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"Captain Brinkley, who is qualified for the task by a residence of more than thirty years in j.a.pan, and by a knowledge of its people and politics almost unique among Englishmen, has opportunely given us the most beautiful, fascinating, and authoritative work on that country, and its vast, unwieldy neighbour of China, which has yet been written in English." _Spectator, May 7, 1904, p. 733._
----, _ed._ j.a.pan; described and ill.u.s.trated by the j.a.panese; written by eminent j.a.panese authorities and scholars.
_Boston: J. B. Millet company, [1897-1898]. v, 382 pp. Ill.u.s.trations.
Colored plates. F^o._
---- j.a.pan; described and ill.u.s.trated by the j.a.panese; written by eminent j.a.panese authorities and scholars; with an essay on j.a.panese art by Kakuzo Okakura.
_Boston: J. B. Millet company, [^{c}1897-1898]. 10 vols. Colored ill.u.s.trations. Colored plates. F^o._
=Browne=, George Waldo. j.a.pan; the place and the people; with an introduction by the Hon. Kogoro Takahira.
_Boston: D. Estes & company, [1904]. 438 pp. Ill.u.s.trations. Plates (partly colored). Map. 8^o._
Published in 1901 in his "The Far East and the new America,"
vol. 2 (in part) and vol. 3.
=Brownell=, Clarence Ludlow. The heart of j.a.pan; glimpses of life and nature far from the travellers' track in the land of the rising sun.
_New York: McClure, Phillips & co., 1903. (8), 307 pp. Plates. 12^o._
Published in 1902 by Methuen & co., London.
=Chamberlain=, Basil Hall. Things j.a.panese; being notes on various subjects connected with j.a.pan for the use of travellers and others. 4th ed., rev. & enl.
_London: J. Murray; Yokohama: [etc.], Kelly & Walsh, 1902. vi, (2), 545 pp. Folded map. 8^o._
Notes arranged by subject, alphabetically.
=Chamberlain=, Basil Hall, and W. B. =Mason=. A handbook for travellers in j.a.pan, including the whole empire from Yezo to Formosa. 7th ed., rev.
_London: J. Murray; [etc., etc.], 1903. ix, (1), 586, (2) pp.
Ill.u.s.trations. Folded plates. Maps (partly folded). Plans (partly folded). 12^o._
=Conder=, Josiah. Domestic architecture in j.a.pan.
(_In_ Royal inst.i.tute of British architects. Transactions, n. s., vol. 3, pp. 103-127. Ill.u.s.trations. Plates. Plans.
London. 1887. 4^o.)
=Curtis=, William Eleroy. The Yankees of the East; sketches of modern j.a.pan.
_New York: Stone & Kimball, 1896. 2 vols. Plates. Portraits. 12^o._
=Dennys=, Nicholas B., _ed._ The treaty ports of China and j.a.pan. A complete guide to the open ports of those countries, together with Peking, Yedo, Hongkong, and Macao. Forming a guide book & vade mec.u.m for travellers, merchants, and residents in general.
_London: Trubner and co., 1867. viii, (2), 668, (2), xlviii, (2), 26 pp. Maps. Plans. 8^o._
=Diosy=, Arthur. The new Far East. With ill.u.s.trations from special designs by Kubota Beisen, of Tokyo, and a reproduction of a cartoon designed by H. M. the German Emperor and a specially-drawn map. 3d ed.
_London: Ca.s.sell and co., 1900. xx, 374 pp. Plates. Maps. 8^o._
"This is a brilliantly written history of New j.a.pan, containing much instructive information on the affairs of the Far East."
=Dumolard=, Henry. Le j.a.pon politique, economique, et social.
_Paris: A. Colin, 1903. viii, 342, (2) pp. 12^o._
Appendice.--I. Const.i.tution j.a.ponaise du 11 fevrier 1889.
II. Projet de loi ouvriere: pp. 331-342.
=Fraser=, Mary Crawford. Letters from j.a.pan. A record of modern life in the island empire.
_New York & London: The Macmillan company, 1899. 2 vols. Ill.u.s.trations.
8^o._
=Great Britain.= _Foreign office._ Report on the railways of j.a.pan (with plans). Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, March, 1896. (2), 29 pp. Plates. Folded maps. Diagram. 8^o.
(_In_ Great Britain. Foreign office. Diplomatic and consular reports. 1896. Miscellaneous series, no. 390.)
=Griffis=, William Elliot. Matthew Calbraith Perry, a typical American naval officer.
_Boston: Cupples and Hurd, 1887. xvi, 459 pp. Frontispiece (portrait).
Ill.u.s.trations. 12^o._
j.a.pan, pp. 270-374.
---- The Mikado's empire. 10th ed., with six supplementary chapters, including history to beginning of 1903.
_New York and London: Harper & brothers, 1904. 2 vols. Ill.u.s.trations.
Plates. Portraits. Map. 8^o._
CONTENTS: v. 1. Book I. History of j.a.pan from 660 B. C. to 1872 A. D.--v. 2. Book II. Personal experiences, observations, and studies in j.a.pan. 1870-1875. Book III.
Supplementary chapters, including history to the beginning of 1903.
