From this broader view, however, as opposed to a detailed indictment, the same weighing of Japan in the balance and finding her wanting is accomplished. The first part of the book is a much-needed account of the institutional life of China and Japan -how the empire and republic are governed, the background of growth to the present time. Particularly fortunate is the discussion of Japanese politics and government. It is not that the author makes any new or scholastic contribution in this field; it is the gap he fills for the general reader, not the specialist. Going into recent history, in the second part of the work, the antecedents of the Chino-Japanese clash of to-day are shown in the rise of Japan to world-power. The policy of Japan toward China is analyzed-shown to be predatory and ruthless. Both volumes are attractive books. Mil lard's is copiously illustrated and has some hundred and fifty pages of documents, bringing together some valuable material. 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