lanation, 121.

Confucian ethics: leave gods alone, 286, 287.
antidote to Buddhism, 390.

Confucianism: its relation to the family, 112.
modified in Japan, 197.
metaphysical foundation of, 228.
its relation to morality, 269.
nature and history of, 307, 308.
its doctrines restored, 409.
its limitations, 410.
not a religion, 411.
cause of failure, 412.

Confucius and Lao-tse about returning good for evil, 128.
influence opposed to progress, 204.

Constitution, authority from Emperor, 149.

Conversation: realistic baldness, 179.

Courtesy: conventional not racial, 182.
phrases of, 211.
not proof of "impersonality," 362, 363.

Culture: more apparent than real, 181.

Curiosity: real though concealed,--illustration, 166.

"Curtain government," its significance, 214.

Daimyo, a figurehead, 214.

Darwin, 22

Decoration of rooms, 171

Dening, Mr, Walter, lack of idealism, 233

De Quatrefages, African brains, 191

Deity: conception of, 310;
monotheistic terms, 311;
common people, 391

Disposition: apparently cheerful, 115;
pessimists out of sight, 116

Divorce: grounds for, 56;
frequency of, 99;
Civil Code of 1898, 265;
statistics, 267;
divorce and "impersonality," 352, 355

Doshisha, endangered, 123, 124;
American benefactors of, 281

Drama and novel: weakness explained, 187

Drummond, 22

Dwarfed plants,--delight in the abnormal, 177

Eastern and Western civilizations blending, 30-32

Educational Department and Imperial Edict, 328

Emotional nature, 82-84;
due to social order, 169

Emperor: concubines and children of, 151

English study and methods of thinking, 212

Ethics: pivotal points, 283

Etiquette: superficial not radical requirements, 183;
its collapse explained, 183;
relation to imagination, 235

Evolution: real explanation of progress, 24-27, 33-34;
national, 332-343;
intellectual, 419;
Involution one half the process, 425;
defined, 440

Express train, "nominal" destination, 216

Fairbanks, Prof., 20

"Falling in love" not recognized, 102

Family life: false registration checks affection, 107

_Far East_: quotation from, adaptation of foreign systems, 208

Farmer, higher rank than merchant, 257 (note)

Fate: "Ingwa," in development of personality, 386

Feudal times: moderation, 118;
courage cultivated, 153, 154;
trade, 284

Fickleness: its manifestation, 159;
a modern trait, 160;