20 NOVEMBER 1897, Page 38

An Artist's Letters from Japan. By John La Farge. (Fisher

Unwin.)—This is an exceedingly interesting book, for it is an appreciation of Japan and the Japanese made with insight and dis- cretion. It deals specially fully with Japanese architecture, for which the writer has a profound admiration. Altogether the book is a very interesting one, and the illustrations are good. The account of the shrines in the Holy Mountain of Nikko is perhaps the best chapter in a distinctly clever book.