5 MARCH 1887, Page 22

Japanese Life, Love, and Legend. From "Le Japon Pittoresque" of

Maurice Dabard, by William Cony. (Ward and Downey.)— This volume contains reminiscences of travel in Japan, set in. a framework of romance. The author, with a friend and comrade, makes acquaintance with the family of a certain dealer in curios, the comrade being captivated by the charms of 0-Hans, the dealer's daughter, and a singularly favourable specimen of the Japanese girl. The friends come to see something of the inside of life in Japan.; they make also the regulation tours. Hence this book, wbioh is pleasant enough reading, though the English might have been better. What is meant by, "You, whose name is always evoked in her prayers f"