The Far East. Vol. 1 no. 1

[Tokyo]: Kokumin no tomo, 1896. 8vo, pp. [4], 38, [8]; 1 plate, gray printed paper wrappers; spine perished, light edgewear and toning, signature of M(?) Campbell Davidson on upper cover, good and sound. The first issue of a short lived periodical that appears not to have made it past the third volume. It was published as an English language companion to the Kokumin no tomo, or Countryman's friend, which lasted a decade. Articles cover issues of international politics, Christianity in Japan, and news and notes.