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Appointment as United States Minister-Receiving
Instructions at Washington
CHAPTER II.
Interview with Ex-President Grant, Relating to
Japan, nearly a year before the Author's Ap-
pointment as United States Minister.
The Educational and Political Progress of Japan in
Law, Finance, Legislation, and Toleration of
all Creeds and Faiths of Religion.
CHAPTER III.
Japan's Growth as a Naval and Military Power ..
CHAPTER IV.
Tribute to the "Blue" and the " Gray".
CHAPTER V.
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Across the Pacific to Japan-"Bon Voyage," and
Its Incidents . .
CHAPTER VI.
Approaching Japan .
CHAPTER VII.
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Arrival in Yokohama; and Tokio, the Capital of
Japan.
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Physical Features, and Productions, and Material
Wealth, and Resources of Japan
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Japan Awakes from the Sleep of Ages; Enters the
Race for Higher Civilization.
CHAPTER XIV.
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Free Public Schools and Universities of Japan. . 136
The Revision of the Treaties-Part of Heretofore
Unpublished History.
CHAPTER XVII.
The United States and Japan Independently of the
Treaty Powers enter into a Separate Treaty,
Recognizing the Early and Complete Autonomy
of the Empire.
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The Population, Area, and Industries of Japan . . 243
CHAPTER XXII.
Future Commercial Relations-Nicaraugua Canal. 246
CHAPTER XXIII.
The Ship Transit in Its Relations to South America
as well as Japanese Trade ..
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CHAPTER XXIX.
The Home Life of Japan-The Married Rela-
tions-Doom of Polygamy. .
CHAPTER XXX.
Japan, and Colonization by the United States in the
East.
CHAPTER XXXI.
PAGE.
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The Relation of the United States and Japan to the
Proposed "Peace Congress of the World,”
Called to Assemble at St. Petersburg in 1899.. 320
CHAPTER XXXII.
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Last Days in Japan-Homeward Bound. . .
Present Treaty of Commerce and Navigation Be-
tween Japan and the United States of America, 345
Amendment to the Foregoing Treaty, Proposed by
the Government of the United States of America,
Japan's Forward Step .
Protocol . . .
Speech of the United States Minister on the Use of
the English Language in Japan, in the Confer-
ence of all Nations.
Speech of the United States Minister on the Au-
tonomy of Japan, in the International Confer-
ence.
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370
Speech of the United States Minister on Japanese
Jurisdiction.
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Ex-Governor Richard B. Hubbard..
General Frederick H. Winston.
Hon. William S. Herndon . Ex-President U. S. Grant.
Transplanting Rice.
A Rice Mill
Frontispiece
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Coolies Carrying Children.
Familiar Scenes-Shopping in Country Vil
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