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LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1911
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FIRST EDITION, _January_ 1905
_Reprinted_, _June_ 1907
SECOND EDITION (1/-) _October_ 1911
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To the Memory
OF
LADY PARKES,
WHOSE KINDNESS AND FRIENDSHIP
ARE AMONG
MY MOST TREASURED REMEMBRANCES OF JAPAN,
THIS VOLUME IS
GRATEFULLY AND REVERENTLY
DEDICATED.