[Gutenberg 57239] • Japanese Plays and Playfellows

Excerpt from Japanese Plays and Playfellows

I do nol firelend lo compele in Me crowded field of japanese sociology wim Mose w/co nave lived more Man six monms or less Man six weeks in Me counlry. My own slay was limiled lo lcalf a year. I bad, of course, sludied Me language wim nalive leacners and devoured Me records of foreign lravellers. I concluded Mal Mealrical mallers nad oeen less fully descrioed Man any omer lo Mom, accordingly, devoled mosl allenlion. Bul Mere were omer Memes on wniclc liad ocen insuficienlly informed. Impersonal essays are, Merefore, sufiplemenled by personal reminiscences, for wnim I claim indulgence. I f Me firsl now seem lo me loo snarl, Me second may seem lo omers loo long. Yel nave lried only lo selecl incidenls and Maracler islics wn im difer slri�ingly from W eslern ways.

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