Excerpt from Peeps at Many Lands: Japan F AR away from our land, on the other side of the world, lies a group of islands Which form the kingdom of Japan. The word Japan means the Land of the Rising Sun, and it is certainly a good name for a country of the F ar East, the land of sunrise. The flag of japan, too, is painted With a rising sun which sheds its beams on every hand, and this flag is now for ever famous, so great and wonderful have been the victories in Which it has been borne triumphant over Russian arms. In some ways the Japanese are fond of comparing themselves With their English friends and allies. They point out that Japan is a cluster of islands ofl the coast of Asia, as Britain is a cluster of islands off the coast of Europe. They have proved themselves, like the English, brave and clever on the sea, While their troops have fought as 110n as British soldiers on the land. Theyare fond of calling themselves the English of the East, and say that their land is the Britain of the Pacific. 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.