| + | Outlook. 79: 908. Ap. 8, ‘05. 190w. |
Knox, George William. Japanese life in town and country. [**]$1.20. Putnam.
“After an introductory chapter on ‘The point of view,’ notable for its liberal-minded common sense, Dr. Knox reviews briefly, but clearly and interestingly, the history of Japan from the traditionary period down to the present time. Chapters VI and VII are taken up with Buddhism and Confucianism; Chapter VIII ... gives an account of the efforts made in the eighteenth century to spread Confucianism by popular preaching and quotes at length from one of the curious Confucian sermons. So important in Dr. Knox’s mind is the influence of the samurai and his philosophy upon the Japanese of to-day that he devotes three chapters to this subject. The quotations from the autobiography of Arai Hakuseki in Chapter X are as informing as anything that has lately come to us about feudal Japan.”—Ind.
“In this readable volume Dr. Knox has succeeded in compressing into small space a great deal of interesting matter about Japan.”
| + + | Ind. 58: 211. Ja. 26, ‘05. 340w. | |
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Kobbé, Gustav. Famous actors and their homes. $1.50. Little.
Little chats about the home side of John Drew, William Gillette, Richard Mansfield, E. H. Sothern, and Francis Wilson with closing chapters on the Lamb’s club and the Players. There are many illustrations taken from photographs of the actors at home.
[*] “These sketches are deservedly popular, for they combine dignity with interest, in a field where such a combination is rarely achieved.”
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| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 619. S. 23, ‘05. 250w. |
Kobbé, Gustav. Famous actresses and their homes. $1.50. Little.