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Title: Japanese Girls and Women
Revised and Enlarged Edition

Author: Alice Mabel Bacon

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Language: English

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By Alice M. Bacon

IN THE LAND OF THE GODS. 12mo, $1.50.

JAPANESE GIRLS AND WOMEN. 16mo, $1.25. In Riverside Library for Young
People. 16mo, 75 cents.

_Holiday Edition._ With 12 full-page Illustrations in color and 43
outline drawings by Japanese artists. Crown 8vo, gilt top, $4.00.

A JAPANESE INTERIOR. 16mo, $1.25. In Riverside School Library. 16mo, 60
cents, _net_.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON AND NEW YORK

JAPANESE GIRLS AND
WOMEN

BY

ALICE MABEL BACON

_REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION_

[Illustration]

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge

Copyright, 1891, 1902,
BY ALICE MABEL BACON.

_All rights reserved._

To

STEMATZ, THE MARCHIONESS OYAMA,

IN THE NAME OF OUR GIRLHOOD'S FRIENDSHIP, UNCHANGED AND
UNSHAKEN BY THE CHANGES AND SEPARATIONS OF OUR
MATURER YEARS,

This Volume

_IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED_.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. CHILDHOOD 1

II. EDUCATION 37

III. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 57

IV. WIFE AND MOTHER