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Japanese Dramas.* This Is One Of That Kind Of Books

that are more interesting generically than individually. So short a time has elapsed since Japan was an almost unknown world, producing nothing but lacquer, fans, and teapots,......

Sir Charles Gavan Duffy's Book, Large As It Is, Will

have for politicians more than the interest of a novel, as well as more than the instructiveness of a history. It has come out in a happy moment, when men are puzzling over a......