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THE ARTICLES IN MARY'S LIST. 2i7
MODERN JAPANESE CLOISONNE ON METAL.
and the trees on the side of the iiiountain, and then say if vou ever saw
anytliing nicer. I am in love with the Japanese art work, and sorry I
can't buy more of it. And I think that is the case with most people who
come to Japan, and take the trouble to look at the nice things it con-
tains."
Mary's list included some carvings in ivory and some lacquered boxes
to keep her gloves in. These were not at all difficult to find, as they were
everywhere in the shops, and it would have been much harder to avoid
them if he had wanted to do so. There were chessmen of ivory, and rep-
resentations of the divinities of tlie country ; and then there were little
statues of the kings and hig-h dignitaries from ancient times down to the
present. As it was a matter of some perplexity, Frank sought the advice
of Doctor Bronson ; the latter told him it would be just as well to re-
strain himself in the purchase of ivory carvings, as there was better work
of the kind in China, and a few samples of the products of Japan would