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The gem of this volume is 'A Woman's Diary,' purporting to be 'the history of a woman's married life recorded by herself, found in a small _haribako_ (work-box) which had belonged to her.' It is an ordinary story, not in the least sensational, yet pitiful and even touching in its record of poverty and suffering, showing the hardships and small enjoyment--according to our notions, at least--of the colourless existence led by the bulk of the Japanese poorer classes upon a total family wage of twelve pounds a year or less.
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