PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE,
HANOVER, N.H.

14 Dec., 1998.

Mr. Kanichi Asakawa, of Fukushima, Japan, came to Dartmouth College three years ago, under the advice of President Yokoi, now of the Doshisha. He was already a graduate of Waseda College, Tokio. His work at Dartmouth has been supplementary to that which he took in Japan.

Mr. Asakawa has shown such rare power of mind, and such unusual facility in mastering difficult subjects, that I am convinced of his fitness for graduate study under the best conditions. His special desire is to fit himself to serve as a teacher of history in some one of the colleges of his own country. He has the insight and industry which justify this ambition, and he has the attainments which qualify him for advanced study in this department. I consider that Mr. Asakawa would

14 Dec., 1898.

Mr. Kanichi Asakawa, of Fukushima, Japan, came to Dartmouth College three years ago under the advice of President Yokoi, now of the Doshisha College. He was already a graduate of Waseda College, Tokio. His work at Dartmouth has been supplementary to that which he took in Japan.

Mr. Asakawa has shown such rare power of mind, and such unusual facility in mastering difficult subjects that I am convinced of his fitness for graduate study under the best conditions. His special desire is to fit himself to serve as a teacher of history in some one of the colleges of his own country. He has the insight and industry which justify this ambition, and he has the attainments which qualify him for advanced study in this department. I consider that Mr. Asakawa would

PRESIDENTS OFFICE
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE,
HANOVER, N.H.

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30 Dec., 1898.

Mr. Kanichi Asakawa, of Fukushima, Japan, came to Dartmouth three years ago, under the advice of President Yokoi, now of the Doshisha.

He was already a graduate of Waseda College, Tokyo. His work at Dartmouth has been supplementary to that which he took in Japan.

Mr. Asakawa has shown such rare power of mind, and such unusual facility in mastering difficult subjects, that I am convinced of his fitness for graduate study under the best conditions. His special desire is to fit himself to serve as a teacher of history in some one of the colleges of his own country. He has the insight and industry which justify this ambition, and he has the attainments which qualify him for advanced study in this department. I con-

Sider that Mr. Asakawa would meet the require-
ments for a fellowship, and that if one should
be granted to him, he would reflect honor upon
it, while holding it, and afterward.

(signed) W.J.Tucker,

President.

The above statement was given by President
Tucker to Mr. Asakawa before the President's
departure for Europe. As Mr. Asakawa wishes
to make use of it in more cases than he had
thought would be necessary at the time the Pres-
ident went away, I hereby give it my indorsement
as coming from President Tucker.

Dartmouth College,
Hanover, N.H.

Feb., 24, 1999.

It gives me very great pleasure to give a formal statement of the work of Mr. Kan-Ichi Asakawa of Fukushima, Japan, a member of our senior class. This is now the third year that Mr. Asakawa has been working under me in German. At the end of his second year's work he received honorable mention, the honor given for exceptionally high standing in the work of the two years. Mr. Asakawa's powers cannot be described short of genius. He has a very rarely original mind. He has a breath and depth of intellectual vision and judgement that is altogether beyond the undergraduate student, and in fact beyond any matured and trained mind short of genius, and is withal a hard and faithful worker.

In moral character he is most exemplary and in personality very winning. I consider him a man of exceptionally rare promise for graduate work and for productive work thereafter, and therefore recommend him most heartily and unreservedly for fellowship appointment.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY,
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 10, 1999.

DEAR SIR: —

I am happy to say that Price Greenleaf Aid to the amount of $150.99 has been assigned to you for the academic year 1899-1900. Since the Aid is not given to Special Students, you will be able to hold it only in case you enter the College as a student in regular standing. As a recipient of it you may be called on to work as monitor or assistant for a time not exceeding four hours a week. Just what work will be required of you, you must learn of the Assistant Recorder on Thursday, September 28, at 5.30 P.M., in 19 University Hall. If you accept the Aid, it is necessary that you meet the Assistant Recorder at the time and place mentioned above.

Yours very truly,

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

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THE GRADUATE SCHOOL

CAMBRIDGE, 24 May 1899.

MY DEAR SIR: —

I greatly regret that the large number of approved applicants for Fellowships and Scholarships in the Graduate School for the next academic year has rendered it impossible for us to select you for an appointment to one of those positions. You were recommended for appointment by the Committee in the Department of

History and Government,

but the number of persons so recommended in the several Divisions or Departments, though carefully selected from the whole number of applicants, far exceeds the provision of Fellowships and Scholarships.

If in spite of our inability to offer you aid from the University you should still decide to come to us, and should wish to continue your studies here there would be a better chance of our being able to award you a scholarship for a second year, though no expectation of such an appointment can now be definitely encouraged. A good record made at this University in advanced courses of study is always an important addition to the evidences of qualification for appointment to a Fellowship or Scholarship, since it represents work of a high grade, done creditably and within the knowledge of our Faculty. The first consideration in making appointments is naturally given to applicants who are able to present such a record. But it

has never been found possible to provide even for all those
who have proved their fitness by good study here; while
of applicants from without the University, only a very
few, among those believed to be of marked merit, can be
chosen.

Some vacancies in the list of University Scholarships
for 1899-1900, having an annual income of one hundred
and fifty dollars (the amount of the tuition fee), will
undoubtedly occur in the course of the coming summer.
If you wish to be considered as a candidate to fill any
place thus set free, you are requested to write at once to
the *Corresponding Secretary*, asking to have your name
retained on the list of applicants. Some appointments to
fill such vacancies may be made before Commencement;
and others are likely to be arranged next October. But I
am obliged to add that the number of unsuccessful appli-
cants is large, and that the vacancies will be few in
comparison.

This letter is sent only to applicants who have been
favorably named by the Committees in the several Depart-
ments of study and are believed to be well qualified for
work in the Graduate School.

To K. Asakawa, Esq.

DEAN'S OFFICE, 90 HIGH ST.

OFFICE HOURS: 2-30 TO 4 P. M.
DAILY, EXCEPT SATURDAY.

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
YALE UNIVERSITY.

New Haven, Conn., May 18th, 1899

Mr. Kan Ichi Asakawa,
Dartmouth College,
Hanover, N.H.

My dear sir:-

I am happy to inform
you that the Faculty of the Graduate School will be glad to remit
your tuition for the year 1899-1900. Please consider this as
confidential until Commencement time, and write me at your early
convenience if you accept the remission.

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.
BALTIMORE.

May 16, 1899.

K. Asakawa, Esq.,

My dear Sir:

Your application for a Fellowship in the Historical Department of this University has been carefully examined with a half dozen others, but the award will probably be made to a graduate of four years' standing, who has been here upon our premises for two years and who has already completed his Doctor's dissertation. Your own work is good and deserves strong commendation, but you have come into competition with older men whose results are ready for publication. I should be glad to see you in residence here and think that you would stand a better chance for final recognition after actual association with Johns Hopkins men.

DEAN'S OFFICE, 90 HIGH ST.
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OFFICE HOURS: 2-30 TO 4 P. M.
DAILY, EXCEPT SATURDAY.

New Haven, Conn., May 19, 1900.

Mr. Kan-Ichi Asakawa,

105 Park St.,
New Haven.

My dear Mr. Asakawa:-

I take great pleasure in informing you that the Graduate Faculty, at its meeting yesterday, awarded to you a University Fellowship, amounting to $300 ($200, plus tuition $100) for the year 1900-1901. This $200 will be paid to you at the Treasurer's office in three equal instalments, on Dec. 17th, April 1st, and June 17th. Please acknowledge the receipt at your early convenience, and consider this communication confidential until the honor list is published at Commencement time.

YALE UNIVERSITY,

New Haven, Conn., May 9, 1901.

Mr. Kan-Ichi Asakawa,

105 Park St.

New Haven.

My dear Mr. Asakawa:--

It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the Graduate Faculty awarded you for the year 1901-2, a University Fellowship amounting to $300--$200 and tuition $100, to be paid in three equal instalments, namely December 16, 1901, March 24, 1902, June 16, 1902.

Please notify me at your early convenience of your acceptance of this appointment. This information is confidential as the award of fellowships is not published until Commencement.

With best wishes, I am,

YALE UNIVERSITY,

New Haven, Conn.,

June 16, 1902.

Dear Mr. Asakawa:-

It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the Faculty of the Graduate School today voted to recommend you to the Corporation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. On Commencement Day the candidates for this degree are to appear in the procession and on the stage, wearing the ordinary mortar-board cap and academic gown, such as the students wear. (Those who need to purchase these articles may consult Messrs. W. H. Gowdy & Co., 1004 Chapel Street.) The order of exercises, containing information in reference to Commencement Day, you will find on the enclosed circular.

I enclose one ticket for the gallery, which will admit a lady friend. If you do not expect to use this ticket, please return it to me at once.

It is very desirable that changes in your address in the future be communicated promptly to the Secretary of the University, so that we may be able to send you our publications.

With best wishes and regards, I am

Dean of the Graduate School.

Yours very truly,

With best wishes and regards, I am
be able to send you our publications.

communicated promptly to the Secretary of the University, so that we may
It is very desirable that changes in your address in the future be
me at once.

If you do not expect to have this ticket, please return it to
I enclose one ticket for the battery, which will admit a lady
you will find on the enclosed circular.

of exercises, containing information in reference to Commencement Day,
may consult Professor W. H. Goady & Co., 1004 Chasell Street.) The order
and as the students wear. (Those who need to purchase these articles
on the stage, wearing the ordinary mortar-board cap and academic gown,
Dav the candidates for this degree are to appear in the procession and
Coronation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. On Commencement
the Faculty of the Graduate School today voted to recommend you to the
It gives me great pleasure to inform you that

Dear Mr. Arkansas:

New Haven, Conn.,

June 19, 1908.

YALE UNIVERSITY,

EXECUTIVE OFFICES

REMINGTON TYPEWRITER COMPANY

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July 16, 1903.

Prof. K. Asakawa,
Yale University Library,
New Haven, Ct.

Dear Sir:

We are favored with your name by Mr. H. B. Hulburt, of Korea, who is at present in this country.

We find ourselves in need of some expert assistance in one of the problems which our Department of Development is undertaking, namely, the making of a typewriter to write the Japanese language. We understand that the Katakana is the only form of the character that it is possible to use for this purpose, on account of the great number of combinations required in the other styles of writing. There are many points that we need some information upon, and we venture to inquire whether you would be disposed to assist us in this matter. We are, of course, willing to make a fair compensation for any scholarly knowledge which you may exercise on our behalf, and will be glad to know when and where it would be convenient for you to meet the writer to discuss this subject. If you purpose visiting New York in the near future, he could perhaps arrange a convenient time for a call; or if not, he might come to New Haven for a brief interview, if you can name a convenient time for yourself.

We have received some information from Japan upon this subject, but there are questions which remain unanswered, which can only be properly decided by some one having an intimate knowledge of the

properly decided by some one having an intimate knowledge of the
but there are great differences which remain undetermined, which can only be
We have received some information from Japan upon this subject,
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Yale University

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May 20, 1904.

Professor K. Asakawa,
Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.

My dear Sir:-

I beg to enclose my check to your order for $70.00 in payment
at our regular rates of your valued article upon the Russo-Japanese Con-
flict, just published in the Yale Review.

Kindly sign and return the enclosed voucher.

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON

OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN.

April 29, 1904.

Dear Sir:

In reply to your request of the 23d. inst. I am sending you under separate cover two copies of our recently issued list on "Chinese Immigration". I take pleasure in informing you that you will receive personally future lists of the same character as they are issued. The Library of Dartmouth College is already on our mailing list and receives all of our publications as issued.

Mr. K. Asakawa,
Department of the Far East,
Dartmouth College,
Hanover, N. H.

Legation of Japan,
Washington.

June 4, 1904.

Dr. K. Asakawa,

Dartmouth,

Mass.

Dear Sir:

I beg to acknowledge the receipt of the pamphlet
you kindly sent me, being a reprint of the article published
by you in the Yale Review for May. I have read the article
with great interest, and congratulate you upon having stated
so clearly and in such convincing terms the just grounds our
country has for opposing Russia's ambitious designs in the
Far East. I thank you cordially for sending the pamphlet to
me, and shall esteem it a favor if you can spare me a few
additional copies.

June 8th, 1904.

Dr. K. Asakawa,

Hanover,

New Hampshire.

Dear Sir:

Several days ago, Mr. Hioki sent you a letter,
acknowledging the receipt of your pamphlet entitled, "Some of
the Issues of the Russo-Japanese Conflict", and thanking you
for your courtesy in sending it to him. The letter was sent
by mistake to Dartmouth, Mass., and today I have written to the
Postmaster at that place requesting him to forward it to you.

In the meantime, I desire to express my own gratifi-
cation with your illuminating treatise, which I had much plea-
sure in reading in the Yale Review. I shall esteem it a favor,
if you have any copies to spare, to receive several for distri-
bution among friends interested in the Eastern crisis.

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Boston, Mass., June 25, 1904.

K. Asakawa,
Dartmouth College,
Hanover, N. H.

My dear Sir:-

I received your esteemed favor of June 21; also received
copy of the book which you have published. I have only had a chance
to glance through it, but I can see that an immense amount of labor
has been given to it, in collating all the material that it contains.
I have not strength to read the book at present. For four months I
have been as weak as a child; have had just strength enough to come
to the office, open my mail, and go back and fill in the regular
routine. I received the first pamphlet which you kindly sent: "Some
of the Issues of the Russian-Japanese Conflict", but it also awaits
my gaining of more strength. The last winter seemed to knock the very
life out of me, and it has been difficult for me to get back. I have
only done it by rest, as I knew that doctors could not help me.

I feel very thankful for your remembering me, and if there is
anything possible for me to do for you, I shall do it cheerfully at
any time. While I was under the inspiration of writing those aphor-
isms, I think I wrote over six thousand of them. They are in different
toils, some in my magazines and some in small booklets. Sometimes I
hope to get them all together, in one volume, with my other writings
as well. I had no control over those inspired writings. I wrote
them at all hours of the day, sometimes at the dinner table; some-
times I awoke at night and got out of bed to write them, and I have
got enough for perhaps two or three volumes that have never yet
been in type.

A few days ago Mr. Tanimura, Ph.D., of Tokyo called on me,
from the Dept. of Agriculture and Commerce, and he is as lively a
young man as ever came from Japan. He kept me very busy giving him
such information as he wanted, and of course not having sufficient
strength I could not do as well for him as I would have done otherwise
He has now gone to Europe and will return in August.

YALE UNIVERSITY

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT

PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

WOODBIDGE HALL, 105 WALL STREET

October 3d, 1904.

My dear Mr. Asakawa:-

Let me acknowledge, with cordial thanks,
the receipt of your book on The Early Institutional Life of
Japan. I have not had time to examine it in the detail
that it deserves; but I am greatly pleased that so substan-
tial a standard of performance has been set for future hold-
ers of the scholarship that bears my name.

You are kind enough to refer to my article in the At-
lantic Monthly. Will you allow me to send you a copy of my
little book on Freedom and Responsibility, in which the ideas
contained in that article are set forth at somewhat greater
length and in more appropriate connection ?

PREFACE TO THE SEVENTH EDITION.

WHEN in October, 1882, the publishers of "Corea the Hermit Nation" presented this work to the public of English-speaking nations, they wrote:

"Corea stands in much the same relation to the traveller that the region of the pole does to the explorer, and menaces with the same penalty the too inquisitive tourist who ventures to penetrate its inhospitable borders."

For twenty-two years, this book, besides enjoying popular favor, has been made good use of by writers and students, in Europe and America, and has also served even in Corea itself as the first book of general information to be read by missionaries and other new comers. In this seventh edition, I have added to the original text, ending with Chapter XLVIII (September, 1882), four fresh chapters: on The Economic Condition of Corea; Internal Politics: Chinese and Japanese; The War of 1894: Corea an Empire; and Japan and Russia in Conflict; bringing the history down to the autumn of 1904.

Within the brief period of time treated in these new chapters, the centre of the world's politics has shifted from the Atlantic and the Mediterranean to the waters surrounding Corea, the strange anomaly of dual sovereignty over the peninsular state has been eliminated, and the military reputation of China ruined. The rise of Japan, within a half century of immediate contact with the West, to the position of a modern state, able first to humiliate China and then to grapple with Russia, has vitally affected Corea, on behalf of whose independence Japan has a second time gone to war with a Power vastly greater in natural resources than herself. In this period, also, the United States of America has become one of the great Powers interested in the politics of Asia, and with which the would-be conquerors of Asiatic peoples must reckon.

In again sending forth a work that has been so heartily welcomed, I reiterate gladly my great obligations to the scholars, native and foreign, who have so generously aided me by their conversation, correspondence, criticism, and publications, and the members of the Korean Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, who have honored me with membership in their honorable body. My special obligations are due to our American Minister, H. N. Allen, for printed documents and illustrative matter; to Professor Homer B. Hulbert, Editor of *The Korea Review*, from the pages of which I have drawn liberally; and to Professor Asakawa of Dartmouth College, author of "The Early Institutional Life of Japan." I call attention also to the additions made upon the map at the end of the volume.

I beg again the indulgence of my readers, especially of those who by long residence on the soil, while so thoroughly able to criticize, have been so profuse in their expressions of appreciation. From both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific have come these gratifying tokens, and to them as well as to my publishers I make glad acknowledgments in sending forth this seventh edition.

W. E. G.

ITHACA, N. Y., September 22, 1904.

YALE UNIVERSITY

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

WOODBRIDGE HALL, 105 WALL STREET.

December 2, 1904.

My dear Dr. Asakawa:-

I cannot begin to tell you how much pleased
I am to get your handsome book on The Russo-Japanese Conflict.
I have not yet had time to read it; but I am sure, both from
the subject matter and from my knowledge of your previous work,
that it will possess great interest for American readers. I
congratulate you most heartily on having accomplished so much
in so brief a time.

Board of Examiners
William H. Maxwell
President.
James C. Byrnes
Walter L. Hervey
Jerome A. O'Connell
George J. Smith

W.L.H.
Dictated by

Department of Education
City of New York
Offices of the

Board of Education
Park Avenue, between Fifty Ninth Street
Borough of Manhattan

January 5, 1905.

Professor Asakawa,
Dartmouth College,
Hanover, N.H.

My dear Sir:

At the session of the Department of Elementary Schools of the Religious Education Association to be held in Tremont Temple, Boston, on Friday, February 17, at 4 p.m., the following subject will be discussed- Oriental Customs of Inculcating Morality and Religion: What have American parents and teachers to learn from them? I have the honor to ask you to contribute to this discussion a twenty minute paper on Customs in Japan. Others will be asked to speak of India and China respectively, and Professor Knox, D.D., of Union Theological Seminary, has consented to close the discussion. It would seem best that the first three speakers, being conversant with the subject from the Oriental standpoint, should be as concrete and, perhaps, as picturesque in their treatment as possible; they should also suggest- perhaps barely suggest-the lesson to be drawn.

THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

PRESIDENT

CHARLES CUTHBERT HALL
UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, NEW YORK

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO

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YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO

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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO

RECORDING SECRETARY

GEORGE ALBERT COE
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, EVANSTON, ILL.

CHICAGO

NEW YORK. February 8th, 1905.

My dear Sir:-

Yours of February 3rd was duly received. I am sorry
that you cannot take part in the proceedings of the Religious Educa-
tion Association. I shall so inform Dr. Hervey. The proceedings
of the Convention will be published and can be obtained later on
through the general office - # 153 La Salle Street, Chicago.

As I am intending to go again to the East in the
autumn of 1906, I hope that before that time I may have such a con-
versation as you propose. Believe me,

Professor K. Asakawa; Ph.D.

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CAMBRIDGE, MASS., March 14, 1905.

Dr. K. Asakawa.

My dear Dr. Asakawa:—

The Cambridge Club, of which I happen to be the present President, has its annual Ladies' Night on April 24th, and I write to ask if you could not be present on that evening, and give us a thorough presentation of the situation between Japan and Russia, or on any particular feature of the subject which is attracting so much attention and interest. An address from you would certainly interest the members of the Club very much.

Our membership includes the names of some of the most prominent people in Cambridge

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Cambridge, both connected with the Uni-
versity and distinguished in civic life,
as for instance, President Eliot, Profes-
sor Hart, most of our ex-mayors, and
other public officials.

The dinner takes place at The
Tuileries on Commonwealth Avenue. Of
course we should expect you to be our
guest from the time you leave Hanover
until your return.

I trust the matter will have
your favorable consideration.

Sincerely yours,

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*Rhenania*, German steamer, 4,056, Behrens, 24th Feb.,—Hamburg via ports, General.—C. Illies & Co.

*Sanda*, British steamer, 1,405, George Bain, 18th Feb.,—Awomori, Timber.—H. Arai.

*Sirocco*, British steamer, 2,349, Geo. Williamson, 22nd Feb.,—Rangoon, Rice.—Dodwell & Co., Ltd.

*Stentor*, British steamer, 4,308, Chas. Jackson, 25th Feb.,—Liverpool via ports, General.—Butterfield & Swire.

*Ula*, British steamer, 3,426, Livingstone, 21st Feb.,—Rangoon, Rice.—Samuel Samuel & Co.

*Valetia*, British steamer, 1,937, J. McMorran, 18th Feb.,—Liverpool via Suez, Salt.—Sale and Frazar Ltd.

SAILING VESSELS.

*Nereide*, German ship, 1,707. Geo. Windhorst, 13th Feb.,—New York, Kerosene Oil.—Standard Oil Co.

MEN-OF-WAR.

*Amagi Kan* (10 guns), Japanese gunboat, 920, Capt, Minami Yoshitaka, 31st July,—Cruise.

VISITORS LIST.

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CAMBRIDGE, MASS., April 26, 1905.

My dear Dr. Asakawa:-

From what I hear,
the Club was more than gratified with
your address, and appreciated thoroughly
your courtesy in coming to its meeting.

I hope you arrived safely and com-
fortably in New Haven. Enclosed is check
of $25.00, which I trust will have covered
your traveling expenses.

Very truly yours,

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OFFICE: 502 FULTON STREET

Brooklyn, April 29th, 1905.

Professor K. Asakawa,

Dartmouth College,

Hanover, N. H.

My dear Professor Asakawa:

I was very much interested in what you were saying last evening concerning Japan and the situation in the Far East, and I have today ordered from Houghton & Mifflin your book on "The Russo-Japanese Conflict."

I take the liberty to send to you, under separate cover, a copy of the last Year Book of the Institute, which will indicate to you, in a measure, the character and scope of the lecture work of the Institute.

Should you have any public lectures that you would be willing to deliver before the Institute next season I shall be very glad indeed if you will send to me the titles of them and in order that I may bring the same before our Lecture Committee.

I sincerely trust that you will be in New Hampshire during a portion of the coming summer, at least during the part of August when I shall be spending some weeks in Walpole, some thirty miles south of Hanover, and for the reason that we shall hope to have a visit from you. On learning that there is a possibility

EXECUTIVE OFFICES

REMINGTON TYPEWRITER COMPANY

327 BROADWAY, NEW YORK

May 9, 1905.

Prof. K. Asakawa,
Dartmouth College,
Hanover, N.H.

Dear Sir:

After long delays, due to pressure of other more insistent problems, we have come at last to the actual designing of the Japanese type about which, you will remember, the writer consulted you in 1903 and 1904.

In the course of correspondence with our representative in Japan, and a visit from him, we have discussed many matters relative to the future of the typewriter in that country, and also the requirements of the machine, and have received from him a set of type showing, on a larger scale, the Japanese Katakana characters and the various characters determined upon for use in the keyboard you kindly designed for our machine. We enclose a couple of proofs showing the type arranged in the way in which it will appear on our keyboard, two characters, like Nos. 1 and 2, being on a single key. We also enclose, in case it is necessary to refresh your memory, a proof that you were good enough to obtain from Japan for us, as an illustration of the correct form of these different letters. The proof in question is, we find, when we come to the actual designing of the characters, rather small to give exact information about the shape of some of them. We would, therefore, be glad to have you examine very carefully the proof of the larger type we enclose, and inform us whether you consider the characters sufficiently good to permit of

whether you consider the character sufficiently good to permit of
effectively the proof of the larger type we enclose, and inform me
some of them. We would, therefore, be glad to have you examine very
sensitive, rather small to give exact information about the shape of
tion if, we find, when we come to the actual designing of the char-
ter of the correct form of these different letters. The proof in this
you were good enough to obtain from Japan for us, as an illustration
code, in case it is necessary to retrieve your memory, a proof that
character, like Moa, I and S, being on a different key. We also en-
type arranged in the way that it will appear on our keyboard, two
designed for our machine. We enclose a couple of proofs showing the
rions characters determined upon for use in the keyboard you kindly
ing, on a larger scale, the Japanese Katakana characters and the As-
ments of the machine, and have received from him a set of type show-
the future of the typewriters in that country, and also the require-
and a visit from him, we have discussed many matters relative to

In the course of correspondence with our representative in Japan,
you in 1903 and 1904.

Japanese type about which you will remember, the writer conanfied
professions, we have come at last to the actual designing of the
After four defects, one to pressure of other more insipid

Dear Sir:

Hanover, M.H.
Dartmouth College,
Prof. K. Asakawa,

May 9, 1903.

REMINSTON TYPEWRITER COMPANY
EXECUTIVE OFFICE

501 BROADWAY NEW YORK

Prof. Asakawa, #2

copying same. We notice, in some cases, slight differences of form
between your proof and the one received from our dealer. This is
most noticeable in Nos. 13, 42, and 88; there are also trifling dif-
ferences in Nos. 14, 34, and 51, but they are so slight as to be due
possibly to a difference in the size of the impression. You will
readily understand that it will be much easier for the draftsman to
obtain an idea of the real character of the type from the larger
specimen, for if you will put the smaller one which you furnished un-
der a magnifying glass, you will see that there are many breaks and
slight variations in the smooth outline of the character which may
be a little puzzling to any one who is not familiar with the method
of writing, and consequently with the proper shading.

You will notice that we leave the space in the keyboard at #48,
where you designed placing the repetition sign, ⏻, and at #75,
where you placed the "honorific", ⏻, blank. This is because of
some comments of our correspondent in Japan relative to the two char-
acters, which we will submit to you for your suggestion, without
prejudice to our following your original plan, whether our correspond-
ent in Japan prefers it or not. You will notice, on the margin of
the sheet, two signs printed which our Japanese representative sug-
gests using in place of the ones you dictated; at #48 he suggests
the sign which he calls "dono", and which he states is a title
equivalent to our Mr. or Esq., and which we notice is given in
Hepburn's Dictionary as a title of respect; the "honorific" which
you place at #75 seems to puzzle him and the nearest he can come to
it is the character shown in the margin, marked "75", which he states
is "tan", a Japanese cloth measure which might be useful. We think

["is \"tan,\" a Japanese often measured which might be useful. We think\nit is the character shown in the margin, marked \"to,\" which he states\nyou place at #100 to puzzle him and the nearest he can come to\nHobson's a Dictionary as a title of respect; the \"Honorific\" which\nis equivalent to our Mr. or Ms., and which we notice is given in\nthe sign which he says \"done,\" and which he states is a title\nGOES under the name of the one you desired; at #48 he angulates\nthe sheet, two signs printed which our Japanese representative send\nout in anotherBelarusian book or not. For will notice, on one margin of\nprejudice to our following your original plan, whether our correspond-\nence, which we will submit to you for your attention, without\nsome comments of our correspondence in Japan relative to the charac-\nters, which we will see to you for your attention; without\nwhere you placed the \"Honorific,\" blank. This is because of\nwhere you designed placing the repetition again, and at #100.\nYou will notice that we leave the place in the keyboard at #48,\nof writing, and consequently with the proper spacing.", "", "be a little puzzling to any one who is not familiar with the method\nafforded us in the smooth outline of the character which may\nder a smiling face; you will see that there are many breaks and\naberrations, for if you will but the smaller one which you turned un-\nobserved on, you will see the character of the type from the further\nopposite an idea of the real character of the type from the further\nmisunderstand that it will be much easier for the draftsman to\nbe a little clearer to any one who is not familiar with the method\nand a little more space in the smooth outline of the character which may\nbe

Prof. Asakawa,#3

that in a letter sometime ago you went fully into the use of the "honorific" suggested for #75, from which we judge it is something that ought to be included. We think the keyboard will do very well without the other character. We would, however, like to have, if possible, a little larger representation of a correct print form of this character, as we notice the style of it in the small proof you obtained from Japan is not very distinct, and appears to be very different from the style of the other characters, resembling more nearly, as far as our unfamiliarity with the character will permit a criticism, the Hirokana, rather than the Katakana, types.

Our correspondent in Japan, referring to the repetition sign at #48, declared that it was unnecessary for Japanese writing, as it belongs only to Chinese characters. We must confess that we do not exactly see the force of this criticism, inasmuch as the Chinese characters for the figures are to be used in the keyboard, and we presume this character could be used for repeated figures, as well as the other Chinese characters. We submit the criticism for what it may be worth, and would ask if it suggests any reason for modifying your plans in this respect.

We are somewhat in doubt as to our ability to make type which will successfully print the "yen", #63, the "sen", #61, and the "rin", #59, especially the character for "sen". You have mentioned some abbreviated forms quite commonly used in Japan for these, and we will be pleased to receive drafts of them, if convenient to you to furnish same, as we think it will be much to our advantage to use the simpler forms if they are at all permissible.

A correspondent in this country, who is familiar with Japan,

A correspondent in this country, who is familiar with Japan, the simpler form of it they are at all permissible.

To furnish an example, as we think it will be much to our advantage to use
we will be pleased to receive drafts of them, if convenient to you
some appreciated forma quite commonly used in Japan for these, and
"rim", #99, especially the character for "sum". You have mentioned
will successfully print the "sum", #63, the "sum", #6, and the

We are somewhat in doubt as to our affinity to make this which
to furnish them in this respect.

It may be worth, and would ask if it agitates any reason for modifying
the other Chinese characters. We submit the criticism for what it
breathe this character could be used for repeated figures, so well as
character for the figure are to be used in the keyboard, and we
exactly see the force of this criticism, insinuated as the Chinese
defend only to Chinese characters. We must complain that we do not
at #43, declared that it was unnecessary for Japanese writing, as it
Our correspondent in Japan, referring to the repetition sign
criticized, the Hirokane, rather than the Katakana, types.

Nearly, so far as our unfamiliarity with the character will permit a
different from the style of the other characters, reapplying more
obtained from Japan is not very difficult, and appears to be very
this character, as we notice the style of it in the small proof you
possible, a little larger representation of a correct print form of
without the other character. We would, however, like to have it,
that ought to be included. We think the keyboard will do very well
"honorific" anglicized for "#3", from which we judge it is something
that in a letter sometime ago you want fully into the use of the

Prof. Aasgaard, #6

Prof. Asakawa, #4

tells us that there has been for many years in that country, a so-
called "Kana Association", the object of which is to encourage the
exclusive use of the Kana characters, as opposed to the mixture of
Kana and Chinese characters so commonly used in writing the Japanese
language. Do you know anything of this association and its work,
what amount of importance it has, and what degree of activity it em-
ploys in pushing its principles? It will be a matter of some con-
siderable importance to us to be able to introduce our machine to
the notice of this association if we have been correctly informed
about the matter, and it might be worth while, as soon as we have a
machine finished, to make an effort to secure the approval of the
members, and to embody any suggestions they may have to offer re-
garding the keyboard in type for them if they desire. We will be
obliged for any information you can give us upon the subject.

Referring again to our comment regarding the size of the type
shown on your proof, would say you, perhaps, do not recall that we
are obliged to make patterns from which to construct the letters that
are about three inches square; the object of this is to make the
letters as perfect as possible on a large scale, and any trifling
imperfection is apt to disappear in the reduction to the type as used
in the machine. We do not seem to have before us any information
from you regarding the best size in which to make these letters.
After studying all we could acquire on the subject, we have come to
the conclusion that a size of type which will permit the printing of
seven characters to the inch, perpendicular measurement, will offer a
size which will be small enough to meet with favor in your country
(we understand you do not like too large a type), and at the same time

(we understand you do not like too large a type), and at the same time
size which will be ample enough to meet with favor in your country
seven characters to the inch, perpendicular measurement, will offer a
the confirmation that a size of type which will permit the printing of
After studying all we could acquire on the subject, we have come to
from you regarding the beat size in which to make these letters.
in the machine. We do not seem to have before us any information
 not
 the reduction to the type as used
 the reduction to the type as used
 the reduction to the type as used
 the reduction to the type as used

are about these inches above; the object of this is to make the
are obliged to make patterns from which to construct the letters that
are shown on your proof, would say you, perhaps, do not receipt that we
referring again to our comment regarding the size of the type
obliged for any information you can give us upon this subject.

facing the keyboard in type for them if they desire. We will be
members, and to embody any suggestions they may have to offer re-
machine finished, to make an effort to acquire the approval of the
about the matter, and it might be worth while, as soon as we have s
the notice of this association if we have been correctly informed
adequate importance to be attached to introduce our machine to
of course in putting its printing. It will be a matter of some con-
What amount of importance it has, and what degree of activity it
fares. Do you know anything of this association and its work,
Kans and Chinese characters so commonly used in writing the Japanese
exclusive use of the Kans character, as opposed to the mixture of
Kans and Chinese characters, the object of which is to encourage the
talk of Kans Association," the object of which is to encourage the
talk of Kans Association," the object of which is to encourage the

Prof. A. Askew, 44

Prof. Asakawa, #5

one that will be large enough to enable us to make the characters
clearly. This will make each character occupy a square of about
.14287 of an inch.

We apologize for troubling you with these matters, and trust
that we may finally be able to find some way of compensating you
for your work in connection with the matter.

We would be glad to have your address during the summer months,
as we would like to send you some of the first specimens of the work
of the Japanese type.

F

I am sorry, but I cannot recognize any text in the image provided. The image is too blurry and abstract to contain legible characters.

Remington Typewriter Company.

Very truly, Donna,

of the Japanese type.
As we would like to send you some of the first specimens of the work
We would also have your address during the summer months.
for your work in connection with the matter.

We apologize for troubling you with these matters, and trust
that we may finally be able to find some way of compensating you
for the loss of an inch.
I have read it a number of times.

Prof. Aakirane, #3

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Prof. K. Asakawa,
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Dear Sir:-

Your favor of Aug. 30th at hand. I merely meant, in my former letter, to suggest the nature of the subject, leaving the method of its treatment entirely to you. Our course is a popular course, and all classes of our people patronize it. You would find an audience of about 300, who would give you close attention, quiet and appreciative. It is not a select audience. Our course embraces a variety, but is high-class for a town of this size.

In regard to terms, I should prefer to hear from you. I may say, however, that we should not object to paying $50 for the lecture. As to date, would leave that largely to you. Possibly you could vary it a few days to suit us, could you not ?

Have you, or could you have for us, any lithographs, circulars or other advertising matter that we could use in getting up the usual prospectus for our course ?

Hoping for an early reply, as we must begin the "publicity" of the course soon, I am,

Very truly,

the conee soon, I am,

Hoping for an early reply, so we must proof the "bundticity" of
broadcuct for our conee ?

or other advertising matter that we could use in getting up the usual
Have you, or could you have for us, and lithographie, circulars
you could carry it a few days tomitt me, could you not ?

Va to date, would leave that largely to you. Positively
must say, however, that we should not object to paying $60 for the
in regard to terms. I should prefer to hear from you. I

variety, but is high-class for a town of full size.
If it is not a select audience. Our conee embraces a
variety of about 300, who would give you close attention, quiet and sp-
and all classes of our people patronize it. You would find an am-
of its treatment entirely to your. Our conee is a popular conee,
tommer letter, to aggrat the nature of the subject, leaving the method
Your favor of Mr. 30th at hand. I merely mean, in my

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West Haven, Ct.

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Dear Mr. Asakawa,

We beg you to accept our thanks
for your very punctual sending of your
admirable paper upon Korea and Manchuria
under the New Treaty. You should have
proof within a day or two. Our check for
an honorarium of $125. shall go to you
shortly, and we shall take pleasure in
providing you with one hundred compli-
mentary reprints of the paper without
charge.

We beg to remain

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NEW YORK,

Oct. 4th, 1905.

Prof. K. Asakawa,
Hanover, N. H.

Dear Sir;—

We have just received from Japan 50 copies of "The Early Institutional Life", which you directed sent to us. They came in good condition, and we shall hope to dispose of them as the previous lot. With them there came a package which we forward direct to you by mail.

I wonder if you would do me a favor, involving, of course, some trouble on your part?

There is connected with the Brick Presbyterian Church of New York a Men's Association. This Association meets once a month, and at each of the meetings some topic of interest of the day is discussed by some authority. In this way we have had Bishop Potter address us on Civic Conditions in New York; Dr. George W. Knox on the Russo-Japanese War; Commissioner McAdoo on some conditions of New York City; and other most interesting and valuable addresses. For the next meeting the Topic uppermost would seem to be the Peace Between Japan and Russia, as President of that Association I write to ask you if you cannot make it convenient to come down here and give us an Address of an hour, if you wish, on the Results of that Peace to Japan, China, Korea, and the East generally, or so much of that subject as you care to go into. You would have for an audience many men who are well-known in New York, and who would listen to you with the greatest interest, and give you the most cordial welcome, and it would be an opportunity for you to reach the Public here which might seem to be worth doing. The meeting will be held on the evening of Nov. 13th. I wish I could ask you to come and stay at

on the evening of Nov. 12th. I wish I could say you to come and stay at
Public here which might seem to be worth doing. The meeting will be held
 cordial welcome, and it would be an opportunity for you to reach the
 who would like to come with the greatest interest, and give you the most
 would have for an audience many men who are well-known in New York, and
 generally, or so much of that subject as you care to go into. You
 wish, on the part of that Peace to Japan, China, Korea, and the rest
 convenient to come down here and give an address of an hour, if you
 President of that Association I write to ask you if you cannot make it
 independent would seem to be the best between Japan and Russia, so we
 most interesting and valuable addresses. For the next meeting the Topic
 will be Chairman Mr. Vice on some conditions of New York City; and other
 State Conditions in New York; Dr. George W. Knox on the Peace-Japanese
 some authority. In this way we have had Blanche Potter address us on
 each of the meetings some topic of interest of the day is discussed by
 York a Men's Association. This Association meets once a month, and at
 there is connected with the Brick Presbyterian Church of New
 York on your part?

I wonder if you would do me a favor, involving some course, some
them there cause a backache which we forward direct to you by mail.
dition, and we shall have to dispose of them as the previous left. With
statistical life", which you directed sent to us. They come in good con-
We have just received from Japan copies of "The Early In-
terests of Japan."

Prof. K. Aukerman,

Oct. 4th, 1902.

NEW YORK,

Oct. 4th, 1905.

Prof. K. Asakawa, 2.

my house, but an invalid in the family prevents my having that pleasure. All your expenses, however, will of course be met by us. If you wish further light about the Association my Brother, Dr. William T. Smith, in Hanover, or the Rev. Mr. Vernon, can inform you. I hope very much, and the other gentlemen connected with the Association join with me in that hope, that you will find that you can do us this great favor. Please let me know as soon as you can your decision, which I hope will be an acceptance.

Hanover, N.H., October 24, 1905.

Dr. D.C. Gilman,

Baltimore, Md.

Dear Sir; -

I take the liberty to write you of a plan
which I have in mind and about which I can turn to no
person whose advice would be of greater value than
yours.

In my desire to devote my life to the scientific
study and interpretation, in this country, of Japanese
history and civilization, I am hopelessly hampered by
the absence of a Japanese library like that in the
British Museum. The Yale University library has prob-
ably the largest collection (all of which I have had
the honor of cataloguing) in this country, but it has
been unscientifically collected and is entirely inad-
equate for a thorough investigation in any branch of
the subject. While the Semitic and Indo-Aryan
studies have been brought to a tolerably high standard
of scholarship, and are consequently fairly well sup-

plied with literature, the East Asiatic studies in this
country are still in a very primitive stage in which
the works of even the greatest scholars can hardly
compare in accuracy and thoroughness with those of the
students in other recognized fields of researches.

A large cause of this lamentable state of things may
be attributed to the want of a large library of East
Asiatic books and also of books written in the European
languages on East Asia.

The need of a complete library of this kind is hereafter apt to be more and more
felt, while I find it impossible to make a private collection of a satisfactory nature even in a small part
of the large subject.

Is it not high time now to begin an intelligent collection for an oriental library
conceived on a national scale?

Taking advantage of the fact that I have to
return to Japan next February for a year or two, I
have conceived a plan which, if successfully carried
out, may result in supplying a large part of this need
so far as it relates to Japan.
If some great educators and other proper persons in this country could be
persuaded, as I think they might be if I went to them

with proper introductions, to be trustees of the under-
taking and to authorize me to act, I would, while I am
in Japan, make appeals to the greatest public men,
the wealthiest persons, and the general public, to as-
sist with either funds or books toward the foundation
of such a national Japanese library in America as I have
in mind. The disposition of the collection, including
the question of the site and the housing of the library,
should be decided by the trustees as they see fit. On
my part, I should consider it a great honor to do what-
ever is possible in my power in making the initial col-
lection.

Among the trustees, I have thought of includ-
ing at least you as President of the American Oriental
Society (of which, by the way, I am a corporate member),
President Elliot and Professor Lanman of Harvard, Pre-
sident Hadley and Professor F. W. Williams of Yale, Pre-
sident Butler and Professor Birth of Columbia, and Pre-
sident Tucker (to whose interest and encouragement my
present work in this country is due). A few others
not educators may also be included. I do not of

course know whether all these gentlemen including your-
self will be willing to be trustees, although I have
every reason to think that some of them will heartily
approve of the plan and be willing to act in that capa-
city.

It does not seem advisable to attach such a li-
brary to any of the small collections that the Columbia
library, the Yale library, and the library of the Amer-
ican Oriental Society already possess, for the new li-
brary should, if possible, be an independent, special
institution in a central position and on a national
scale.

The success of such a plan must in a large mea-
sure depend on (1) the constant effort for improvement
by a person who is interested in the subject-matter
and (2) an assured financial foundation for the
maintenance and growth of the institution. As regards
the first matter, I would, if the trustees so desire,
devote what little knowledge and bibliographical train-
ing I have about the subject for the order and the con-
stant growth of the collection, until a better quali-
fied person may be secured, and will enlist the advice

and assistance of those who can supply my want of know-
ledge. The greatest problem of the enterprise would
seem to be how to secure the necessary funds for the
maintenance and growth of the library. I do not an-
ticipate that I shall succeed in making a sufficiently
large collection in Japan, for she is short of money,
particularly after the war, although I do not doubt thaf
the plan will meet a hearty approval there. The funds
ought to be sufficiently large for annual purchases of
books, for the management of the library, for the rent-
als, and for other expenses; and the funds cannot be
too large if other active works (besides the collection
of books) for the encouragement and dissemination of
scientific knowledge of Japan would be undertaken.
I cannot help thinking what a large part of the funds
should be raised in this country. If there should be
a person or persons who would be willing to supply the
necessary money for the maintenance and growth, then
my collection in Japan would be made easier and securer.
If the supply in this country should be made condition-
al on my success in Japan, such a promise also would be

of great help toward a complete success.

I present this plan before you, believing that, whatever you may think of its practical aspects, you will feel some interest in it. I sincerely beg of you to consider the plan and write me frankly and freely what you think of it, and whether you would be willing to help it. I particularly ask your opinion whether there is possibility of either Mr. Carnegie or some other person or persons of legitimate wealth consenting to guarantee the necessary funds for the maintenance and growth of the library and associated work. I am aware that to ask your advice on such a plan is greatly to impose upon your kindness, but I hope you will appreciate my desire to help bring Japanese scholarship in this country to a scientific level. I await your answer, and then I shall at once act accordingly.

I wish I could talk with you personally. If you will be either in Baltimore or near New York immediately before or after November 13 (except the 13th), I shall take the liberty to call on you, provided you

DANIEL C. GILMAN,

614 PARK AVENUE,
BALTIMORE.

October 31, 1905.

Dr. Asakawa,

Dartmouth College.

Dear Sir:

I see the force of your suggestions. It now occurs to me that if you could get the cooperation of one of our great libraries, the Public Library of New York, or the Congressional in Washington or the library of Yale or Harvard, you would have a place for such books as you might get together and proper custodians. I am quite reluctant to see an independent institution started, even for such a good purpose as that which you have in mind.

Collier's

THE NATIONAL WEEKLY

416 WEST 13TH STREET
NEW YORK

EDITORIAL ROOMS

Oct. 31st, 1905.

My dear Doctor Asakawa:

The prefatory statement at the
beginning of your article on the Peace Con-
ference was written in the office of Collier's
without consulting you or obtaining your
approval. If the statement was in any way
exaggerated or incorrect, it was due to our
misinterpretation of the facts.

K. Asakawa, Ph. D.,
Dep't. of the Far East Dartmouth College,
Hanover, N.H.

Collier's
THE NATIONAL WEEKLY

416 WEST 13<sup>TH</sup> STREET
NEW YORK

EDITORIAL ROOMS

October 31st, 1905.

My dear Doctor Asakawa:

Considering your position and standing
and the very general meaning which is conveyed by "in
touch with," as used in the public prints, we do not
feel that the prefatory words which introduce your ar-
ticle on the Peace Conference were exaggerated or in-
correct.

If, however, there is any possible
likelihood that the paragraph may be misinterpreted
by persons prejudiced against you and hunting for some
loop-hole for attack, we are very glad completely to
absolve you from any responsibility for the paragraph,
a result which may be effected, we trust, by the enclosed
letter.

K. Asakawa, Ph. D.,
Dept. of the Far East Dartmouth College,
Hanover, N.H.

22, Jermyn Street,
London, S.W.

9th. April 1905.

Dear Mr. Asakawa,

Your letter of the 30th. October reached me yesterday.

You tell me that you are returning to Japan in
February. I am returning to Peking about April, and I sincerely
hope that you will come and stay with me. You will have access
then to the Library in China, and I will do anything I can to
make you comfortable.

I was amazed to hear that Mr. Fukutomi had written
adversely to you in his paper and that the article had been
republished in San Francisco. Let me say, at once, that I
wholly disassociate myself from the views I have formed by Mr.
Fukutomi. Unfortunately he does not speak English and he has
obviously been misled by someone, whether by accident or design.
Among all the Japanese I met in America, there was none of whom
I formed a higher opinion than I did of you. I thought that
your judgment was exceptionally sane and impartial: so far from
my ever lecturing you, I rejoiced to have the opportunity of
meeting one whose patriotism, whose knowledge and whose ability
did honour to the country of the allies of my own.

Your view that Japan ought not to have broken off
negotiations for peace because she was unable to exact an
indemnity from a country in political upheaval, was the view held

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by the wisest statesmen in Japan and is the view held by the best people I have met in England.

It is unworthy of Mr. Fukutomi to make the suggestion that you had received money from anyone. No one in America more impressed me with a sense of his honour and sincerity than did you.

I believe that no more remarkable, more truthful work was ever written in a foreign language than your work on the causes that led up to the Japanese war.

I hope that this letter will satisfy you. I would gladly do anything I could to remove such an impression as that created by Mr. Fukutomi. I saw Mr. Fukutomi frequently at the Conference and I formed a high opinion of him, and I am sure he could not have written as he did about me had he not been misled by some interpreter.

I also was much disappointed with the views taken by Mr. Smalley, "The Times" correspondent at the Conference.

I am returning to the Far East in April.

An advantageous proposal was made to me to do other work, but I declined for my heart is in the Far East, and I long to be associated with the developments which are certain to take place there now that Japan, England and America can work untrammelled for the advancement and development of the best interests of China.

November 17, 1905.

Professor Franz Boas,

Secretary of the East Asiatic Committee.

My dear Sir;

I take the liberty of presenting before you (and Professor Hirth) a plan which I have in mind, with a view to asking your opinion as to the advisability and the possibility of executing such a plan through the East Asiatic Committee.

Since I found it necessary for personal reasons to return to Japan temporarily from next September, I have been wondering whether it would not be possible to take advantage of the trip in order to fill a great need which I have always keenly felt and which will doubtless be felt by an increasing number of persons. I refer to the want of a good Japanese library (that is, books on Japan in the Japanese and in the European languages) in this country which can be compared even with the Japanese collection at the British Museum. The want of such a national library in this country is a serious matter against the cause of oriental studies in this country, especially because, of all the branches of oriental studies, The East Asiatic studies are still far behind the West and South Asiatic studies both in scholarship and in productivity, and, again, of East Asiatic studies, work about Japan has thus far been even more primitive and less scientific than work about China. This lamentable state of things must in a large measure be due to the want of a library already referred to. Perhaps the best Japanese country in this country at present is in Yale University Library (containing more than 4000 fascicules, all of which I had the pleasure of cataloguing), but it has not been systematically collected and is entirely inadequate for an exhaustive study in any branch of the subject. It is high time that an intelligent and systematic

collection should be made.

To be sure, my own needs are limited to a few classes of books, but I would like to see a complete Japanese library started in a central position which would meet all the needs of the public and the students in this country. I should be happy to be all in my power to build up such an institution, provided I have a sufficient financial support. If the latter may be secured, I would also interest influential persons in Japan in this enterprise, besides securing every possible assistance from great scholars, so as to insure an exhaustive collection at the start and a continuous growth thereafter.

My original plan covered only the library work already mentioned, but, after seeing Dr. Laufer's splendid Chinese collection, I have been struck with the great usefulness which a similar collection from Japan would have. Although I am not a special student in archeology or ethnography, it may not be entirely beyond my power to follow Dr. Laufer's example in making a model collection of specimens, especially because I shall be able to seek all possible suggestions from trained scholars in this line for making such a collection. If I may be trusted with such a work also, I shall have the satisfaction of rendering a double service, while I shall personally learn immensely from the actual work of collecting specimens.

Of these two collections, namely, the library and the museum collections, I think that it can not be too strongly emphasized that they should be strictly systematic. In addition to this requirement, the library should also be exhaustive, for it is the duty of every investigator to make use of all the sources that exist on his subject. Furthermore, it is essential that the library should not only start with an exhaustive stock of books, but it also should have sufficient means to draw continuously and systematically. It seems evident that the library work is always need the service of a trained scholar in Japanese subjects, in order to give it proper order and

make it of real value.

These two collections being the sources for all scholarly work
about Japan, I consider them as of equal value to, if not more important than,
the work of instruction in connection with these collections. It is un-
necessary to say, however, that the usefulness of the collections would greatly
increase if there were a Japanese Department at Columbia, corresponding to
the Chinese Department. The former seems as worthy of existence as the
latter. Of these three suggested works—the museum, the library, and the
Japanese instruction—the second will be more expensive than the first,
for it needs funds for care and growth; while the third will be the most ex-
pensive of all.

I believe that New York is the most desirable place in this country,
for such an enterprise should be in a central place and on a national scale.
I further suppose, although I say without sufficient knowledge of the condi-
tions in New York, that the museum collection may best be deposited with the
American Museum of Natural History, the books perhaps with the New York
Public Library, and the Japanese department be established in Columbia Univer-
sity (if the plan for the Oriental School contemplated by the East Asiatic
Committee is yet far from realization).

Finally, I beg to add a few words regarding my own relation to this
plan, in order to avoid misunderstanding. It is unnecessary to say that
my plan has been inspired, on the one hand, by the low state of Japanese
studies in this country and in Europe, and, on the other, by my humble desire
to devote my life to these studies. I have done little in my scholarly
life, and I only look forward to future opportunities for investigation and
productive work. And, in order to create such opportunities for all stu-
dents of Japanese subjects as well as for myself, I should be willing to ex-
pend my energies to the upbuilding and the maintaining of all the work sug-

gested in this letter, always seeking advice from scholars far more competent than myself. When the work is well started, I should be happy to see some great scholar or scholars placed in charge for the growth of the work, and, if so desired and if possible, to continue to offer my service as an assistant worker and investigator.

The plan is ambitious, but it seems to me entirely within the range of possibility, provided the financial all may be assured. I sincerely hope that you will consider the plan, and write to me freely and frankly as to what you think of it and whether you would be willing to help it. I only add that I think that it would not be worth while to reduce any part of my plan to a much smaller scale than the one I suggest, for the difference in the actual value of the work would be many times as large as the difference in cost.

The plan in its three-fold aspects may, however, be divided, without making any divided part smaller than is suggested, though I believe it is now the best time to start the plan in all its branches.

Respectfully yours,

Powers & Hall,

No. 101 Milk Street.

Samuel L. Powers.
Edward H. Hall.

J. Colby Bassett.
Ritt F. Drew.
Henry W. Dunn.

Boston Nov. 21, 1905

Mr. Kan-ichi Asakawa, Ph. D.,
Hanover, N. H.

My dear Mr. Asakawa:

No doubt you will remember me as a graduate of Dartmouth, and at the present time a member of the Board of Trustees.

I am president of what is known as the Unitarian Club of Newton. It is a church organization, but made up of members from all of the churches in Newton. We have a membership of about three hundred, and we have meetings once a month. Our people are very desirous of having you give us a lecture upon the Far East, like that which you gave before the Wonolancet Club at Concord, last month. I should like very much to arrange with you to speak before our club at its December meeting, which will take place on the evening of December 21st. I can promise you a large and appreciative audience.

We meet at 6.30, dine together, and at eight o'clock the lecture takes place, at which there is quite a large attendance of ladies. If you should decide to come Mrs. Powers and I would be delighted to have you as our guest.

K. A. ---2

Of course as to the matter of expense the club
will take care of all your expenses, and if you make a
charge for the lecture if you will kindly let me know I
will see what arrangement can be made to provide for the
payment of that. This course of lectures brings to us
some of the most noted men in this part of the country.
Our next lecture will be by Dr. Samuel A. Eliot, a son
of President Eliot, at the present time at the head of
the Unitarian Church Association. Later on we expect
an address from President Eliot, and still later on an
address from a distinguished Congressman from Missouri.

I should be very much gratified if you are
able to see your way clear to accept our invitation.
awaiting your reply, I am,

Very sincerely yours,

courage was my reason for allowing my name to be presented
as a mightier social factor than any mere economic one.
That of course
was a good to get it.

Thank you for your splendid note. It was like you and it
was a pleasure to hear that I regarded religion
did me good to get it.

Dec. 4, 1902.

C.R.MILLER.

The New York Times.

Jan. 9, 1905.

Dear Mr. Asakawa:

Among the many subjects growing out of Japanese expansion and development, that of most serious interest to Americans is the effect upon our trade of the entry of Japanese producers into East Asian markets as competitors. During the Portsmouth Peace Conference The Times published several articles in which the position was taken that when Japan had "found herself" industrially, when she had got command of her raw material and had developed her manufacturing capacity, she would drive us all out of Chinese and Korean markets because of the cheapness of her labor and of her perfect understanding of what consumers in those regions require. We shall have the "open door" without doubt, but we shall find the Japanese merchant inside, offering goods at prices far below our cost of production.

If when you are on the ground and have studied the situation you find this to be true, The Times would like you to say so. Don't be afraid of ruffling American sensibilities---the truth about a matter of this degree of importance is the one essential thing. Everything connected with the development of Japanese foreign trade and of her industries will interest us, such as the source of her raw material, the rate of wages in various industries, and their tendency, whether to go higher or lower, the technical skill and capacity of Japanese workmen, and, in particular, the limits, if any, are visible, of their capability. For instance, it has been said here that while the Japanese could build an effective warship, manu-

C.R.MILLER.

The New York Times.

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facture artillery, and erect steel bridges, they could not make a watch. Is that true?

The political situation in the country is not of so much interest to us, except in passing. But the foreign relations of Japan, and in particular questions growing out of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, might find place in your correspondence. The position in which the war has left Russia, whether she has renewed her intrigues, her relations to China, and to Japan, might also be touched upon. Social life, literature, art, and other kindred topics might be glanced at now and then.

I am sure that short letters, not over half a column in length---say, from five to seven hundred words, would be most widely read and most acceptable to the readers of The Times. Long letters get skipped. I would suggest no regular date of sending the letters ---let them come along as interesting topics present themselves. If we like them very much we will ask you to send them more frequently. We have no objection to your making similar arrangements with other newspapers outside of New York and Philadelphia. I should propose, as the rate of compensation, $15 a thousand words. I would suggest no modification of your usual style of writing. Your topics will probably give interest enough to the letters, making any attempt at liveliness or a popular style unnecessary.

If you come to New York on your way to the East I should be very glad to see you. If not, kindly communicate to me your address in Japan. We might want to cable you for news. In case you

C.R.MILLER.

The New York Times.

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became possessed of news or information of really high importance, you might send us a brief cable sufficient to set forth the facts. But this would not happen often, as the Associated Press in general supplies the needs of American newspapers. I beg to repeat my suggestion that you give us the full truth about Japanese trade expansion and promise, no matter how unpalatable the facts may be for us. They will be equally unpalatable for Europe, since if Japanese competition excludes us from Far Eastern markets European goods will be shut out also.

K. Asakawa, Ph.D.

501 West 113th St., New York City.

January 9, 1906.

Dr. K. Asakawa,
Dartmouth College,
Hanover, N. H.
My dear Dr. Asakawa:-

I was given to hopes that I might be able to
reply to your valuable proposals made under date of November 17th
last; and I still hope that something may be done in the matter,
though I have no indications of its progress so far. What I have
done is this: I have represented your subject to President Butler,
who has read your letter. A Japanese chair at Columbia University
could not, of course, be established without a foundation similar
to that made by public spirited benefactors for the chair of Chinese.
Such, I thought, would best be found in commercial circles, especial-
ly those which have shown so much sympathy for the Japanese nation
as the members of the American Asiatic Association. I have, there-
fore, sent your letter to the secretary of that influential body,
Mr. John Foord, with the consent of President Butler. Mr. Foord,
whom I saw personally a few days after the despatch of my letter on
November 27th, promised to interest himself in the question and
lay it before the Association in some shape or another. I have not
since heard from Mr. Foord, but shall let you know as soon as this
is the case.

UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

NO. 700 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK

PRESIDENT'S ROOM

May 14th, 1906.

My dear Professor Asakawa:--

First of all permit me to congratulate you upon your appointment to Yale University. I am sure you will find your work congenial and I am equally confident that the University will find it very valuable. I am especially pleased that you are to be so near us, where I anticipate many opportunities for conversation on topics of mutual interest.

Especially fortunate is your appointment in view of the institution of the School for Foreign Service of Yale and Columbia Universities, for in going over the programme a while ago it appeared that Japan was omitted, but your appointment will most acceptably supply the deficiency.

I must apologize for my neglect to answer your last letter, but when it was written I was west upon a tour of lectures and the letter reached me so late that I supposed you had already started for the East, and hence I neglected for the time being to acknowledge it.

I am very much interested in what you say about Mr. Murai and I will do whatever is in my power for his assistance as from what you write he is the type of Japanese whom we desire here in Union Seminary and I trust that he will find it possible to pursue his studies here.

Some of the books for which I wrote to Japan on your recommendation the bookseller in Tokyo was unable to procure for me. Just now I am overwhelmed with work of various kinds, but a little later when I take up my lectures for publication, I may accept your very kind offer to procure for me such works as I may need.

Trusting that your year in Japan will be in every way delightful and useful to you, I am,

Professor K. Asakawa.

YALE UNIVERSITY

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

WOODBIDGE HALL, 105 WALL STREET.

June 4th, 1906.

To the Imperial University of Tokio.

From the time that universities were first established in Europe, it has been the custom of each university to accord to those who have taken higher degrees elsewhere all possible facilities for regular study, and to free them as far as the circumstances admitted from the restrictions necessarily imposed upon students of lesser qualification and lower rank. The governing bodies of the universities of Europe and America have felt that the interchange of knowledge and opinion between scholars of different places was a most important thing for them to promote; and so far as the circumstances admitted they have adapted their customs toward that end.

We appreciate as fully as any one can do the necessity which each university feels for making and enforcing its own rules and regulations. We are far from desiring to make any request which should cause inconvenience to the authorities of the Imperial University, or interfere with its well-ordered usages. In view, however, of the constant courtesy shown by the Japanese to foreign ideas and foreign scholars, we venture to hope that the same courtesy may be extended to a Japanese who has pursued his university studies abroad, and who by those studies and by the printed works in which he has made their re-

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OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN

August 31 1906

Dear Sir:

Your letter of July 23, received in the absence of the Librarian, has had the attention of the Division of Maps, and the Acting Chief of that Division now furnishes the enclosed list of the 74 maps of Japan, with a brief description. These maps were received on September 27, 1906, from the Japanese general staff and the Department of Agriculture, through the courtesy of Minister Takahira.

Referring to your letter of July 22 he advises that maps of America and the Philippine islands, either modern or old, topographical, geological, physical or of any other description, published by the Japanese government or private firms, would greatly add to the interest and value of our collection, and would be especially useful for researches in science, history and historical geography.

Your letters will be placed before the Librarian upon his
return, in early September.

(Enclosure)

Dr. K. Asakawa
Waseda University
Tokyo Japan

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

WASHINGTON

F

OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN

December 31 1906

My dear Dr. Asakawa:

I have this morning yours of the 3d. I
can at the moment answer it but briefly on one or two points.

As to your own commission: We have not attempted to add
this to the bills because it seemed better to treat it in a
separate voucher. This will, we find, be perfectly practicable,
and we have deferred drawing this voucher until enough bills
should be in hand to form a reasonable basis for it. I will
take up the matter in a few days after my return from a brief
absence.

Shipments: Our request to postpone shipments until after
March 1st was not intended to inconvenience or embarrass you in
any way; also it was made before the appropriation bill for the
coming year had been framed. That bill has not yet passed Con-
gress, but has already become sufficiently definite for us to
proceed upon. You may ignore our previous request, and have
the shipments follow their natural course: observing only a
preference on our part that they should be as late as possible
in the present fiscal year.

You ask "whether it is necessary that all the books to be
bought from this year's appropriation should reach [us] before
June 30":- By no means. They may continue to come in after

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June 30th, and indeed under the law at any time within two
years subsequent to the year in which they are contracted for.

I continue to be concerned that you and your friend are
under the necessity of advancing moneys to meet copying ex-
penses and other incidentals. I wish sincerely that this could
be avoided.

Government maps: [Your letter of November 8.] You remark
that the list sent you does not show the kinds of map, nor which
were published from the General Staff or which from the Depart-
ment of Agriculture:

On calling this to the attention of Mr. Phillips he re-
marks that our information was limited to the statement in the
letter of transmittal from the Japanese Minister as follows:

"These maps have been supplied by our General Staff
and the Department of Agriculture and Commerce and I am
directed by my Government to add that all future publi-
cations of the same kind will be sent you direct by the
Departments issuing them as soon as they are published."

Unfortunately, we have no one here with a knowledge of
Japanese, who could serve to distinguish upon the list which of
the maps emanated from the one source and which from the other.
We had presumed that this could easily be determined by a glance
at the list by some one at the Office of the General Staff, or
of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. Perhaps you can
arrange that.

Tokyo Jōkaū

Waseda University

Dr. N. Asakawa

Jipponian of Congress

Very truly yours,

arrange that...
of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. Please you can at the flat by some one at the Office of the General Staff, or We had happened that this could easily be determined by a glance the same emulated from the one emote and which from the other. Japanese, who could serve to distinguish upon the flat which of them we have to meet with a knowledge of

Departments having them as soon as they are published." The same may have been applied to our General Staff. "These may have been applied to our General Staff."

Letter of transmission from the Japanese Minister, the Minister that our information was limited to the agreement in the On certifying this to the attention of Mr. Phillipa he resents of Agriculture;

were published from the General Staff on which from the Department that the first sent you does not know the kind of matter, nor which Government made: [Your letter of November 8.] You remark

be satisfied.

besides and other incidents. I wish sincerely that this could happen and otherwise I am concerned.

I continue to be concerned that you and your friends are not concerned in the same way and in both under the same necessity of advancing money to meet covering expenses.

Please accept the enclosed copy of the letter in which they are contracted for. In case of any doubt and in both under the law at any time which in two

C. Dr. N. Asakawa