Norwood Press
F. S. Gushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
Boston Bookbinding, Co., Cambridge, Mass.
COMPLETE IN TEN VOLUMES
VOLUME THREE
BOSTON
BALCH BROTHERS CO.
MCMVIII
CHICAGO: GEO. L. SHUMAN & CO.
Copyright, 1897
By John L. Stoddard
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
JAPAN
I
IT is now nearly four hundred years since the brave discoverer,Magellan, first sailed around the world. Yet, tillcomparatively recent times, three years were necessaryto complete the circuit. To-day,some Phineas Fogg can put a girdleround the earth in less than eightydays, and messages are flashed tous from China and Ceylon in lessthan eighty seconds. The old-timespirit of adventure amid unknownscenes, which thrilled the travelerof former years, has