Nippon: Archiv zur Beschriebungvon Japan, which first appeared 



n five qu; 



3 VOIUI 



of atlas 



, the Bar 



In 1897 his ilk 



von Siebold, revised this work, the edition appearing in two 

 large attractive volumes with many illustrations and printed in 

 German. As we have already noted the corresponding work of 

 Kaempfer is available in the quaint English of the early eighteenth 



in French. The 



In 1859 Siebold undertook a second journey to Japan and was 

 invited by the Emperor to his Court. With the consent of his own 

 government, he entered the Japanese service as negotiator be- 

 tween Japan and the powers of Europe, but his services were of 

 short duration, for various intrigues combined to compel him to 

 retire from his post and ultimately from the country. To his 

 son, Baron Alexander, fell the honor of moving in those ever- 

 widening diplomatic circles that were instrumental in rendering 

 Japan accessible to the ideas of the West. 



