Excerpt from Methodist Quarterly Review, 1882, Vol. 64 The title of this article is neither an anachronism nor an exaggeration. The radical transformation through which the nation has voluntarily passed during the past few years fully authorizes the use of the designation, New Japan, which we have applied to it. A simple reference to the more prominent changes that have transpired is sufficient to establish thi. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.