Japan nach Reisen und Studien

Abstract

THIS is the second edition of a book first published in 1880. The author, now professor of geography in the University of Bonn, was, in 1874, commissioned by the Prussian Ministry of Commerce to go to Japan for the purpose of studying and giving an account both of the trade of Japan and the special branches of industry there carried on to so high a degree of perfection. The writer of this notice had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of Dr. Rein while in Japan, and can testify to the German thoroughness with which Dr. Rein carried out the work for which he was commissioned. The results of that work were two volumes which, from the point of view of the author, have been looked upon as the most scientific and complete of their kind. Some years after their appearance in Germany translations were published in England (Hodder and Stoughton), but both the German and English editions have for some time been out of print, and the author has done well to bring out a new edition, brought up to date in matters both of history and science. For students of Japan it is almost unnecessary to review the work of Dr. Rein, as it has long had an assured position.

Japan nach Reisen und Studien.

By J. J. Rein. Vol. i. Natur und Volk des Mikadoreiches. Second edition. Pp. xv + 749. (Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1905.) Price 24s. net, paper; 26s. net, cloth.