BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Rein’s “Japan,” “The Gist of Japan” (Peery), “Japan and its Regeneration” (Cary), “The Soul of the Far East” (Lowell), “Feudal and Modern Japan” (Knapp), “Lotos-Time in Japan” (Finck), and Hearn’s works discuss the subject of Japanese characteristics with intelligence from various points of view. The most interesting and instructive Japanese writer on the subject is Nitobe in his “Bushidō, the Soul of Japan.” Dening’s paper in vol. xix. Transactions Asiatic Society of Japan is very valuable. “The Evolution of the Japanese” (Gulick) should also be carefully studied, especially as he differs from Lowell and others, who contend that Orientals in general, and Japanese in particular, have no “soul,” or distinct personality.
Hearn’s best work, entitled “Japan, An Interpretation,” is interesting and instructive in this connection. “Japanese Life in Town and Country” (Knox), “Dai Nippon” (Dyer), chap. iii., and “Every Day Japan” (Lloyd) also throw light on this topic.