of Pedro Velho	93	(2)
William C. Hunter
20. A True Ghost Story	95	(5)
John Henry Gray
21. A Plague of Suicides	100	(1)
Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza
22. Not One Escaped	101	(3)
PART V: UNLIKELY LOVERS	104	(21)
C. R. Boxer
23. The Nine-Year-Old Heiress	104	(4)
Austin Coates
24. The Pensioner	108	(6)
George Bennett
25. A Curious Instance of Fidelity	114	(3)
Alicia Helen N. Little
26. A Millionaire's Courtship	117	(8)
PART VI: PIRATES	125	(26)
Pierre Sonnerat
27. For Services Rendered	125	(2)
Richard Glasspoole
28. The Pirate Fleet	127	(8)
Fanny Loviot
29. The Lady and the Pirates	135	(4)
George Wingrove Cooke
30. European Pirates	139	(4)
Mark Moss
31. A Very Black Joke	143	(2)
Crosbie Garstin
32. The Best Defence	145	(2)
Aleko E. Lilius
33. The Queen of the Macao Pirates	147	(4)
PART VII: THE AMERICAN SPINSTER	151	(11)
Harriet Low
34. Living Among Strangers	151	(11)
PART VIII: WAR AND WARRIORS	162	(15)
Richard Cocks
35. Conquering Macao	162	(2)
C. R. Boxer
36. The Dutch Attack	164	(4)
George Newenham Wright
37. A Wall to Keep Out Thieves	168	(2)
The Times
38. The Governor's Last Ride	170	(4)
William Dallas Bernard
39. The Arrival of the Nemesis	174	(3)
PART IX: POETS AND ARTISTS	177	(26)
Osmond Tiffany, Jr.
40. A Curse Upon Doubters	177	(1)
R. C. Hurley
41. The Importunate `Romeo'	178	(3)
Luis de Camoes
42. The Lusiads	181	(2)
Luis de Camoes
43. The Rocky Cleft	183	(1)
William Hickey
44. So Odd He Seemed Deranged	184	(1)
Harriet Low
45. The Open Mouth	185	(2)
William C. Hunter
46. A Wonderful Stomach	187	(4)
Manuel Maria Barbosa do Bocage
47. Macao	191	(2)
John Bowring
48. Ode to Macao	193	(1)
Camilo Pessanha
49. Desires	194	(2)
Sebastiao da Costa
50. Camilo Pessanha	196	(7)
PART X: STRANGERS ON THE COAST	203	(21)
Anonymous
51. Where Fish Rise up	203	(1)
Kong Shangren
52. Trying on Glasses	204	(2)
Peter Mundy
53. Nott Offensive to the Stomacke	206	(1)
Pan Siju
54. The Barbarians of Macao	207	(3)
Alexander Michie
55. An Ideal Location for Strangers	210	(3)
Tan Sheling
56. A Patient Takes His Leave	213	(2)
William C. Hunter
57. A Veritable Mandarin	215	(2)
Osmond Tiffany, Jr.
58. The Old Curious City	217	(2)
Alicia Helen N. Little
59. Macao Unbound	219	(2)
Frederic A. Silva
60. Macao is Roots	221	(3)
PART XI: TEMPLES AND PADRES	224	(29)
The Chinese Repository
61. Tigers and other Labours	224	(2)
Louis Le Compte
62. The Apostle of the East	226	(3)
Anonymous
63. The Temple of Matsoo Po	229	(2)
Fujiwara Tadazumi
64. The Worm-like Barbarians of Macao	231	(3)
Zhang Rulin
65. Anchored off Ilha Verde: Arriving at Macao after the Morning Rice	234	(2)
The Chinese Repository
66. The Impulse of Curiosity	236	(2)
W. H. Medhurst
67. The Price of Secrecy	238	(2)
The Chinese Repository
68. A Pile of Ruins	240	(2)
George Newenham Wright
69. The Chapel in the Great Temple of Macao	242	(3)
The Chinese Repository
70. The Protestant Burial Ground	245	(3)
Gerald Locklin
71. Toad Visits the Palace	248	(5)
PART XII: TIPS FOR VICTORIAN TOURISTS	253	(9)
`Betty'
72. Intercepted Letters	253	(2)
R. C. Hurley
73. Fashionable Promenades and Ringing Rocks	255	(7)
Bibliography	262