Asia. April 1921

The gold and spices and incense and linen and silk and precious stones that constitute the cargo of the ship and the wealth of Babylon merely suggest the Hebrew tabernacle temple palace priestly spoil and the sacred institutions and ceremonial connected with them from days even earlier than the Sheba mission and the Ophir voyages. [...] 353 Fourth Avenue New York City 295"APRIL 1 9 2 1 Would you travel the Peak Road at sunset Bubbling Well Road in the heat of the day the Luneta under the stars— Do you know the way to the Happy Valley—Purple Mountain— the Flowery Pagoda—Enoshima the Isle of Dragons— Can you tell the tale of the Delhi Loot—the Bhagavad Gitthe TAj Mahal—The Forty-Seven Ronithe Hordes of Kublai Khan— Be inter [...] Irrigation and power projects comtemplating the complete use of the waters of the Snake the Columbia the Colorado the Sacramento and the Klamath rivers will reclaim more than eighteen million acres. [...] Fifth Avenue 34th and 33d Streets New York 0 E THE AMERICAN ASIATIC ASSOCIATION THE PURPOSE of The American Asiatic Association is— "To contribute to a satisfactory adjusment of the relations between Asiatic countries and the rest of the world by the removal of sources of misunderstanding and the dissipation of ignorant prejudices; and to cooperate with all other agencies religious educa [...] "A narrative of the settlement and the city from the signing of the treaties in 1858 to the close of the year 1879 with a glance at the progress of Japan during a period of 21 years." In short the local chronicles of the capitol and chief port of Japan during the evenful years of their transition.