token of remembrance, but to show that, like its leaves at the close of autumn, you are tired of the life of love.

The Returned Wanderer.

Long a wanderer from my early home, I returned only to find that my old friends did not remember me; but I remembered, with rare pleasure, the fragrance of the Spring-flowers.

Unfading Love.

I promised that my love would not fail until the waves of the sea had swallowed up the mountain of Suye, and is it not true that the clouds are still playing around its lofty summit?

A Robber going into Banishment.

I ask you, O fishermen, who toil upon the sea, to tell the people of my native village that you have seen me in a frail vessel sailing in banish ment to the island of Yassoshima!

The Dancing-Girl.

As I look upon the dancing-girl, I am reminded of the goddess Otone, as she appears in the sky when the clouds are fleeing before the stormy wind.

The Snow-Shower.

To please the one I love, I went into the mountains to gather the wakana plant for her enjoyment, and I was caught in a shower of Spring

snow.

A Sleepless Night.

During the long night have I heard the chirping of the grasshopper, and while the hoar-frost was covering all the ground I have in vain tried to obtain repose.

Running from Troubles.

I did not wish to hear about the troubles of life, and so I fled far away to the distant hills, but even there I heard the painful cry of the wounded deer.

The Cuckoo.

I heard at night the cry of the cuckoo-bird, and when I went forth to see it, I only saw the morning-moon.

The foregoing poems, with few exceptions, are taken

from the collection to which we have alluded.

By way of showing to what extent the art of poetry has been patronized in Japan, we submit the following list of the principal books which have been published in the native language,

viz.:

Chok-sen-shiu, a Collection of Selections made at the command of the Emperor.

Go-sen-shiu, Collection of after Selections.

Jiu-i-shiu, Collection of Additional Poems.

Kin-yo-shiu, a Collection of Golden Leaves.

Ko-kin-shiu, Collection of Ancient and Modern Poems, and

Shi-ka-shiu, a poetical Anthology.

PART III.

LIFE

AND

RESOURCES IN AMERICA.

PRELIMINARY NOTE.

THE knowledge furnished by all the better qualified minds of the world is a powerful element, rendering great service in the cause of humanity. It is often the case that enmity and bloodshed are the consequence of storing up prejudices, resulting from the want of mutual knowledge of the parties engaged. The object of this publication is not only to aid in removing those prejudices, but also to invite all the lovers of their race, in Japan, to join in the noble march of progress and human happiness.

In view of the fact that many dates are mentioned in this volume, it has been found necessary, for the sake of convenience, to adopt the western calendar altogether, and it is hoped that this course will not lead to any embarrassment in the mind of the reader.

ARINORI MORI.

WASHINGTON CITY, U. S., September, 1871.
Or, according to the Japanese Calendar, the

Seventh month of the Fourth year of Meidi.