Transcriber's NotesMade minor punctuation corrections and the following changes:Page41: Changed extêrme to extrême.Orig: 1904. Russes et Japonais en extêrme orient. F. Le Beschu.Page63: Changed show-up to showing up.Orig: book, and has certainly succeeded in show-(end of line)up very clearly some of the chief points in the political problemsPage66: Changed Illlustrations to Illustrations.Orig:Edinburgh and London: Oliphant, ... Illlustrations.