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POLLOCK, SIR FREDERICK, BART.

SPINOZA, HIS LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY, by
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FEUDAL AND MODERN JAPAN. By Arthur May Knapp. Two Vols. With 24 Photogravure Illustrations of Japanese Life, Landscape, and Architecture. Fcap. 8vo, quarter bound, white cloth, blue sides, gilt top. 8s. net.

The work of one who has frequently visited, and for a long time resided in Japan, thus enjoying peculiar advantages for observation and comment. The scope of the book includes a study of the history, religion, language, art, life and habits of the Japanese.

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