William Elliot Griffis

Welsh Fairy Tales

Korean Fairy Tales

Japanese Fairy World: Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

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Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks

The Unmannerly Tiger, and Other Korean Tales

The American in Holland, rambles in the Netherlands

The Mikado's Empire

book 1. History of Japan from 660 B.C. to 1872 A.D

The Mikado's Empire: book 1. History of Japan from 660 B. C. to 1872 A. D

book 2. Personal experiences, observations, and studies in Japan, 1870-1874. book 3. Supplementary chapters, including history to the beginning of 1912

The Mikado's Empire: book 2. Personal experiences, observations, and studies in Japan, 1870-1875. book 3. Supplementary chapters, including history to the beginning of 1906

book II. Personal experiences, observations, and studies in Japan, 1870-1875

Stories from the Wonder-lore of Japan

Japanese Fairy World

This lengthy bio-documentary follows the author's exploits into the heart of Japan in his attempt to learn their history and evolution into a "modern" society, without the common "alien" viewpoint with which most foreigners unwittingly bias their historical understanding. Published near the end of the 19th century, this book provides an excellent lens with which to view the Japanese sociopolitical transformation.

A Story of Modern Japan

Honda the Samurai

Published in 1882, this accessible history of Korea provided for an English-speaking audience a general introduction to this mysterious country.

Corea, the Hermit Nation

Long, long ago, there was a good saint named David, who taught the early Cymric or Welsh people better manners and many good things to eat and ways of enjoying themselves.Now the Welsh folks in speaking of their good teacher pronounced his name Tafid and affectionately Taffy, and this came to be the usual name for a person born in Wales. In our nurseries we all learned that "Taffy was a Welshman," but it was their enemies who made a bad rhyme about Taffy.Wherever there were cows or goats, people could get milk. So they always had what was necessary for a good meal, whether it were breakfast, dinner or supper. Milk, cream, curds, whey and cheese enriched the family table. Were not these enough?But Saint David taught the people how to make a still more delicious food out of cheese, and that this could be done without taking the life of any creature.Saint David showed the girls how to take cheese, slice and toast it over the coals, or melt it in a skillet and pour it hot over toast or biscuit. This gave the cheese a new and sweeter flavor. When spread on bread, either plain, or browned over the fire, the result, in combination, was a delicacy fit for a king, and equal to anything known.

Original Text

A thousand years of training in the ethics of Confucius... have so tinged and colored every conception of the Japanese mind, so dominated their avenues of understanding and shaped their modes of thought, that to-day, notwithstanding the recent marvellous development of their language... it is impossible with perfect accuracy to translate into English the ordinary Japanese terms which are congregated under the general idea of Kun-shin.-from "The Chinese Ethical System in Japan"Abroad in Japan in the early 1870s, American educator and theologian William Elliot Griffis explored the nation's monasteries, temples, and shrines and steeped himself in the landscape's rich heritage of myth and legend, and while he was studying Shinto and Buddhism, he was also introducing his new Japanese friends and students to Christianity. This lyrical work of cross-cultural investigation, first published in 1895, discusses the history of spirituality in Japan-from ancient magic and mythical monsters to the modern faiths that rule the culture-but it is as valuable today for its illumination of the Western mind encountering the then-newly opened East as it is for its erudition.Also available from Cosimo Classics: Griffis's Sunny Memories of Three Pastorates.American author WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS (1843-1912) was born in Philadelphia. He is also the author of Welsh Fairy Tales, The Firefly's Lovers, The Unmannerly Tiger, Brave Little Holland, and Bonnie Scotland.

From the Dawn of History to the Era of Meiji

The Religions of Japan

Matthew Calbraith Perry, also known as "The Father of the Steam Navy" for his activity towards modernization of the American Navy, was a commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican American War. He also played a leading role in the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854. This book presents a biographical account of his life and deeds.

William Elliot Griffis

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