writers mentioned, 229;
East and West compared, 231

Pilgrimages: statistics, 290-291;
immorality, 326

Poetry characterized, 186

Powder, smokeless, invention of, 207

Pride, sociological explanation, 19, 21

Progress, modern characteristic, 52-60;
defined, 57;
light-heartedness no proof of, 59;
its method, 61-71;
recognition of individual worth, 63-67;
knowledge of implements and methods, 67-70;
imitation, 78-81;
passion for it, 143

Psychic nature and social life, 439

Psychic evolution, 444

Psychic function and psychic organism, 445

Psychological similarities, Japanese and Anglo-Saxon, 189

Public speaking, fluency, 219

"Putty-face," 164

"Race-soul," 444

Ransome, Mr. Stanford, quoted, 51;
"Japan in Transition," 46

Reforms, governmental initiative, 201

Religion: its characteristics social, not racial, 309;
loyalty and filial piety, 322;
liberty in belief, 327;
the Imperial Edict, 328;
forms determined by history, 329;
the problem of to-day, 414;
Religions classified, 421

Religious or not? appearances explained, 286;
judged by phenomena, 288;
prayer, shrines, charms, 292;
Buddha-shelves, God-shelves, 293;
emotion and social training, 296;
emotion shown in abstraction, 297

Religious life, 404, 421;
communal, 404;
present difficulty in Japan, 420

Renaissance of Japan, 29-30

Revenge: the ancient law, 128;
teachings of Confucius and Lao-tse, 128-129

Reverence, apparent lack of, 304

"Ri" defined, 221

Roman alphabet: adoption recommended by many, 192

"Roundaboutness": characteristic of speech and action, 211;
recent improvement, 212

Sadness and isolation of many, 116

Sage of Omi, _see_ "Omi Sajin."

Salvation and sin, 314;
Buddhist and Christian, 379

Samurai: high mental power,
social leaders, impractical,
244; their relation to trade,
252; new ideals, 256; revolt
from religious forms, 298

Segregation and divergent evolution, 443

Self-confidence not without
grounds, 141, 143; reorganization
by young men, 141-142

Self-control: moral teaching,
250; Kujuro, the self-controlled, 251

Sensitiveness to environment,
72, 81; illustrated by students
abroad, 73, by life in Japan, 73-77

Shimose, Mr., invention, smokeless powder, 207

"Shinshu," "Reformed" Buddhism, 198

Shinto: nature and history,
305, 306; personal gods, 391;
communal, 405; no longer a
religion