WORKS BY SIR RABINDRANATH TAGORE +GITANJALI (Song Offerings).+ With Introduction by W. B. YEATS and Portrait. Cr. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net. +FRUIT-GATHERING. (A Sequel to "Gitanjali.")+ Cr. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net. +THE CRESCENT MOON. Child-Poems.+ With 8 Illustrations in Colour. Pott 4to. 4s. 6d. net. +THE GARDENER. Poems.+ With Portrait. Cr. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net. +STRAY BIRDS. Poems.+ With Frontispiece by WILLY POGÁNY. Cr. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net. +LOVER'S GIFT AND CROSSING.+ Cr. 8vo. 5s. net. +CHITRA. A Play.+ Ex. cr. 8vo. 2s. 6d. net. +THE KING OF THE DARK CHAMBER. A Play.+ Cr. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net. +THE POST OFFICE. A Play.+ Cr. 8vo. 2s. 6d. net. +THE CYCLE OF SPRING. A Play.+ Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net. +SACRIFICE AND OTHER PLAYS.+ Cr. 8vo. 5s. net. +HUNGRY STONES AND OTHER STORIES.+ Translated by various Writers. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net. +MASHI AND OTHER STORIES.+ Cr. 8vo. 5s. net. +PERSONALITY: Lectures delivered in America.+ Illustrated. Ex. cr. 8vo. 5s. net. +MY REMINISCENCES.+ Illustrated. Ex. cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net. +SADHANA: The Realisation of Life. Lectures.+ Ex. cr. 8vo. 5s. net. +NATIONALISM.+ Ex. cr. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net. LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD. NATIONALISM [Illustration: Logo] MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA · MADRAS MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO DALLAS · SAN FRANCISCO THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO NATIONALISM BY SIR RABINDRANATH TAGORE MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1918 COPYRIGHT _First Edition 1917_ _Reprinted 1918 (twice)_ CONTENTS PAGE NATIONALISM IN THE WEST 1 NATIONALISM IN JAPAN 47 NATIONALISM IN INDIA 95 THE SUNSET OF THE CENTURY 131 NATIONALISM IN THE WEST Man's history is being shaped according to the difficulties it encounters. These have offered us problems and claimed their solutions from us, the penalty of non-fulfilment being death or degradation. These difficulties have been different in different peoples of the earth, and in the manner of our overcoming them lies our distinction. The Scythians of the earlier period of Asiatic history had to struggle with the scarcity of their natural resources. The easiest solution that they could think of was to organize their whole population, men, women, and children, into bands of robbers. And they were irresistible to those who were chiefly engaged in the constructive work of social co-operation.