A Handbook for Travellers in Japan. By Basil Hall Chamber-
lain and W. B. Mason. (John Murray.)—This is a "third edition, revised, and mostly rewritten." Japan is a country which changes as rapidly as any in the world, and books of this kind want revision with corresponding frequency. Mr. Chamberlain is probably the best authority living on Japanese matters, and he has in Mr. Mason a colleague who has had the best opportunities of making himself acquainted with the " itinerary " portion of the subject. Living seems to be fairly cheap. In Europeanised hotels the charges vary from fourteen down to ten shillings per diem ; in native inns they are seldom higher than four. Locomo- tion is more expensive. The traveller has not, it would seem, 80
much freedom of movement as is sometimes supposed. "The Japanese authorities generally insist on being exactly informed of the route which the traveller proposes taking."
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