The Japanese Empire, Joseph Dant-|tare, romer. T. Fisher Unwin, London.
This book, which is translated from the French, purports to deal principally with the economic conditions of the Japanese Empire. A vast quantity of information in regard to industry and trade has been collected by the oather from books of reference and Con-salar reports, and the facts and figares given are of interest, though they will not be new to most readers who have followed at all closely the development of book, howe The author essays short historical treats of travel and general The translator cannot becongratalated apon the manner in which he the statement that "Japan is situated tery lengthways on the north-west of the Pacific Ocean" in a sense conveys a fact, it might, perhaps, have been better expressed. And surely M. Dantremer not responsible for the statement that the end of 1906 there was in Japan 1 total of 19,129 foreigners, of whom 13,000 are Chinese and the others Asiatics" These are only, two felicities.
Not all the blame must be Inid at the door of the translator, The author has apparently been in Japan, bat his visit most have been paid many years ago and his observations while in the country do not seem to have erred on the side of accuracy. He says that to reach Hakone from Tokio it is necessary to go by train to Kozo, thence by an old-fashioned tramway (#ic) drawn by 8 horse" to Miyanoshite, then to Yamato and finally to Hakone. He also describes Miyanoshita as a "seaside village." For those who do not know the Hakone district, it is necessary to explain that the electric trams, which have been ranning for! nearly ten years, take the traveller from
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