Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for the Use of Travellers and OthersK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1891 - 503 pages |
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... recommend others to learn it , it is because we hope that , for their own sake , they will do as we tell them and not ... Book recommended . The Abacus , in its Historic and Scientific Aspects , by Dr. C. G. Knott , F. R. S. E. , printed ...
... recommend others to learn it , it is because we hope that , for their own sake , they will do as we tell them and not ... Book recommended . The Abacus , in its Historic and Scientific Aspects , by Dr. C. G. Knott , F. R. S. E. , printed ...
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... Book recommended . The Gakushikaiin , by Walter Dening , printed in Vol . XV . Part I. of the Asi itic Tranractions , p . 72 , et seq . Acupuncture . Acupuncture , one of the three great nostrums 12 Abdication .
... Book recommended . The Gakushikaiin , by Walter Dening , printed in Vol . XV . Part I. of the Asi itic Tranractions , p . 72 , et seq . Acupuncture . Acupuncture , one of the three great nostrums 12 Abdication .
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... books could never have been written in Japan ; for though genealogies are carefully kept , they mean nothing , at ... best pupil . It also explains the fact of Japanese families not dying out . So completely has adoption become part and ...
... books could never have been written in Japan ; for though genealogies are carefully kept , they mean nothing , at ... best pupil . It also explains the fact of Japanese families not dying out . So completely has adoption become part and ...
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... Book recommended . The Gakushikaiin , by Walter Dening , printed in Vol . XV . Part I. of the Asiatic Transactions , p . 72 , et seq . Ainos . The Ainos , called by themselves Ainu , that is " men , " are a very peculiar race , now ...
... Book recommended . The Gakushikaiin , by Walter Dening , printed in Vol . XV . Part I. of the Asiatic Transactions , p . 72 , et seq . Ainos . The Ainos , called by themselves Ainu , that is " men , " are a very peculiar race , now ...
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... Books recommended . Miss Bird's Labeaten Trucks in Japan , Vol . II . gives the best popular account of the Ainos . - Students are referred to the First Memoir of the Literature College of the Imperial University of Japan , by ...
... Books recommended . Miss Bird's Labeaten Trucks in Japan , Vol . II . gives the best popular account of the Ainos . - Students are referred to the First Memoir of the Literature College of the Imperial University of Japan , by ...
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