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named. Before these paragons. we fear.
English, and possibly even Gers
man, youths must bow the head.
THE demeanor of q GLASS;" writea
the teacher. lis, if anything, too fault
less; never @ whisper is heard; never is
a head raised from the book without
permission" There is ecarcely any
punis hment; there is never, in fact, any
occasion for punishment. Some of these
alumni, one cannot help thinking, must
be terrible prigs. 1--WE call them NOS
uuitoesl ks" writes youth to his
teacher. II think the citing is useful to
us, because if we begin to sleep the ka
shall come an sting US then
we shall be bringed back to study by the
sting"
The results OF the system are not, how
ever, altogether happy. The Japanese
student is insufficiently fed, and over
crammed with raw knowledge. 'Seven
years of study" complains his teacher.
''are required to give the Japanese youth
merely the necessary knowledge OF his
own triple system of ideographs
the enormous alphabet of his native
literature" More briefly, he spends
seven years in learning to read and
write. Yet romanization, which would
reduce the time.to year or, 80 is scouts
ed by native and foreign scholars alike.
and by Mr.. Hearn himself. There is,
however, one advantage, in this diff
Guilty: it effectually bars out the incapa-
BILE from the higher courses OF study, for
the mere ability to read and write jap
anese with ease, sufficient for the pur-
poses OF etudy implies, at the least,
vigorous and we'll trained memory.
Thus the complicated difficulties of the
scripts tend to limit competition and to
create a sort of aristocraoy OF learning
peculiarly favorable to the maintenance
of the sort OF Germanized oligarchy
which practically c Institutes the actual
polity in Japan.
In this way the mind of young japan
becomes stuffed with exotic common
places which it mietakes for true knowl-
edge it lacks both invention and imag-
nation, and has achieved nothing in
literature or in criticism. In truth.
despite their pretty conceits, the Japan
ese always have been an essentially
matter-of-iact people. In their litera-
ture are many tender and wise things to
be found, almost all derived from Chi
nese sources, but they are found over
and over again expressed in almost
identical terms. They are literary
ornaments like the common form
birth stories and pcdigrees in
Buddhist haRiologies. Nor do the out
ward aspects of life always denote CORE.
spending inward conditions. A pensive
Madonna-like expression may simply
indicate a young wife's enxiety con.
cerning the days dinner. So with the
Japanese emile, to an elaborate eulogy
OF hich Mr.. Hearn devotes whole
chapter. To him it is as full of wonder
ful and deep meaning as it is OF charm.
To the ordinary Philistine it lie mainly a
sourire de circumstance. But to COM
prehend it, says its panegyrist, we
must know the ancient natural and
popular life of Japan. II your servant
tells you with pleasing smile
that her husband is dead, and shows
you shortly afterwards, with q still
pleasanter laugh, vase containing the
ashes of his burnt bones, ou must look
below the surface and understand that
the smile or laugh was merely "polite.
ness carriad to the utmost point o. self
feelings the servant. in fact, has eaCri.
feed her own. 1t would be harsh to
criticize this theory; let it suffice to
THE interest attaching to the vast ma
jorty of ksmbu.su [sightsl depends al
together upon the exercise OF imagira-
tion. The Athenaum.
AMORAL BUSYBODY. by ALAN DALE, New
York The Mascot Publishing Co. For
sale by Stoll e Thayer.
1t would scarcely be fair to cav of this
novel that it was "made to suit" though
it is obvious that the writer was thinks
ing OF his market when he wrote it.
Alan Dale has never been called the
American Zols; and he is certainly no
mean hand at realism.-not for arts
sake, but with an alleged reformativs
purpose, While the residuum to the
reader after the perusal of A Moral
Busy body is O sensation of nausea, we
are not prepared to denounoe the book
as UNIV wholesome. Nevertheless, it is
not Xmas story book, and it is certain
that Pilgrims Progress would be safer
mental pabulum for general family con-
sum ption. ...sn.
The story is written around the fol-
lowing excerpt from the aniIaadversions
OF Superintendent Byrnes upon the cruz
sads against the social evil in New York
city: 1T is very difficult to solve the
problem involved in the suppression of
disorderly houses. While it is an illegal
traffic under the laws Of the state, the
closing OF these must necessarily cause
the inmates to take shelter in tenement
and apartment houses, mingling with
respectable people, and thus being
brought into contact with the younger
members of families, making children
OF tender years familiar with a vice OF
which they woulG not under other Cir
cumstances obtain knowledge"
The novelist works out an illustration
of the vanity OF this philosophy in tale
OF Hickeuing power.
THE BANKING SYSTEM OF THE UNITED
STATES AND ITS RELATION TO THE
MONEY AND BUSINESS OF THE COUN-
TRY = By CHARLES &. DAWES Chicago
Rand ,McNally & Co. For sale by Stoll &
Thayer.
Mr.. Dawes is q business man Lincoln,
Neb.. who is moved to lucidly explain,
for the benefit of those who have not
we'll understood it, the relation OF our
national banking system to the money
and business of the country. The
brochure is valuable because of its sim
plicity and freedom from technicality.
1t ia not controversial in character,
but in it's perusal one realizes
that il this little manual OF
80 pages were placed in the hands OF
Populists and free silverites it would
tend to disabuse their minds of many
monetary delusions. The chapters are
headed: The bank and the community;
bank credit money; how it is created; |;
its relation to present general business !;
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