of the spirit of the Japanese people--what they are interested in
and what we may expect of them in the future. Pursuant to its aim,
it offers chapters on the manners and habits of the Japanese, their
family life, their love of art and of nature and their attitude toward
religion. Their historical development is very lightly sketched and
their education and political development somewhat more fully. No
American is perhaps better fitted to write such a book as this than Dr.
Mabie. As lecturer to Japan on the Carnegie Peace Endowment a year or
so ago he had splendid opportunity for a close study of the country and
its people. Added to this is his power of clearly analyzing that which
he sees and of expressing his thought in English that it is a pleasure
to read.
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A Wanderer in Venice
BY E. V. LUCAS
Author of "A Wanderer in Holland," "A Wanderer in Paris," etc.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR AND IN BLACK AND WHITE
_Decorated cloth, 12mo, $1.75 net: leather, $2.50 net_
Mr. Lucas's "Wanderer" books have made many friends. Much of the charm
of Florence, London, Paris and Holland has been caught by him and
transferred to the printed page along with bits of their histories,
interesting anecdotes and legends. To these four volumes Mr. Lucas now
adds one on Venice. What a place of hidden treasure that wonderful city
is to one of Mr. Lucas's very original genius all who have read the
preceding works in this series can easily understand. And Mr. Lucas
has fully realized his opportunities. The book is perhaps the most
fascinating of all. With its colored illustrations and its black and
white plates, with its no less vivid and appreciative text, it is a
publication which no one who has ever been to Venice should overlook,
while to those who have not been it will open up new vistas of
undreamed-of beauties.
California
BY MARY AUSTIN
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY SUTTON PALMER
_Cloth, 12mo, boxed, $4.00 net_
That Mrs. Austin has a subject worthy of a fluent pen and that she is
fully qualified to do justice to it no one will deny. There have been
books about California before, but none of them written with so real an
appreciation of its wonders as this one in which the grandeur of the
state has been so vividly presented. Not only does Mrs. Austin know
California, she loves it. Her volume will serve as a guide to the many
tourists who will be visiting the coast during the coming exposition, a
guide which is neither formal nor stilted, but interpretative, replete
with beautiful descriptions of beautiful spots. It will be none the
less interesting reading to those who have never seen the places and
have no prospect of doing so. Mr. Palmer's colored pictures are a
splendid supplement to the text.
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Publishers 64-66 Fifth Avenue New York
Panama: The Canal, The Country, and The People
BY ARTHUR BULLARD (ALBERT EDWARDS)
REVISED EDITION, WITH ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS AND NEW ILLUSTRATIONS
_Decorated cloth, 8vo, boxed, $2.00 net_
Not only has Mr. Bullard revised such material of the first edition
of his book as has been retained in the present issue, but he has
added to that several chapters. These have to do largely with the
canal since its completion. This work has probably enjoyed greater
popularity than any other volume on Panama, a fact due, no doubt, to
its comprehensiveness. It is not confined to any one matter. There are
descriptions of the natural beauties of the locality, discussions of
the customs and life of its inhabitants and sections devoted to the
canal, its history, construction and those concerned with it. Besides
the new text there are also many new and fascinating illustrations.
Southern Italy and Sicily
BY F. MARION CRAWFORD
NEW EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES, WITH MANY HALF-TONE ILLUSTRATIONS IN
THE TEXT AND THIRTY-ONE PHOTOGRAVURES
_Decorated cloth, 8vo, $5.00 net_
This book is a rare combination of text and pictures. Mr. Crawford
and Mr. Brokman, the illustrator, worked together in an almost ideal
fashion. The vivid description of the one and the sympathetic drawings
of the other make a narrative of travel set off now and then by a bit
of history that is of most fascinating interest. Every Crawford admirer
as well as every lover of the beautiful in books will wish to add
this edition, which may truly be called the _edition de luxe_, to his
library.
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
Publishers 64-66 Fifth Avenue New York