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Reviews the book "The Japanese City: A Sociological Analysis," by Takeo Yazaki.

Reviews the book 'The International Businessman in Japan,' by Herbert Glazer.

The article discusses the book "Foreign Correspondence: The Great Reporters and Their Times," by John Hohenberg. The foreign correspondent as folk hero disappeared in the ashes of Hiroshima-shi, Japan, an unreported victim of the atom bomb. The freewheeling adventurer, who personally assumed part of the color of the major stories he covered, was already fading away by World War I, but August 6, 1945, marked his final demise. For almost two centuries, war had been the training ground, and beat, of the foreign correspondent. In fact, war spawned him. Until the French Revolution, metropolitan newspapers depended for their foreign news, what spotty news there were, upon government handouts, out-of-date reprints of foreign newspaper stories, and leisurely letters to the editor from traveling friends of the publisher.

The article focuses on various artistic works. "Color Prints of Japan," the corrected and amplified translation of W. Von Seidlitz's standard work on Japanese prints appeals both to the collector and the general student of art. With its abundant reproductions and artists' signatures in facsimile, it serves very well as an historical manual, while it has the peculiar merit of endeavoring to make an aesthetic appraisal of the material. "Romanesque Architecture," by Edith Browne, traces the racial and political influences that brought about and modified the Romanesque style.

Reviews the book 'Kojiki,' translated by Donald L. Philippi.

Reviews the book 'Japan's Dependence on the World Economy,' by Leon Hollerman.

The article presents information about the theatrical productions. Under the guise of contributions towards the study of the social evil, plays have been thrown on the stage which are abominable in their theme and still more abominable in their intention. "Plays of Old Japan: The Nō," by Marie C. Stopes is a little volume that embodies the hard "task of years" of a brilliant Englishwoman. The Nō pieces, of which four are here presented in English, were products of the simple literary taste of the warrior class of Japan in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

The article reviews the books "Meeting With Japan," by Fosco Maraini and "Living Japan," by Donald Keene.

Features several geographical periodicals in Japan in 1948. "Geographical Review of Japan;" "New Geography for Social Life;" "The New Geography."

Reviews the book "The Ainu of Northern Japan," by Takakura Shinichiro.

The article reviews the book "How to do Business in Japan: A Guide for International Businessmen."

Reviews the book 'Sokagakkai and Education,' by Carl H. Gross.