1 FEBRUARY 1896, page 20

The American Share In Opening-up Japan.*

IT was in the spring of 1854 that Commodore Perry, in command of a United States naval squadron, but without hostilities, obtained the signature of the Council of State of the......

Historical Researofies.*

Paris volume of the transactions of the Historical Society contains twelve articles, all conveying interesting and valu- able information, among which the Presidential Address......