The Gist of Japan: The Islands, Their People, and Missions

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Fuji San.
The Islands Their People And Missions
By the Rev. R. B. Peery, A.M., Ph.D.
With Illustrations
New York — Chicago — Toronto Fleming H. Revell Company M DCCC XCVII
Copyright, 1897, by Fleming H. Revell Company
To My Wife To whose Kindly Sympathy and Help is Largely Due Whatever of Value there may be in these Pages This Book is Affectionately Dedicated

Although a great deal has already been published in English concerning Japan and the Japanese people, nothing, to my knowledge, has yet been published which attempts to give a full treatment of mission work in Japan. An American Missionary In Japan, by Dr. Gordon, is the only book I am aware of that deals exclusively with this subject; but its scope is quite different from that of the present volume. Therefore I have been led to believe that there is a place for this book.
I have written for the common people and hence have tried to give the subject a plain, popular treatment. There has been no attempt at exhaustive discussion, but great pains have been taken to make the hook reliable and accurate.