KOREANS AT
HOME


THE IMPRESSIONS OF A
SCOTSWOMAN

CONSTANCE J. D. TAYLER


WITH FIVE PLATES IN COLOUR AND
TWENTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS

FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
BY THE AUTHOR

CASSELL AND COMPANY, Limited
LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE
1904

Click here for a less than perfectly corrected scan of this volume, from Google books, in MSWord format.

Constance Jane Dorothy Tayler was born on 18 February 1868 in 12 Chester Square, Pimlico, London, England, and died 18 March 1948 in Maltravers Street, Arundel, Sussex, England. She was the daughter of William James Tayler (born 8 July 1809 in Banff, Scotland) and Georgina Lucy Duff. She married Hubert Arthur Blenkinsopp Coulson on 6 April 1904 at St Stephen's, Kensington, London, England. She died on 18 March 1948 at age 80 at Arundel, Sussex, England.
Children of Constance Jane Dorothy Tayler and Hubert Arthur Blenkinsopp Coulson:
1. Desirée Rachel Helen Coulson b. 12 Jun 1905, d. 1970
2. John Hubert Arthur Coulson b. 10 Aug 1906, d. 21 Jan 1989. He wrote detective stories under the pen-name John Bonett.

Books:

Koreans at Home: The Impressions of a Scotswoman by Constance J. D. Tayler. Cassell. 1904
Korea, by Constance J. D. Coulson, with twelve full-page illustrations in colour by the author and E. H. Fitchew. Peeps at many lands. Adam & Charles Black. 1910. (See a PDF file of this book from Internet Archive)

This is absolutely all that I can find about the author of these books. I do not know when or why she made her "several visits" to Korea. Some of the pictures in the second book are the same as those in the first.

Illustrations

The cover of the book

Korean Girl in Winter Dress  Frontispiece
My House in Seoul  10
“Foreign" Drawing-room in Seoul   12
Korean Bridegroom  15
War Office, Seoul   16
The Palace Guard   18
Pavilion in the North Palace   20
View of Seoul from the Wall   22
The West Gate, Seoul   24
Street Scene in Archaic Seoul   28
Houses of Servants in the Palace Grounds   30
An Unmarried Korean Boy   33
On the Verandah of the Bishop's “Palace” Seoul  36
Tomb of the Tai-ouen-koun   38
The Emperor of Korea   40
Korean Married Man   44
Little Girl in Summer Dress  46
Boy in Wedding costtume  48
Ladies of the Palace  61
Woman Employed in the Palace  53
Married Woman ; Old Military Hat ; Woman In Winter Cap ; Court Headdress  54
Coolie with Jiggy for Carrying Loads  57
Unmarried Girl: A Kisso or Messenger ; Married Man with Topknot; A Begging Priest  59
A Mourner  61
Library in the East Palace  63
Altar of the Spirits of the Land  66
Mr. Kim Kui Hai, Late Interpreter to Mr. McLeavy Brown  69
Servants of the Emperor  70
Packing Ginsing  72
View of Seoul  76