The Progress of Japan, 1853-1871 (Classic Reprint)

by John Harington Gubbins

Excerpt from The Progress of Japan, 1853-1871Six lectures given in the University of Oxford during 1909-10 are the basis of this book. They are published as delivered, with only that amount of revision which publication seemed to require. The aim in view has been to give a slight sketch of the progress of Japan in the period of transition which lay, so to speak, between the old life and the new.The appendixes include documents which I have added in order to save the reader the trouble of looking for them elsewhere, and others which were accessible only in the Japanese text.To Sir Ernest Satow my best thanks are due for the loan of books, for information on various points possessed by no one else, and for much valuable criticism. For advice in the treatment of the subject, and for many useful suggestions, I am also indebted to Mr. S. Tuke. And the help of every kind rendered by my wife from first to last I gratefully acknowledge.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.