Hildreth's "Japan as It Was and Is": A Handbook of Old Japan, Volume 1 (of 2)

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.
On page 168, 2nd paragraph of Chapter XIX, refers to a Papal Bull promulgated by Pope Clement VII in 1860. This has been corrected to Pope Clement VIII who was pope when the Bull was promulgated in 1600.
Volume II contains a complete index to both volumes. This has been copied into this volume.
“JAPAN AS IT WAS AND IS” A HANDBOOK OF OLD JAPAN I
Uniform with this Work
A HANDBOOK OF MODERN JAPAN. By Ernest W. Clement. With two maps and seventy-two illustrations from photographs. Sixth edition. Price, $1.40 net.
A. C. McClurg & Co. Chicago
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EDITED, WITH SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES, BY
ERNEST W. CLEMENT AUTHOR OF “A HANDBOOK OF MODERN JAPAN,” ETC.
INTRODUCTION BY
WM. ELLIOT GRIFFIS