The author held some practical inquiries into Western studies carried out in Hagi (Choshu) clan in the revolutionary age of Meiji Restoration.. The, outlines of its growth of English studies have been made out by the author for thirty five years as follows :
1. Preface-Perspectives of the navy and English studies.
2. A list of the textbooks of the Naval Academy established at Mitajiri in Hagi (Choshu) clan and its history of the institutes of Western studies-the birth and growth of a modern naval education in the clan.
3. A historic process of the growth of English studies carried out in Hagi (Choshu) clan on the axis of Hagi, Yamaguchi, and Mitajiri (1).
4. A historic process of the growth of English studies carried out in Hagi (Choshu) clan on the axis of Hagi, Yamaguchi, and Mitajiri (2).
5. A bibliographical outline of Dutch and English studies carried out in Hagi (Choshu) clan, including an introduction to
McGuffey' s Eclectic First Reader.
6. A main bibliography of English studies, and
The Holy Bible used in the Naval Academy and the Hajo Gakusha.
This time the author aimes at some clarification on the bibliography of English books used in the classes of English studies in the Naval Academy. The work of this thesis will lead to the viewpoint of establishing an independent country as the wealthy nation and building up the modern army and navy for the modernization of Japan in Meiji Era.
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