(6th Impression)
Professor O’Conroy’s book is a startling revelation of the soul of modern Japan. He portrays a country corrupt from one end to the other. In this volume are authenticated stories of the debauching of Buddhist priests, unutterable cruelty, sex orgies, of trafficking in human flesh, of baby brokers. The book is not mere sensationalism ; it is a cold, logical thesis compiled by the author during his fifteen years in Nippon : George Bernard Shaw referred to it as “a work of great importance”.