Hiroshima Diary, the Journal of a Japanese Physician (August 6-September 30,1945) . Trans, and ed., Warner Wells. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1955. xi, 238. $3.50.

Abstract

The Literature of Japanese Education, 1945-1954. Comp. WALTER CROSBY EELLS. Hamden, Conn.: The Shoe String Press, 1955. viii, 210. Index. $5.00. This work is a bibliography of 1,428 items written in English during the past decade which have some bearing on education in Japan. Included in the list are books, chapters, theses, dissertations, articles, and book reviews. Most of the items deal with postwar educational reforms, and a considerable number of them were written by individuals who were connected with the Civil Information and Education Section of SCAP, as was the compiler who was Advisor on Higher Education. The literature dealt with is not as impressive as the number of entries might suggest, for the reference to Japanese education in some of them is incidental. Furthermore, three-quarters of the items are articles, many only a page or two in length, and reviews, also very brief. The literature in western languages other than English is ignored, and none of the extensive literature in Japanese is listed, for the compiler says: "So few Americans read Japanese that it seemed undesirable to include publications available only in that language, significant as they may be otherwise" (p. v). Under most of the entries there is some annotation, which is explanatory or descriptive, but not critical. Some information about the authors is generally provided there.