Tales of Old Japan

Tales of Old JapanThe member of a distinguished British literary family, A. B. Mitford traveled widely with his parents as a youth and lived in various European countries. From 1866 70, he served as an attach with the British legation at Edo (Tokyo) one of the first foreign diplomats to do so. During his brief stay there, Mitford lived through a period of dramatic and tumultuous change in Japanese history. A feudal nation on his arrival, Japan had entered the era of

thanks to the island’s remoteness and lack of contact with outside influences

an anatomical reference guide for the working artist

a previously unpublished letter from Thomas Mann to Toch about this book (in English translation)

books on modern mayas

the production of carbon dioxide from coal gas and sugar

many of the concepts presented clearly here can be easily extended to studies in other fields of chemistry

aristotles

constructing a drawer using a dovetail joint

theatrical miniatures (which will delight any lover of fashion history and graphics) he gives the very best of himself

compiled by costume authority Kristina Harris

Davis received his PhD from Princeton in the late 1940s and became one of the first computer programmers in the early 1950s

and the movement and meaning of the swarm