Un Monday at a meeting of the Quest Society, Mr. W. i Lyuh gave a most interesting and picturesque account of the history of Korea. He described in consi derable detail the many vicissitudes through which the country has passed, its classical periods in oriental scholarship and art and its social and political upheavals consequent upon the country having from tthe earliest times been a battle ground for contending Mongol, Manchu, Chinese and Japanese forces. Mr. Lyuh's audience was intensely interested in his account of the national drama of which "The land of} morning calm" has been the scene for 42 centuries. Of particular interest wns the account given of the great Japanese invasion in 1592, when Hideyoshi descended upon the country with an army of 150.000 men, a preparatory move in contemplated conquest of Tf history speaks truly, the plan wag defeated principally through the inventive genius of the Korean Admiral, Yi Sun Shin. who made the first ironclad (and called it "the tortoise boat") and had also at his disposal cannon and explosive shells. as well as a contrivance apparently anticipated the modern observation balloon. The invaders were driven off, but its effect upon Korea and the Koreans was disastrous. the spirit of the people being permanently quenched, and the later history of their country simply a story of decline, with occasional revivals too feeble to be effective-
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