The Making of Modern Japan: An Account of the Progress of Japan from Pre-feudal Days to Constitutional Government & the Position of a Great Power, With Chapters on Religion, the Complex Family System, Education, &c.Gubbins, John Harington
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The Making of Modern Japan: An Account of the Progress of Japan from Pre-feudal Days to Constitutional Government & the Position of a Great Power, With Chapters on Religion, the Complex Family System, Education, &c.
Gubbins, John Harington
Japan -- Civilization -- 1868-1912; Japan -- Foreign relations -- 1868-1912; Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912; Japan -- History -- Restoration, 1853-1870
IVOR H. N. EVANS, B.A.
Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
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A BORNEAN HAT.
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_Demy 8vo._ _With Many Illustrations & a Map._ _21s. Net_
SOME EARLY REVIEWS.
“Supremely absorbing.”—_Western Daily News._
“Contains an enormous amount of intensely interesting information about
North Borneo.”—_Sheffield Independent._
“AN ADMIRABLE BOOK FOR THE MANY WISTFUL WANDERERS WHOSE TRAVELLING MUST
PERFORCE BE DONE BY PROXY. A valuable contribution to anthropology,
handsomely Illustrated.”—_The Times._
“Amply stocked with most interesting and valuable information.”—_Glasgow
Herald._
“A BOOK OF RARE MERIT, full of quaint personal experiences, vivid
description, and shrewd comment.”—_Sunday Times._
“There are no more interesting primitive peoples than those in Borneo.
That they are or have been head-hunters makes them especially attractive
to the general reader, if not to their neighbours. Their tribal life,
moreover, is extraordinarily interesting. This is REALLY A VALUABLE
CONTRIBUTION to the study of these peoples.”—_Pall Mall Gazette._
“A valuable contribution to anthropology.”—_Scotsman._
“IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO QUOTE HERE THE HUNDRED AND ONE INTERESTING THINGS
WHICH ARE TO BE FOUND IN THIS BOOK. Messrs. Seeley, Service are to be
congratulated on publishing books which are so full of valuable
information, and at the same time so enjoyable to read.”—_Glasgow
Citizen._
“A fine volume. It presents the minutest details of the daily life and
habits, social conditions, superstitions etc., of a primitive people,
written by a man who had long experience of the people he describes.
There are many illustrations and a good map.”—_Newcastle Chronicle._
IN UNKNOWN CHINA
A Record of the Observations, Adventures and Experiences of a Pioneer of
Civilization During a Prolonged Sojourn Amongst the Wild and Unknown
Nosu Tribe of Western China
BY
S. POLLARD
Author of “In Tight Corners in China.”
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_Demy 8vo._ _With Many Illustrations & Maps._ _Price 25s. Nett_
SOME EARLY REVIEWS.
“Fascinating, racy and humorous.”—_Aberdeen Journal._
“An amazing record of adventure. Mr. Pollard is delightful from every
point of view. By the valiance of his own heart and faith he wins
through.”—_Methodist Recorder._
“Mr. Pollard is not merely an interesting man, but a courageous one....
The first white man to penetrate into Nosuland where live the bogey-men
of the Manchus.... This is a people that has struck terror into the
hearts of the neighbouring Chinese by the cruelty and the fierceness of
its valour.”—_Sketch._
“Mr. Pollard’s book is laid where dwell amid almost unpenetrable hills a
race the Chinese have never yet succeeded in subduing.”—_Western Morning
News._
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