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William Eilliot Griffis
William Elliot Griffis (1843-1928) graduated from Rutgers College in 1869 and taught four years in Fukui and Tokyo. After his return to the U.S., he devoted himself to his research…
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William Elliot Griffis
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
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"The Romance of Plant Life: Interesting Descriptions of the Strange and Curious in the Plant World" is a book written by G. F. Scott Elliot. In this work, Scott Elliot…
William Elliot Griffis (1843-1928) was unequaled in the length of his career and the breadth of his literary work as an authority on Meiji Japan. This anthology brings together the…
Inazo Nitobe
Bushido, which literally means the way of warriors is a code of conduct, based upon a set of honors and ideals associated with the samurai way of life, that has…
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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1891 Original Publisher: Dodd, Mead and company Subjects: Indians of North America Colonial administrators United States History / United States / Colonial…
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
William Elliot Griffis' "Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks" is a delightful collection of traditional Dutch folktales that take readers into a realm of enchantment and wonder. Through compelling anecdotes…
"Welsh Fairy Tales," by William Elliot Griffis, is an enthralling compilation of traditional Welsh folktales. The book, which was published in the late nineteenth century, dives into the rich fabric…
The Lily Among Thorns - A Study of the Biblical Drama Entitled, the Song of Songs is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890. Hansebooks is editor…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks By William Elliot Griffis
A thousand years of training in the ethics of Confucius… have so tinged and colored every conception of the Japanese mind, so dominated their avenues of understanding and shaped their…
Reissued here in its second edition of 1877, this was the most popular work on Japanese history of its time, written by the expert William Elliot Griffis (1843-1928). Arranged in…
Reproduction of the original: John Chambers by William Elliot Griffis
Honda The Samurai: A Story of Modern Japan is a historical novel written by William Elliot Griffis in 1890. The book tells the story of Honda, a young samurai who…
Written as a history lesson on the impact of the Dutch on the culture and pedigree of the United Kingdom and America, Brave Little Holland offers more than just the…
