| + — | Acad. 68: 1229. N. 25, ‘05. 570w. | |
| * | + | Ath. 1905, 2: 682. N. 18. 230w. |
[*] “This volume is highly characteristic of its writer. We get the usual epigrammatic humor, not without cynicism, the usual liveliness of narration and dialogue, and, it must be confessed, the usual absurdities and exaggerations. The characters, though overdrawn, are full of interest.”
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[*] “Is well worth reading, not only for the genuine enjoyment it will give, but for its sensible and logical ‘conclusion of the whole matter.’”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 794. N. 25, ‘05. 650w. |
[*] “The story, although slight and farcical, is very amusing and good reading for a leisure hour.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 708. N. 25, ‘05. 180w. |
Asakawa, Kanichi. Early institutional life of Japan. [*]$1.75. Scribner.
“The author devotes his first and longest chapter to a description of Japanese institutions as they existed about 500 A. D. Then follow two chapters, one on the events leading up to the reform, the other, a particularly good one, on the political doctrine of the Chinese by which the reformers were so strongly influenced. Next comes a long chapter on the new institutions introduced under Kotoku and his successor; and lastly a short chapter sketches the subsequent development.”—Nation.
“Next to Mr. Chamberlain’s translation of the ‘Kojiki’ with its invaluable introduction and notes, this volume by Dr. Asakawa is first in importance of works in English upon the period of which it treats.” George William Knox.