19 DECEMBER 1914, Page 25

Japan To-day and To-morrow, by Hamilton Wright Mabie (Macmillan and

Co., 8s. 6d. net), is a conscientious attempt to conjecture what part on the world-stage the Japanese race will play in the coming generation. The answer is based on the spirit and character of the Japanese people, which Mr. Mabie has studied in what he calls the "vital landscape" of Japan- its shops and fields and homes, as well as its courts and temples.