THE FOUNDATIONS OF JAPAN

YOUNG JAPAN

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THE FOUNDATIONS

OF JAPAN

OF

NOTES MADE DURING JOURNEYS
6,000 MILES IN THE RURAL DISTRICTS AS
A BASIS FOR A SOUNDER KNOWLEDGE
OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE

BY J. W. ROBERTSON SCOTT

("HOME COUNTIES")

WITH 85 ILLUSTRATIONS

'In good sooth, my masters, this is no door, yet it is a little window"

NEW YORK

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

1922