5. _Japan, an Appreciation_, by Lafcadio Hearn, 1904. Sympathetic insight, admirable style, blind acceptance of H. Spencer’s philosophy, imperfect knowledge. His outlook is seen at its best in the recently published _Life and Letters_ (Constable, 1907). 6. _The Mikado’s Empire_, by W. E. Griffis. Useful for some aspects of modern Shinto, and the Folk-lore associated with it. 7. _The Religions of Japan_, by W. E. Griffis, 1895. Shows the relations of Shinto to Buddhism and Confucianism. 8. _The Development of Religion in Japan._ Lectures by G. W. Knox, 1907. Judicious and up-to-date. 9. _German Asiatic Society of Japan. Japanische Mythologie_, by Dr. Karl Florenz. 1901. A good German translation of the mythological part of the _Nihongi_, with useful notes. 10. _Japan and China_, by Captain Brinkley. 1903. Throws light on some aspects of modern Shinto. 11. _Murray’s Japan_, by B. H. Chamberlain and W. B. Mason. 7 ed. 1903. 12. _Things Japanese_, by B. H. Chamberlain. 5 ed. 1905. 13. _Shintoisme_, by M. Revon, in the _Revue de l’Histoire des Religions_, 1905-1907. Highly recommended for its up-to-date theory, and as a comprehensive collection of facts. 14. _Shinto_, by W. G. Aston, 1905. Of similar scope to the present work, but more comprehensive. 15. _Ancestor Worship and Japanese Law_, by Nobushige Hodzumi. 1901. 16. _A Fantasy of Far Japan_, by Baron Suyematsu. 1905. These two works represent the attitude of modern Japanese towards the old Shinto. 17. A _Bibliography of the Japanese Empire_ (1895). Gives a classified list of books, essays, and maps in European languages relating to Japan. Tolerably comprehensive, but inaccurate. Printed in Great Britain by T. and A. CONSTABLE LTD. at the Edinburgh University Press * * * * * Transcriber’s Notes Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation, accents, spelling and punctuation remain unchanged. Italics are represented thus _italic_, bold thus =bold=. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Shinto: The ancient religion of Japan, by W. G. (William George) Aston