18 Agriculture In Japan
18. Agriculture In Japan. His Tory.— The Ancestors Of The Modern Japanese Seem Not To Have Been Eaters Of Meat And Milk, And Butter And Cheese Were Unknown To Them. These Facts, Together With The Mountainous Character Of The Country, Fully Justify The Su Position Of The Non-existence Of Any ...
18 Education In Italy
18. Education In Italy. In The Movement Of Modern Culture, Italy Has For Many Centuries Maintained Characteristics Pe Culiar To Herself. She Forecasts And Prophesies, But Her Work Is Restricted To The Few And Has Not The Power Of Assimilation To The Masses; It Is A Nursery. Of Budding Genius, ...
1889 19196 6 History Of
6. History Of Japan, 1889-19196 The Political Evolution Of Japan From The Restoration Of The Mikado To Supreme Power, In 1868, Pro Ceeded From The Imperial Oath Given To Form A Representative National Assembly, To Limit Pre Rogative And To Decide All Matters Of National Interest In Accordance With Public ...
19 Italian Schools And
19. Italian Schools And Uni Versities. Public Instruction In The King Dom Of Italy Is Essentially Of Three Grades: (1) Primary And Popular; (2) Intermediate And Sec Ondary; (3) High School Grade. 1. Primary Andpopular Instruction, Primary Instruction Is Give'', In General, In' The Elementary Schools, And The Course, Under ...
19 The Japanese Army
19. The Japanese Army. In 1868, The First Year Of Meiji, The Imperialjapanese Government Was Formed Under The Emperor Meiji. It Had Seven Departments, One Of Which Was That Of The Navy And Army. While The Name Of The Department Has Been Changed Several Times, Naval And Military Officers Have ...
2 Ethnology
2. Ethnology. The Limit Of A Nation And That Of A Race Do Not Necessarily Coincide. While A Nation May Consist Of Two Or More Racial Elements, One And The Same Division Of A Race May Be Found In Different Countries. We See Both Cases Exemplified In The People Of ...
2 Italian Archeology
2. Italian Archeology. Italian Archaeology, From The Remotest Periods Of Human Existence Down To The Roman Age, Pre Sents A Series Of Successive Phases Enclosed By A Vast Horizon. The Archeological Material, Which Is Uniform Or Nearly So During The Stone Age, At The Dose Of The Latter, And At ...
20 The Education And
20. The Education And Social Status Of Women In Italy. One Of The Most Remarkable Features Of Progress In Italy Is The Advance Made In The Education Of Women Since 1880. In Former Centuries There Were Highly Cultivated Women, Some Dis Tinguished As Writers Or Artists, Especially As Musicians And ...
20 The Navy
20. The Navy. Naval Affairs Had Been Fairly Well Developed In Japan Until The Isola Tion Policy Of The Tokugawa Shogunate In 1635 Prohibted The Building Of Ocean-going Vessels Under Pain Of Capital Punishment. A Few Ancient Naval Undertakings Which Are Noteworthy In Japanese History Are: The Ex Pedition Of ...
21 Italian Language I
21. Italian Language. I. The Lit Erary The Italian Literary Lan Guage Has For A Foundation The'vlorentine Dia Lect, With Which, More Than With Any Other, It Has In Common Not Alone Phonetics And Mor Phology, But Also Syntax And Vocabulary. In Regard To Its Phonetics, Which In This Matter ...
21 Russo Japanese War
21. Russo-japanese War. Causes Of The War.—the Russo-japanese War Was Caused By The Conflict Of Interests Between The Two Nations Owing To The Pursuance By Russia Of A Policy Of Expansion Do The Far East. Commencing The Colonization Of Siberia From The Latter Part Of The 16th Century, Russia Stead ...
22 Diplomatic Relations With
22. Diplomatic Relations With The United States.— Since The Close Of The 19th Century, Japan, Which Was Intro Duced To Intercourse With The World By The Tact Ful American Expedition Of 1853-54, And With Which The United States Has Had Recently More Points Of Contact Than With Any Other Power ...
23 Art In Ancient
23. Art In Ancient Italy. Italy's Geographical Situation Extending From North To South And Reacting Far Into The Mediterranean Sea Nearly Midway Between Its Eastern And Western Extremities, Open On All Sides To The Migrations And The Activities Of Coin Merce, Has From The Earliest Times Subjected Her To The ...
23 Japan In The
23. Japan In The World War. When In 1859 Japan Emerged From Her Long Iso Lation Into International Interests And Affairs And Became A Trading Nation, She Made It Her Policy To Keep Open The Paths Of Communication With Europe. It Was With This Idea That, Immediately After The War ...
24 Historical Synopsis Or
24. Historical Synopsis Or Italian Art. From The Time Of Constan Tine To That Of Justinian The Latin Nations Have Garnered The Inheritance Of Former Ages And Transmitted It To The Modern World. Beneath Many A Layer Of Hellenic Art In Imperial Rome May Be Found Meagre, Crude And Simple ...
25 Italian Art In
25. Italian Art In The 19th And 20th Centuries. Whenever Sculp Ture And Architecture Did Not Progress Hand In Hand With Tempera And Oil Painting In This Birthplace Of Art, Italy, It Will Nearly Always Be Observed That Either Sculpture Or Architec Ture Was The First To Arrive At The ...
26 The Natural And
26. The Natural And Physical Sciences In Italy. Old And Young At The Same Time, Italy Combines With The Tradi Tions Of A Glorious Past In The Field Of Science And The Arts, The Untrammelled Energy Of An Overflowing Vitality In Modern Times. She Boasts Among Her Sons The Genial ...
27 Italian Music
27. Italian Music. The Death Of Giuseppe Verdi Undoubtedly Marks The Ebbing Out Of The Most Typical And Most Glorious Epoch In The History Of Italian Music. From This Point Of View The Date Of 27 Jan. 1901, Is Full Of Historical Importance. With It Ends Definitely The Heroic Age ...
28 Economic Conditions In
28. Economic Conditions In Italy. The Fundamental Traits Of The Mod Ern Economic Conditions Are Similar In The Prin Cipal Countries Of Europe And America. Wher Ever The Returns From Property Are Distinct From The Returns From Labor, Wherever Simple Accu Mulation Is The Source Of Industrial Remuner Ation; The ...
29 Agriculture In Italy
29. Agriculture In Italy. Italy, By Reason Of Its Geographical Situation, Although In The Temperate Zone, Gives Us A Synthesis Of The Vegetation Of Europe. Next To Switzerland It Is The Most Mountainous Country In Europe. Two-thirds Of Its Surface Are Cov Ered By The Mountain Chain Of The Alps ...
3 History Of The
3. History Of The Middle Ages In Italy. In The Middle Ages Italy Took The First Rank In The History Of Civilization. The Differences That Arose Under The Roman Rule Between The Greek Orient And The Latin Oc Cident Continued In The New Historical Period And Included Also The Religious ...
3 The Development And
. 3. The Development And Con Stitution Of Society In Japan. Except England, There Is Perhaps No Other Coun Try So Aristocratic As Japan. From The Begin Ning Of Its History, There Have Always Been Some Aristocrats In The Land. In The First Period After The Era Of Jimmu Tenno, ...