The Old Colony town, and other sketches . cles. Reaching INIishima, weexchanged jinrikishas for kagas. These areopen baskets, suspended from poles rest-ing on the shoulders of men ; and in theseour train was carried up the precipitousmountains of Hakone. It was long afterdark when we arrived at the inn by HakoneLake ; our arrival being in the shape of atriumphant procession, in which flamingbamboo torches were carried by men walkingon each side of the kagas to light the next afternoon, after descending theother side of the mountains, we resumedjinrikishas, and, as we approached Yoko-ha
The Old Colony town, and other sketches . cles. Reaching INIishima, weexchanged jinrikishas for kagas. These areopen baskets, suspended from poles rest-ing on the shoulders of men ; and in theseour train was carried up the precipitousmountains of Hakone. It was long afterdark when we arrived at the inn by HakoneLake ; our arrival being in the shape of atriumphant procession, in which flamingbamboo torches were carried by men walkingon each side of the kagas to light the next afternoon, after descending theother side of the mountains, we resumedjinrikishas, and, as we approached Yoko-hama from Odawara, where we slept on theseventh day of our journey, we met horseson the road, and English-built vehicles, andpersons in European dress, and many indi-cations of our approach to those foreigninfluences which are destroying picturesqueJapan. COLONIAL TIMES ON BUZZARDS BAY. By WILLIAM ROOT 8vo, gilt top, illustrated. Price, $i.^0. The Second Edition, enlarged by new andinteresting matter. This book is readable from. beginning to end. Its vivid pictures of home-spun life and manners in the Plymouth Colonyare drawn by a skillful hand. The shores of Buz-zards Bay are repeopled with colonial farmersand fishermen, parsons and justices of His Ma-jestys peace, church gossips and penitent sin-ners ; their manuscripts are quoted, their account-books are examined ; the reader can see how theylived and acted, and can survey them as theysurveyed themselves. Published by HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY, 4 Park St., Boston ; ii E. 17TH St., New York ;28 Lakeside Building, Chicago. Extracts from Letters Received. . Last summer I was fortunate enough to strike your Colonial Times on Buzzards Bay. It has ever since beenmy intention to write to you to express my keen appreciationof the book, which has in it more of the salt sea flavor ofCape Cod soil, combined with a more sympathetic appreci-ation of the humors and individuality of Colonial New Eng-land life, than any other
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