| PAGE |
| | PREFACE | [v] |
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | A GLIMPSE AT THE PAST | [1] |
| II. | THE COUNTRY: ITS PHYSICAL FEATURES—PRODUCTS—FAUNA—FLORA, ETC. | [17] |
| III. | THE JAPANESE RACE AND ITS LANGUAGE | [29] |
| IV. | THE RELIGIONS OF JAPAN, THEIR INFLUENCES AND EFFECTS | [39] |
| V. | THE CONSTITUTION—THE CROWN AND THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT | [49] |
| VI. | THE PEOPLE, THEIR LIFE AND HABITS | [63] |
| VII. | TRADE, COMMERCE, AND INDUSTRIES | [80] |
| VIII. | JAPAN’S FINANCIAL BURDENS AND RESOURCES | [90] |
| IX. | EDUCATION | [102] |
| X. | THE JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVY | [117] |
| XI. | JAPANESE ART—INTRODUCTORY—LACQUER AND PORCELAIN | [131] |
| XII. | JAPANESE ART—SCULPTURE—METAL WORK—PAINTING | [149] |
| XIII. | JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE | [167] |
| XIV. | POSTAL AND OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION | [176] |
| XV. | LAW AND ORDER | [185] |
| XVI. | LITERATURE AND THE DRAMA | [193] |
| XVII. | NEWSPAPERS IN JAPAN | [202] |
| XVIII. | JAPANESE MORALITY | [211] |
| XIX. | JAPAN AND CHINA | [221] |
| XX. | EUROPEANS IN JAPAN | [231] |
| XXI. | A VISIT TO SOME BUDDHIST TEMPLES | [244] |
| XXII. | THE AINOS | [250] |
| XXIII. | JAPAN AS IT IS TO-DAY | [258] |
| XXIV. | THE FUTURE OF JAPAN—PHYSICAL—MORAL—MENTAL | [276] |
| XXV. | THE FUTURE OF JAPAN—NATIONAL—POLITICAL—ITS INFLUENCE ON THE WORLD | [288] |