Excerpt from A Short History of Japan
The author does not lay claim to originality; he has made use of all materials at hand and has given credit where credit is due. He has, however, applied his own interpretations to the historical and other events recorded and has tried to portray their meaning and their bearing, especially upon the evolution of Japan.
There is no attempt at absolute uniformity in the transliteration of Japanese words, nor is there so much variety as to confuse. There is no...