imagination. The clear, direct vision of such people has
its merit. There are others who both see and feel, to whom the simplest
object in its suggestiveness may be full of beauty. It is the latter who
pluck delightful mysteries out of travel; and who, after viewing nature,
it may be in her calmest moods, bring away with them upon the tablets of
memory a Claude Lorraine. The eyes will operate automatically, but it is
of little avail unless one exercises the observing power; then they
become luminous. You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some
with you, says Joubert. If the author succeeds in imparting to the
reader but a share of the great and varied pleasure he realized in the
ten months of travel herein recorded, his object in transcribing these
experiences will have been fully consummated.

M. M. B.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
PAGE
Synopsis of the Journey.--Crossing the Continent.--A Great
Midland City.--Utah and the Mormons.--The Sierra Nevada.--San
Francisco.--A Herd of Sea-Lions.--Possibilities
of California.--The Love of Flowers.--Public School
System.--Excursion to the Yosemite.--An Indian Stronghold.--Description
of the Valley.--Passage of the Mountains.--Caught
in a Snow-Storm.--A Forest of Feathers.--The
Mammoth Trees of California.--Passing the Golden Gate.--Voyage
across the Pacific.--A Lost Day 1

CHAPTER II.

Landing in Japan.--Characteristic Street Scenes.--Native Bazars.--Women
of Yokohama.--Excursion into the Country.--Visit
to Kamakura.--Peculiar Scenes on the Road.--A
Wonderful Bronze Statue.--Popular Religions of the Country.--The
Hakone Pass.--A Youthful Mother.--Native
Jugglers.--Temple of Shiba.--Review of the Soldiery.--Ludicrous
Sights.--A Native Fair at Tokio.--A Poor Japanese Woman's Prayer 30

CHAPTER III.

Foreign Influence in Japan.--Progress of the People.--Traveling
Inland.--Fertility of the Soil.--Grand Temples and
Shrines at Nikko.--The Left-Handed Artist.--Japanese Art.--City
of Kobe.--Kioto and its Temples.--Idol Worship.--Native
Amusements.--Morals in Japan.--Lake Biwa.--Osaka
on a Gala Day.--The Inland Sea.--Island of Pappenburg.--The
Tarpeian Rock of Japan.--Nagasaki.--Girls
Coaling a Ship.--National Products 55

CHAPTER IV.

Sail for Hong Kong.--Ocean Storms.--Sunset at Sea.--A
Water-Spout.--Arrival in Chin