Word: oriental
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Orient accept occidental christianity...
...traveller in the far east, has been a member of the New Zealand Parliament and a student of the British dominions in the Pacific. Hence the knowledge of these regions shown in his story, which shifts from the England of a generation ago to the penal settlements of the Orient...
...Japan to the civilizing influences and to the commerce of the West was an event whose importance in the world's history is just beginning to be recognized, now that her achievements in war have indicated the leading position she is to take among the nations of the orient. An interesting addition to the knowledge of the early days of Japan's new life is given in Dr. W. E. Griffis's biographical sketch of Townsend Harris, the first American envoy to Japan. Townsend Harris was undoubtedly the greatest of the foreign diplomats sent to Japan, and his influence...
...Waltz, "Tales from the Orient," Strauss...
...Charles LeClereq, Gerald Maxwell, James Lewis, Miss Maxime Elliorr, Laura Kenson, Percy Haswell, Ida Molesworth, and Mrs. G. H. Gilbert. During the week they will present a repertoire of their most marked New York successes of this season, arranged as follows: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and Wednesday matinee, "Orient Express" and "Tragedy Rehearsal;" Thursday evening, "Bundle of Lies" and "Tragedy Rehearsal;" Friday evening and Saturday matinee, "Lottery of Love;" and Saturday evening, "A Night...