“The book is evidently written by an authority on Modern Japan, and is just what its title indicates—a handbook of the Japan of to-day.”—_Denver Republican._ “We feel no hesitation in affirming that for one seeking within the pages of one book the most information of Japan and its people, and of a reliable character, there has been nothing heretofore produced that excels this Handbook of Modern Japan by Professor Clement.”—_Japan Evangelist._ “The immediate charm and sterling value of Prof. Ernest W. Clement’s ‘Handbook of Modern Japan’ lie in the fact that he speaks for the most part from immediate knowledge and experience, and from an inside view.... Likely to be wanted constantly on the table of most intelligent people interested in the Far East and its possibilities.”—_The Nation_, New York. RECENT PRESS COMMENTS ON A HANDBOOK OF MODERN JAPAN “This is the book for the hour when Russia looms and Korea shrivels, or for the year and decade when the map of Eastern Asia may be arranged.”—_The Dial_, Chicago. “For those who would acquire exact information concerning the ‘Yankees of the Orient,’ and who cannot obtain it at first hand, no better book has been issued than Ernest W. Clement’s ‘Handbook of Modern Japan.’ ... The reliability and completeness of his information cannot be questioned.”—_Chicago Evening Post._ “Perhaps there is no other single book in which may be found such varied, compact, and up-to-date information.”—_Springfield Republican._ “Just what Japan will develop into no one can say. What Japan is now, is most ably described by Mr. Clement, whose book is illustrated with photographs which really illustrate, and help one to realize the extraordinary progress made in the land of the Rising Sun.”—_New York Times._ “Will appeal especially to the intelligent American reader who desires to get into closer touch with the Mikado’s Empire.”—_Review of Reviews_, New York. “Alike for the traveller, the new resident, and the reader at a distance, it provides just the essential facts about Japanese life, public and private, while its well-chosen bibliography affords guidance for further study.”—_The Churchman_, New York. “Will probably be for some time to come the authority in this country as to those conditions of Japan which affect our interest in her.... It is an admirable book, and the reader who reads this from beginning to end, especially the statistics and notes at the close, can say that he knows Japan as a world power. The illustrations are many and excellent.”—_Minneapolis Times._