| + − | Dial. 43: 284. N. 1, ’07. 900w. |
“Entirely too subjective in attitude and overloaded with references to things occidental, the text shows slight acquaintance with real Japanese thought or origins.”
| − + | Ind. 63: 759. S. 26, ’07. 430w. |
“No falling off in the author’s latest contribution to the study of the various aspects of Japanese life.”
| + + | Lond. Times. 6: 179. Je. 7, ’07. 1240w. |
“Mr. Watson, to be a true prophet, ought not only to have become familiar with the results of research and the facts of actual history, but he ought to have known far more than his pages would lead us to suppose he does know about the actual state of Christianity in Japan and the real mind of the leaders of the nation.”
| + − | Nation. 85: 309. O. 3, ’07. 1120w. |
Reviewed by George R. Bishop.
| + + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 556. S. 14, ’07. 2700w. |
“Extremely valuable book.”