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: Faust the Encyclopedias Britain
; MICA and Hugo's Les Aiserables,' i
the order named. Among English me-
of letters. Byron and Tennyson are tn
most popular. The names OF Steven
son, Hardy, Meredith, Mark Twain, an
I other recent writers are rarely me
with, while that of Kipling occurs no
even once. Among Continental wri
ters. Tolstoi, Schopenhauer, Eeine, ans
ZoIa are frequently mentioned: ans
Nietzsche's .-Zarathustra" is charac
terized more than once as the creates
work in the last decade of the nine
tenth century.
Another significant statement ahou1
books:
In medicine German books have prac-
tically driven from the field works IN
other languages. In politics and di-
plomacy, however, French works are
preferred; Walkers Political Econe-
my Jevon's Money" and Bastiats
Science of Finance" have a large sale.
In law, German works are beginning
to predominate. Taine's English Lit
erature'' heads the list in WORKS OF
reference in several higher institutions
of learning. Works on antiquities and
ology and religion, are said to be prac-
tically devoid of demand; but philo-
sophical works find good sale, with
Herbert Spencer in the van.
The position of the wife in japan
has improved materially within recent
years, but in many parts of the en-
pire it still remains unenviable. We
quote:
A Japanese woman was subject 10
the three obediences;" as a maiden.
to her father; as a wife, to her hus-
band and his parents: as a widow, to
her Oldest son, whether real or only
adopted. A daughter might even be
called upon, fol the sake of her parents
to sacrifice her honor and enter a
brothel; and she was still considered
virtuous, because personal chastity
was a lower virtue than f1lial piety.
A Japanese, like Grecian. wife was
to her husband faithful slave, some
thing better than his dog, little dear
er than his horse" she was both a
drudge and plaything, to be cast
aside as capricious1y as a child throws
away a toy. She must tamely submit
to having concubines brought, perhaps,
right into the house at the will of her
lord; or she herself might under slight
and f1imsy pretexts, be divorced and
sent back to her parents. The follow
ing "seven reasons for divorce" We're
laid down by a celebrated Japanese
moralist: disobedience to father-in-law
or mother-in-law; barrenness; lewd-
ness; Jealousy; leprosy or any like foul
disease; garrulousness and prattling; !
stealing.
Another interesting work on things |
japanese" is H. Irving Hancocks !
Japanese Physical Training" &C. P. |
Putnam's Sons) sub-titled THE system |
of Exercise, Diet, and General Mode !
of Living, that has made the Mikado's |
People the Healthiest, Strongest, and |
Happiest Men and Women in the
which it may be infer !
red that Mr.. Hancock is an enthusiast, |
as indeed he is. In fact he is willing
to stake his reputation on the state |
ment that a Japanese, weighing one /
hundred and twenty pounds, trained in |
jiu-j itsu, excels in strength. an Ameri- |
can athlete of one hundred and sew
pounds. Jiu-jitsu, according |
to Mr.. Hancock, is not only unique !
system of attack and defense, but is
also regime whereby perfect health !
may be attained. Of the origin of |
1t was discovered that by pressing /
thumb or fingers against certain mus
cles or nerves momentary paralysis |
could be produced. It was also dis
covered that by employing the harden
ed edge of the hand to strike a piece
of bamboo at a certain angle of impact
one could beak the stick. If one could
ones own nerves and mus
cles, why not another's? If man
could break a stick by a sharp blow
with the edge of his hand. why could
he not train himself in the same way
to break the arm of a dangerous an
ia gonist? And that was the Begin
ming of the creation of the science of
jiu-jitsu.
japanese wrestling and jiu-jitsu are
entirely different. The wrestlers are
usually big men (all over six feet) and
trained from infancy to their profess
sion. The jiu-jitsu experts, on the
1ther hand. are of ordinary stature.
Mr.. Hancock says:
Some years ago a contest of the
srea test interest took place in Toxic.
The wrestlers brought forward their
best man. The descendants of the
samurai selected a man whom they
a worthy representative of
their art. me wrestler Was 70 eIHpiOS
his own tactics, the man of the samurai
o enjoy equal privileges along his own
ines Thousands of spectators assem-
0led to witness the affair. At the sig
lal the two men rushed at each other.
In fifteen seconds, by the stoD-watch,
The wrestler lay on his back and adj
1itted defeat In a point of height
here was something like foot in favor
IF the commoner. He weighed twice as
much as did his little opponent.
The author is equally doubtful of the ,
success of an American pugilist under /
ike circumstances:
If a six-foot American boxer We're to
Ion gloves and enter into combat with
| Japanese descendant of the samurai
several inches shorter and of much less
weight, and if each were TO fight ac-
,ording TO his own tactics, there could