Who's Who in the Far East/CHAMBERLAIN, Basil Hall
CHAMBERLAIN, Basil Hall (TOKYO), Emeritus Professor of Imperial University; b. Oct. 18, 1850, at South-sea: Educ.: French Lycee, and English private tutor. Has been connected with Japan Educational Department for over twenty years. Publications: "The Classical Poetry of the Japanese," 1883; "Translation of the Kojiki," 1833; A Romanised Japanese Reader, 1886; The Language, Mythology, and Geographical Nomenclature of Japan, viewed in the light of Aino Studies, 1887; Luchuan Grammar, 1895; " Handbook of Colloquial Japanese," 3rd edition, 1898; Practical Introduction to the Study of Japanese Writing, 1899;"Things Japanese," 5th edition, 1905; Murray's Japan, 3rd and subsequent editions (in collaboration with AV. B. Mason), 1891-1933; many papers in Transactions of Asiatic Society of Japan, and other learned societies; and several works in Japanese. Address: Imperial University, Tokyo, Japan.