17 MARCH 1923, Page 22

Japanese Names and How to Read Them. By Albert J.

Troop and Hogitaro Inada. (The Eastern Press, and Bernard Qwitch. £3 3s.) The art collector has hitherto depended on experts for the reading of details on his Japanese possessions. With this dictionary he should have . no tit calty in making-his own interpretation.s. The C.Idn'ke characters as used in Japan are ingeniously arranged, anct they Can be traced as easily as signa in shorthand dictionaiy. Indexes, lists of date's and the like ar-• provided. lloth student and dilettante will welcome this handy and unprecedented work.