PREFACE.  In preparing this volume neither labour nor expense has been spared; and I send it out to the public feeling confident that no such gallery of photographs, giving the exact picture of every day life of the Japanese, has ever been presented before in one volume. Being printed by the collotype process, which has of late become very popular, the pictures herein contained are true to nature and free from any retouches by the artist. Moreover, unlike ordinary photographs, these collotype pictures are really permanent, in the sense that they will not fade in any length of time.  I have to acknowledge my indebtedness to Messrs. K. Tamamura and S. Kajima, as well as to Prof. Burton, for several of the plates in this volume. K. OGAWA		CHILDREN AT MEALS  Westerner once aptly termed Japan the Paradise for Children. Much indulgence is given to little folks, but with a sufficient discipline of the old regime to make them appreciate the precept of filial duty. With stores of folk-lore and fairy-tales, and wealth of all imaginable playthings, nothing it left unfurnished to delight the hearts of children. The photograph represents the children at meals, each holding a bowl in one hand, and a pair of chopsticks in the other, apparently managing them as adroitly as older folks.
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