1st Edition
The Japan Weekly Mail: A Political, Commercial and Literary Journal 1870 - 1917: Part 3, 1880 - 84
Copyright 2008
6900 Pages
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This is the third part of the facsimile reprint series of the leading English newspaper published in Yokohama throughout the Meiji era. It represents a complete collection, provided by the Yokohama Archives of History and other institutions. Playing an important role for the Meiji Japan’s exchange with the western society, the journal contains articles on politics, commerce, and economics, and also on the cultural activities of early Japanologists and the Asiatic Society of Japan. Contributors include George Aston, Ernest Satow, Basil Hall Chamberlain, F. V. Dickins, Henry Dyer, William Anderson, and many others. It is an indispensable primary source for any scholar of Modern Japan.
Sample articles from the 1880 issues A Building Act for Tokio A Japanese General Hospital A Reporter a la Mode A Site for the Rowing Club A Story of the Latin Quarter Annual Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Arrival of the American Mail Arrival of the English Mail Asiatic Society of Japan Birds in the Snow British Episcopal Church Establishment Caught in His Own Trap Chamber of Commerce Memorials Commercial Intelligence Correspondence Daring Attack on a Lady in Hongkong Domestic Slavery in Hongkong Editorial Notes Electric Light on Steamers Equine Martyrdom Exchange Quotations on London and New York during 1879 Fighting Fitzgerald Fish Propagation in the United States Government Control of Political Meetings Hongkong Chamber of Commerce and the Japanese Silver Yen Imperial College of Agriculture, Komaba, Tokio Incident of Peasant Life in Brittany Incidents of Irish Crime International Friendship and Good Will Investigation into the stranding of the Kiushiu Maru Japan and the U.S. President’s Message Japanese Carving Japanese Metal-work Japanese Paper Currency Japanese Parable Japanese Personages Japanese Pottery Lady Mizzle’s Jewel Robbery Law Reports Letter from Kiyosondoshu Marriage Proposals Meteorological Reports Modern Statesmanship and Armaments Monseigneur Ridel in Corea Mr. Bramsen’s Chronological Tables Mr. John R. Black’s Young Japan Mr. Smedley’s Paintings Museum and Exhibition in Japan My Wife’s Inheritance Nagasaki, Shanghai, Canton Osaka News Publishing in Japan Railways Railways Extension Recent Ministerial Changes Revenues and Expenditures Review Sanskrit Vestiges in Japan Seismological Science Shipping Intelligence Silk Small-Pox on board the City of Peking Social Entertainment at the Tokio Christian Association Spring Pastimes Sylvan Sounds The ‘Right’ of the Coast Trade The Bachelor’s Servant The Building Act for Tokio The Deadly Feud; a Tale from France The Electric Light The Financial Situation The Foreign Trade of China The Future of Japanese Art The Imperial Mint The late Mr. Delane The Loochoo Question in London The Military Power of China The National Education The New Regulations Respecting Political Meetings The Palace of Kioto The Pleasure Grounds of Tokio The Postal Service The Press and a Representative Assembly The Proposed Import Tariff The Retrospective Rambler The Rowing Club and the Hatoba The Times of the Taira, by Capt. F. Brinkley The Trade of Nagasaki The Work of the Central Sanitary Board The Yokohama Amateur Rowing Club Tokio Christian A
