I may mention one or two of the striking characteristics of the work. The sacrifice of the girl Haru may seem unreal, but such is the dominant idea of duty and sacrifice with the Japanese, that in certain emergencies it is not at all unlikely that we should behold her real prototype in life. The description of the Imperial Review at Tokyo and its patriotic significance vividly recalls my own impression of this spectacle. It gives me great satisfaction to know that by perusing these pages, the vast reading public, who, after all, have the decisive voice in the national government of the greatest republic of the world, and whose good will and friendship we Japanese prize in no uncommon degree, should be correctly informed about ourselves, as far as the scope of this book goes. We attach great importance to a thorough mutual understanding of two foremost peoples on the Pacific, in whose direction and coöperation the future of the East must largely depend. It is, therefore, incumbent upon us all to do our utmost to cultivate such good understanding, not only for those immediately concerned, but for the welfare of the whole human race. In the chapters of this novel the author seems always to have had such high ideals before her, and the result is that, besides being an exciting and agreeable reading, the book contains elements of serious and instructive consideration, which can not but contribute toward establishing better and healthier knowledge between the East and West of the Pacific. N. MAKINO. Sendagaya, Tokyo, 9th of August, 1909. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I WHERE THE DAY BEGINS 1 II "THE ROOST" 13 III THE LAND OF THE GODS 27 IV UNDER THE RED SUNSET 42 V THE MAKER OF BUDDHAS 52 VI THE BAYING OF THE WOLF-HOUND 62 VII DOCTOR BERSONIN 72 VIII "SALLY IN OUR ALLEY" 78 IX THE WEB OF THE SPIDER 86 X IN A GARDEN OF DREAMS 92 XI ISHIKICHI 101 XII IN THE STREET-OF-PRAYER-TO-THE-GODS 107 XIII THE WHORLS OF YELLOW DUST 113 XIV WHEN BARBARA AWOKE 119 XV A FACE IN THE CROWD 125 XVI "BANZAI NIPPON!" 133 XVII A SILENT UNDERSTANDING 142