BY, THE SAME AUTHOR. 
TALES OF OLD JAPAN. By A. B. MitForpD, Second 
Secretary to the British Legation in Japan. With 
illustrations drawn and cut on wood by Japanese artists. 
Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. 
ATHEN “AUM.—‘‘ The reader will find much pleasant reading, which 
may be studied with advantage by all who are seeking for instruction about 
the country, or who are likely to have any relations with the natives. The 
selection which Mr. Mitford has presented to us carries us through the 
different aspects of Japanese life from the cradle to the grave.” 
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.—“ A work of unusual interest and 
unexceptionable authority.” 
PALL MALL GAZETTE.—“‘ These very original volumes have all the 
value their author claims for them and more. . . . They present us with 
pictures of Japanese life and manners not worked out in the monotony of 
minute detail, but dashed in with bold, telling touches. . . . They will 
always be interesting as memorials of a most exceptional society, while, 
regarded simply as tales, they are sparkling, sensational, and dramatic, and 
the originality of their ideas and the quaintness of their language give them 
a most captivating piquancy. The illustrations are extremely interesting, 
and for the curious in such matters have a special and particular value.” 
STANDARD.—‘‘ Mr. Mitford has collected both sermons and _ stories 
from authentic sources, and done his work as a translator with great fresh- 
ness, vigour, and clearness of style.” 
SATURDAY REVIEW.—‘‘Will be highly interesting to all. . . 
He has successfully rendered the Japanese idioms into pleasant and read- 
able English, and has added much to the interest of his work by the illus- 
trative commentary he has been able to supply on the manners and customs 
of the people gathered from his own experiences in the Land of the Rising 
Sun.” 
MACMILLAN AND CO., Lrp., LONDON. 
