BOOKS ON JAPANESE SUBJECTS
A HANDBOOK OF MODERN JAPAN
By Ernest W. Clement. With two maps and over sixty illustrations from photographs. Fourth Edition. Cloth, 12mo. $1.40 net.
JAPAN AS IT WAS AND IS
A Handbook of Old Japan. By Richard Hildreth. Edited by Ernest W. Clement, with an Introduction by William Elliot Griffis. With maps and numerous rare illustrations. In two vols., cloth, 12mo. $3.00 net.
ARTS AND CRAFTS OF OLD JAPAN
By Stewart Dick. With thirty illustrations. Gray boards, 8vo. $1.20 net.
FAR EASTERN IMPRESSIONS
Japan, Corea, and China. By Ernest F. G. Hatch, M. P. With three maps and eighty-eight illustrations from photographs. Cloth, 12mo. $1.40 net.
KAKEMONO
Japanese sketches. By A. Herbage Edwards. With frontispiece. Cloth, 8vo. $1.75 net.
THE MAKERS OF JAPAN
By J. Morris. A series of biographies of great Japanese statesmen and soldiers. With twenty-four illustrations. Large 8vo. $3.00 net.
McDONALD OF OREGON
A Tale of Two Shores. By Eva Emery Dye. The chronicle of the earliest Japanese refugees to land in America, and of the first Americans who visited Japan, later to act as interpreters to Perry. Illustrated by W. J. Enright. 8vo. $1.50.
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RECENT PRESS COMMENTS ON
A HANDBOOK OF MODERN JAPAN
“One of the most valued, because fruitful, members of the Asiatic Society of Japan, and with the advantage of over fifteen years’ residence in the provinces and capital of the Mikado’s Empire, Professor Clement is probably the best fitted to give us not only a handbook of Japan, but the Handbook. His twenty-one chapters, with appendix and index, abundant bibliography, rich discussion of varied topics, make this the best book-picture of the Japan of to-day. Besides readableness, one has the sense, while enjoying it, to know that it is perfectly trustworthy. A laborious and conscientious student has patiently sifted and tested his facts, and with judicial mind presented them. No subject of importance concerning the Japanese and their country is left without treatment.... This is the book for the library and the busy man in 1903—whether there be peace or war with Russia.”—The Outlook.
“Just what Americans wish to know of Japan.... The ‘Handbook’ is a veritable storehouse of information. It is surprising how much can be crammed into so small a space, and how conveniently and attractively it can be done. The volume is copiously and artistically illustrated, and plentifully supplied with maps which show clearly just what one wants to know about the Empire of the Mikado. Great familiarity with his subject is shown by Mr. Clement’s work.”—Chicago Journal.
“The book is evidently written by an authority on Modern Japan, and is just what its title indicates—a handbook of the Japan of to-day.”—Denver Republican.
“We feel no hesitation in affirming that for one seeking within the pages of one book the most information of Japan and its people, and of a reliable character, there has been nothing heretofore produced that excels this Handbook of Modern Japan by Professor Clement.”—Japan Evangelist.
“The immediate charm and sterling value of Prof. Ernest W. Clement’s ‘Handbook of Modern Japan’ lie in the fact that he speaks for the most part from immediate knowledge and experience, and from an inside view.... Likely to be wanted constantly on the table of most intelligent people interested in the Far East and its possibilities.”—The Nation, New York.
RECENT PRESS COMMENTS ON
A HANDBOOK OF MODERN JAPAN
“This is the book for the hour when Russia looms and Korea shrivels, or for the year and decade when the map of Eastern Asia may be arranged.”—The Dial, Chicago.
“For those who would acquire exact information concerning the ‘Yankees of the Orient,’ and who cannot obtain it at first hand, no better book has been issued than Ernest W. Clement’s ‘Handbook of Modern Japan.’ ... The reliability and completeness of his information cannot be questioned.”—Chicago Evening Post.
“Perhaps there is no other single book in which may be found such varied, compact, and up-to-date information.”—Springfield Republican.
“Just what Japan will develop into no one can say. What Japan is now, is most ably described by Mr. Clement, whose book is illustrated with photographs which really illustrate, and help one to realize the extraordinary progress made in the land of the Rising Sun.”—New York Times.
“Will appeal especially to the intelligent American reader who desires to get into closer touch with the Mikado’s Empire.”—Review of Reviews, New York.
“Alike for the traveller, the new resident, and the reader at a distance, it provides just the essential facts about Japanese life, public and private, while its well-chosen bibliography affords guidance for further study.”—The Churchman, New York.
“Will probably be for some time to come the authority in this country as to those conditions of Japan which affect our interest in her.... It is an admirable book, and the reader who reads this from beginning to end, especially the statistics and notes at the close, can say that he knows Japan as a world power. The illustrations are many and excellent.”—Minneapolis Times.
“It is no exaggeration to say that this book probably contains more practical information about Japan and the Japanese than any other volume of the same size. This is no disparagement of a number of excellent and informative works written by English and American authors, but is a tribute to the conciseness of Mr. Clement’s book and the manner of arrangement. Of all the books published upon Japan there is hardly one which covers the same ground in the same way that Mr. Clement’s book does.”—Chicago Tribune.
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