The sun., 1910-04-23

land owners. the peAsAnts. the money
lenders. the native Ofhcials are alive. and
their manner Of thinking. their failings
and thsir virtues are shown with photo
graphic accuracy. Ia many cassa the
author - consciously explaining the
native point Of view: In some he seems
TO do tAis unintsntiouAlly. His revelations
coaIld be studied prOfitably by all who have
TO deal with the Hindu natives They will
help those who only read about the land
TO understand. The greater nnmbsr OF
the tales has to do with Brahmans and
othsr Hindus; the Others deal with Mo-
hAmmsdans. Whsthsr humorous Or tragic.
WHISTLER crsditabls TO his people OF the
rsNsrSS. S.ths anthor tells his story directly.
wititOut digresaions or explanations. He.
or has editor. sets q good example In
EiVtng the Engliah meaning of many
Hindu terms that have To bs used. Mr.
hkrtns confeassa Co having revised the
teAt which vas intended for Hindu read
ers. We should have liked 20 have IL 80
It came from Mr. Bansrjeaa = hand.
An Interesting account oG the Japanese
Statesman who was recently Assasainatsd
IN AanchuFia has been written by Kaju
Nakamura of the JopaRsss-AmSrfca
Commercial Woody In New York. in
Prince Ito CAnraku Publishing Com
pAny. New Yorkl. The first part tells
OF Ito's boyhood and his conduct in the
days before tho establishment % the
New japan. the second of his political
career and the third of his private life
The author. though uaihg graphic English.
presants has facts from the japanese
point of view. and the difference in method
from the forms to which We are accus-
toned i~ striking. Thus while admiring
and praisine lto's management of Affairs
the author narrates almost in the same
breath his mistakes and measures which
have been condemned. Ths strict ad-
hsrcnce to truth dstracts in no way from
the greatness Of his hero. numbsr oG
anecdotes are appended. One. which we
quote. may serve 90 mark the difference
between japanese and American humOr:
"on an occasion when Prince Ito was told
that Count OkumA made an address %
ten hours in u Conference Of Cabinet
organization. he remarked. Why. Okuma
is really and incredulously long speaker.
isn't he'' to Count Mutsu, who was in
conversation with Prince Ito. But.
Count Mutsu rejOinsd. 10 Okuma's ten
AA-StN RtNSNh - N1AAk you AENl y uullitlou
% laugh at him. meaning that he was
an equally long speaker. AZ this joke
Prince Ito laughed and said 90 Count
Mutsu. Why. you can't sscape bein9 a
long speaker either. The two statesmen
were tickled and laughed heartily for q
few minutes
From Nippon itself in quaint and ar
tistio Japanese form and binding comes
The Crown Imperial in Two little
volumes. by Unkichi kswai. published
by Maruyama-Sha. Tokyo "A. G McClurg
and Company. u 10 dedicated to lady
of Cedar Rapids. la. who was kind To
tho author when he was a student
II contains vsrs~ and prose that bear
witness to the excellent use the author
made % his time in America The first
volume contains an epic poem ~ about
700 lines of blank verse. with lyrics
interualated. entitled -Urashima The
subject is . poetical japanese legend:
/ the verne - ~ rhythmical. diEnifisCi
and sustained a. any modern EngIiah
author who hAs tried his hand A. it can
show Here and there strange and anti
qIatsd words will BE- found but what poet
can plead not guilty to that fAuli7 The
second volume contains five sforiea.
t~o in verse and three in prose. These
show humor. PathOs and poetic fe..ling
A few lines will show how Mr. Kaiwi has
mastered English vsF~s.
4 fragrance more than earthly hlis the air
wond'TinE usher lad on home intent
sees hanging On = branch . besaeous robe
A rObe of feathers. takes u d0~n ami tueks
~ meath his arm. aud 40 hr Aomswa ard Wends
Thinks what a stroke Of Iaes Il hts and hS~
This rOb~ shall he a heiriOOm 10 his line
The maiden " fSUn star Aad spec
In fsar and trembling after him and crie.l
To him softly the moonbeams full.
Mine IL the robe. IN. prithee let it bei-
Good models have been studied faith
fully and profltably by this japanese
bard singing In the English tongue