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CHAPTER
I. A GLIMPSE AT THE PAST 1

II. THE COUNTRY: ITS PHYSICAL
FEATURES--PRODUCTS--FAUNA--FLORA, ETC. 17

III. THE JAPANESE RACE AND ITS LANGUAGE 29

IV. THE RELIGIONS OF JAPAN, THEIR INFLUENCES
AND EFFECTS 39

V. THE CONSTITUTION--THE CROWN AND THE HOUSES
OF PARLIAMENT 49

VI. THE PEOPLE, THEIR LIFE AND HABITS 63

VII. TRADE, COMMERCE, AND INDUSTRIES 80

VIII. JAPAN'S FINANCIAL BURDENS AND RESOURCES 90

IX. EDUCATION 102

X. THE JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVY 117

XI. JAPANESE ART--INTRODUCTORY--LACQUER AND
PORCELAIN 131

XII. JAPANESE ART--SCULPTURE--METAL WORK--PAINTING 149

XIII. JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE 167

XIV. POSTAL AND OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION 176

XV. LAW AND ORDER 185

XVI. LITERATURE AND THE DRAMA 193

XVII. NEWSPAPERS IN JAPAN 202

XVIII. JAPANESE MORALITY 211

XIX. JAPAN AND CHINA 221

XX. EUROPEANS IN JAPAN 231

XXI. A VISIT TO SOME BUDDHIST TEMPLES 244

XXII. THE AINOS 250

XXIII. JAPAN AS IT IS TO-DAY 258

XXIV. THE FUTURE OF JAPAN--PHYSICAL--MORAL--MENTAL 276

XXV. THE FUTURE OF JAPAN--NATIONAL--POLITICAL--ITS
INFLUENCE ON THE WORLD 288

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A STAR OF THE EAST _Frontispiece_
From a Print by Toshikata

FACING PAGE
THE SWEET SCENT OF THE CHERRY BLOSSOM 30
From a Print by Hiroshige

A CHERRY BLOSSOM PARTY 48