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RARE DAYS IN JAPAN
“Yes! ’tis a very pleasant land, Filled with joys on either hand, Sweeter than aught beneath the sky, Dear island of the dragon-fly!”
[From an old poem composed by the Mikado Gomei, who died A. D. 641.]
“COUNTRY SCENES AND COUNTRY CUSTOMS”
RARE DAYS IN JAPAN
BY GEORGE TRUMBULL LADD, LL. D.
Author of “In Korea with Marquis Ito,” “Knowledge, Life, and Reality,” “Philosophy of Conduct,” etc., etc.
ILLUSTRATED
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA 1910
Copyright, 1910, By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
Published, September, 1910