Watanna, Onoto (Mrs. Winnifred Eaton Babcock) (Mrs. Bertrand Babcock). Japanese blossom. **$2. Harper.
The dainty marginal drawings upon each page of this volume add much to the Japanese effect of the story of the strangely assorted family of Mr. Kurukawa. To retrieve his shattered fortunes this descendant of the Samurai goes to America leaving behind him four children and his wife, to whom shortly after his departure a baby boy is born. Later his wife dies and her father and mother care for the children while Mr. Kurukawa marries an American widow with two children and, after the birth of another baby, brings his new family back to Japan to unite it with his old family. The difficulties are easily seen but all are surmounted. The eldest son has rebelled against his new mother and joined the Japanese army, the father follows him, wins glory in the war and all ends happily.
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“A charming idyl of Japanese home life in war times.”
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“This story is a particularly pleasing one, with certain elements of novelty.”
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Waters, N. McGee. Young man’s religion and his father’s faith. **90c. Crowell.
“This book, written with the eloquence of the man who is speaking instead of writing, will unquestionably help many readers over perplexities that now stand in the way of a practical application of religion to life.”