. Review of reviews and world's work. of thenobles provokes greater depreciation and condemna-tion than the same misconduct of the common people,because the public pays the strictest attention to thedoings of the nobles, either good or bad. It is the tallest tree that suffers most from the storm. The nobility, he explains, is made up of threeclasses : 1. The Kuge\ who are closely related to the fact, at one time they were the main supporters ofthe imperial family themselves wielding political , in the Middle Ages the power was transferredto the hands of military men. The
. Review of reviews and world's work. of thenobles provokes greater depreciation and condemna-tion than the same misconduct of the common people,because the public pays the strictest attention to thedoings of the nobles, either good or bad. It is the tallest tree that suffers most from the storm. The nobility, he explains, is made up of threeclasses : 1. The Kuge\ who are closely related to the fact, at one time they were the main supporters ofthe imperial family themselves wielding political , in the Middle Ages the power was transferredto the hands of military men. The imperial family,being thus deprived of its authority, was sinking grad-ually into oblivion. Even at this moment, the Kugewere the constant followers of the Emperor. 2. TheDaimyo. These were ancient great families who onaccount of their own special merit were given certainprivileges in different parts of the country. They en-joyed independence till the Middle Age, under feudalismthe government of their respective provinces being left. THE PRINCE KONOYE. in their charge. Since the Restoration, they have beenraised to the position of peers. They bear some resem-blance to ancient lords in European countries. 3. TheShin Kwazoku, or the peers. These arethe men who, either through their own merit at thetime of the Restoration or by special favor for whatthey have done since the Restoration, have been madepeers. Although they are thus all included under thename of the nobility, each of them has a distinct fea-ture of its own. 100 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REVIEWS. CONSTRUCTING THE WORLDS GREATEST TUNNEL. OX July 1, 1905, all being well, the SimplonTunnel, the fourth piercing the Alps, andthe longest tunnel in the world, is due to beopened. (lood Words for June contains an ar-ticle by Mr. H. G. Archer full of interestingfacts about the Simplon Railway, and illustratedby a number of photographs. The followingtable shows the worlds chief tunnels and theirlength :
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