Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-01-20
JAPAN'S WAR LITERATURE.
Magazines Full % Pictures and sox
venirs of Battles.

Magazines Full % Pictures and Sow
venirs of Battles.
All Japan is flooded with war liter
allure Of various kinds and some OF the
overflow has found its way to Mime
apolis through the medium OF Japa-
nese residents In that city, says ths
Minneapolis Tribune. The bellboys At
the Nicollet are particularly well sr9-
piled with magazines, illustrated yup-
plements and official war rSssrds, ali
filled with accounts OF hatties, sieges
and marches, writteo IA queer-looklng
Japanese characters
One Of these, q pamphlet containing
the official records of the war pub
lished Ia sro editions, one covering the
period from the beginning of the con-
htrt, on Feb. 9, 1904, up to the 9th Of
last July, and the other recording
events down to Jan. 2. 1905, is publish
ed by brother and cousin of Frank
and Harry Nomura, two of the Nicol-
let bellboys. Another is an illustrated
supplement to the regular war maya
zine. This Is eagerly awaited and its
monthly arrival is the signal for the
Japs at the hotel to foregather as soon
as opportunity offers and look over the
numerous photographs Of camp scenes,
heroes and battlefields, which fill its
pages from cover to cover, with just
enough reading matter to make 1t In
teresting TO the japanese.
The Sun Trade Journal is the title
of another Of the COLLECTION This is a
monthly magazine. published in Tokyo
and devoted to the Anglo-Japanese-
American interests. The first twenty
four pages are in English and OF the
typical magazine style, consisting OF
articles on different subjects OF public
interest by well-known men, editorial
comment, current topics and brief
resume Of the events OF the war dur
ing the month. The remainder OF the
magazine is In the language OF Nip
pom; but the advertisers seem to be
almost all Americans and in the midst
OF the Japanese character the eye
lights upon the names Of well-known
firms in New York. Chicago, st. Louis
and other cities OF the United States
OF interest as giving line on the
character OF the Japanese schools. Is
the students monthly gotten out by
the pupils OF the academy at Tokyo
This contains stories written by stu
dents and professors at the academy
writing Of more serious character
on the sciences and mathematics. IL
Illustrated by drawings and examIna
tons into English and German, to
gether, OF course, with more or less
about that one absorbing topic, the
war.
One peculiariarity about the make
mp OF these periodicals from the land
OF the Rising Sun which presents It
self to the western mind is the way
In which they read. from right to lef,
instead OF from left to right, so thai
the front cover Is on what is usually
regarded as the back OF the magazine
Another remarkable thing about then
is that the advertisements are al
printed on gayly colored sheets OF pa
per, which are easily distinguished
from the ordinary white pages OF
which the general reading matter ap
pears. so that In perusing a japanese
magazine the unsuspecting reader can
not possibly be invelgled into examin
ing into the merits OF some new soar
or breakfast food without his full con
sent