The Old World and Its Ways
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Bryan William Jennings. The Old World and Its Ways
CHAPTER I. CROSSING THE PACIFIC – HAWAII
CHAPTER II. JAPAN AND HER PEOPLE
CHAPTER III. JAPANESE CUSTOMS AND HOSPITALITY
CHAPTER IV. JAPAN – HER HISTORY AND PROGRESS
CHAPTER V. INDUSTRIES, ARTS AND COMMERCE
CHAPTER VI. EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND RELIGIONS
CHAPTER VII. EDUCATION AND RELIGION
CHAPTER VIII. KOREA – "THE HERMIT NATION."
CHAPTER IX. CHINA – AS SHE WAS
CHAPTER X. CHINA – AS SHE WAS
CHAPTER XI. EDUCATION, RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
CHAPTER XII. CHINA'S AWAKENING
CHAPTER XIII. CHINESE EXCLUSION2
CHAPTER XIV. THE PHILIPPINES – NORTHERN ISLANDS AND THEIR PEOPLE
CHAPTER XV. THE PHILIPPINES – THE MORO COUNTRY
CHAPTER XVI. THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEM
CHAPTER XVII. THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEM – Continued
CHAPTER XVIII. JAVA – THE BEAUTIFUL
CHAPTER XIX. NETHERLANDS INDIA
CHAPTER XX. IN THE TROPICS
CHAPTER XXI. BURMA AND BUDDHISM
CHAPTER XXII. EASTERN INDIA
CHAPTER XXIII. HINDU INDIA
CHAPTER XXIV. MOHAMMEDAN INDIA
CHAPTER XXV. WESTERN INDIA
CHAPTER XXVI. BRITISH RULE IN INDIA
CHAPTER XXVII. ANCIENT EGYPT
CHAPTER XXVIII. MODERN EGYPT
CHAPTER XXIX. AMONG THE LEBANONS
CHAPTER XXX. THE CHRISTIAN'S MECCA
CHAPTER XXXI. GALILEE
CHAPTER XXXII. GREECE – THE WORLD'S TEACHER
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE BYZANTINE CAPITAL
CHAPTER XXXIV. IN THE LAND OF THE TURK
CHAPTER XXXV. HUNGARY AND HER NEIGHBORS
CHAPTER XXXVI. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE DUMA
CHAPTER XXXVIII. AROUND THE BALTIC
CHAPTER XXXIX. DEMOCRATIC NORWAY – HER SUN, HER SCENERY AND HER CORONATION
CHAPTER XL. ENGLAND'S NEW LIBERAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER XLI. HOMES AND SHRINES OF GREAT BRITAIN
CHAPTER XLII. GLIMPSES OF SPAIN
CHAPTER XLIII. A WORD TO TOURISTS
CHAPTER XLIV. AMERICAN FOREIGN MISSIONS
CHAPTER XLV. WORLD PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XLVI. A STUDY OF GOVERNMENTS
CHAPTER XLVII. THE TARIFF DEBATE IN ENGLAND.13
CHAPTER XLVIII. IRELAND AND HER LEADERS
CHAPTER XLIX. GROWTH OF MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
CHAPTER L. FRANCE AND HER PEOPLE
CHAPTER LI. THE REPUBLIC OF SWITZERLAND
CHAPTER LII. THREE LITTLE KINGDOMS
CHAPTER LIII. BELGIUM
CHAPTER LIV. THE NETHERLANDS
CHAPTER LV. GERMANY AND SOCIALISM
CHAPTER LVI. RUSSIA AND HER CZAR
CHAPTER LVII. ROME – THE CATHOLIC CAPITAL
CHAPTER LVIII. TOLSTOY, THE APOSTLE OF LOVE
CHAPTER LIX. NOTES ON EUROPE
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The eyes of the world are on Japan. No other nation has ever made such progress in the same length of time, and at no time in her history has Japan enjoyed greater prestige than she enjoys just now; and, it may be added, at no time has she had to face greater problems than those which now confront her.
We were fortunate in the time of our arrival. Baron Komura, the returning peace commissioner, returned two days later; the naval review celebrating the new Anglo-Japanese alliance took place in Yokohama harbor a week afterward, and this was followed next day by the reception of Admiral Togo at Tokyo. These were important events and they gave a visitor an extraordinary opportunity to see the people en masse. In this article I shall deal in a general way with Japan and her people, leaving for future articles her history, her government, her politics, her industries, her art, her education and her religions.
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The Japanese are a very polite people. They have often been likened to the French in this respect – the French done in bronze, so to speak. They bow very low, and in exchanging salutations and farewells sometimes bow several times. When the parties are seated on the floor, they rise to the knees and bow the head to the floor. Servants, when they bring food to those who are seated on the floor, drop upon their knees and, bowing, present the tray.
In speaking of the people I desire to emphasize one conclusion that has been drawn from my observations here, viz., that I have never seen a more quiet, orderly or self-restrained people. I have visited all of the larger cities and several of the smaller ones, in all parts of the islands; have mingled in the crowds that assembled at Tokyo and at Yokohama at the time of the reception to Togo and during the naval review; have ridden through the streets in day time and at night; and have walked when the entire street was a mass of humanity. I have not seen one drunken native or witnessed a fight or altercation of any kind. This is the more remarkable when it is remembered that these have been gala days when the entire population turned out to display its patriotism and to enjoy a vacation.
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