出版整理说明 丛书原版为竖排文言繁体，在后世传播过程中，会有版本差异、文字错讹等现象，为方便读者阅读，此书做如下整理说明： 1.为充分尊重原著，原著中专名（人名、地名、书名等）及其译名均未改动，凡原著底本中出现的明显错误为不影响读者阅读稍作改动之外，其他均未改动。 2.为方便当代读者阅读，标点符号按现代汉语使用规范做了处理。 贝德士推荐序（英文原版） PREFACE The history of Japan is of especial importance to China.The proximity of Japan, her racial and cultural affinities with China, the close economic relationships of the two countries, the successes and failures of Japan's recentefforts to modernize herself by the use of Western methods in eastern situations：all these facts demand the attention of every intelligent Chinese to the story of a neighbor's development.For any one who is trying to think clearly concerning the use of modern Western science and institutions in China, Japanese experience is always worth study and should be an important element in the…