~[GROUP] History of Japan In Words of One Syllable, by Helen Ainslie Smith - philc

[mungojerry311]

History of Japan In Words of One Syllable, by Helen Ainslie Smith

A simplified history of the country of Japan, from ancient Prehistoric times to the late 19th century, written chiefly in words of one syllable. Books such as this one were popular around the turn of the 20th century as a way to help children learn to read. A book like this could also be useful for remedial readers and ESL learners as well. (Summary by mungojerry311)

Source text (please read only from this text!): https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t4km0589c&view=2up&seq=7 (direct links provided in the Magic Window)

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As these chapters are designed principally for beginning or remedial readers, it is suggested that a slower pace should be taken in the reading. Nothing painfully slow, but a measured pace appropriate to the purpose. If you should find this too difficult, please don't worry. No one will judge you if you decide to withdraw your claim for a section.

Here's a short sample of what I think is the ideal pacing for a one-syllable book such as this one: https://librivox.org/uploads/xx-nonproject/onesylpacingdemo.mp3

A Note On Pronunciation: This being a history of Japan, there are many Japanese names that appear in the text which are unfamiliar to most people. Helpfully, the book includes a glossary which shows the correct pronunciation of the words, the first page of which is found here. Per LV policy, the DPL won't check for pronunciation, so don't feel like you have to pronounce each of the Japanese names exactly correct. Only use the glossary if you are completely unsure about how to pronounce a word.

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[mungojerry311]

Now that Lives of the Presidents of the United States has been cataloged, I've decided to BC another one syllable book project. Rather helpfully, at the end of the book starting on page 207, there's a pronunciation guide to the Japanese names that appear in the book.

Here are the chapters, titles, and page numbers for everyone to review before the Magic Window becomes available. I'll record Chapter 1 myself.

01 - The First Ra-ces In Ja-pan (page 7)
02 - How The Mi-ka-do's Em-pire Be-came A Real Na-tion (page 13)
03 - Life And Ways In An-cient Ja-pan (page 22)
04 - Tales Of Ear-ly Wars (page 37)
05 - Ja-pan's First For-eign Con-quest (page 49)
06 - How Ja-pan Fell Un-der Mil-i-ta-ry Rule (page 59)
07 - The Rule Of The House Of Gen (page 74)
08 - The Ways Of War In Feu-dal Times (page 87)
09 - The Ways Of Peace In Feu-dal Times (page 100)
10 - The Long Sway Of The Ho-jo Clan (page 112)
11 - A Brief Reign For The Mi-ka-do (page 119)
12 - Nit-ta And Ku-sun-o-ki (page 130)
13 - The Ash-i-ka-ga Age (page 135)
14 - Hi-de-yosh-i, Or The Age Of The Tai-ko (page 150)
15 - I-ye-yas-u And The House Of To-ku-ja-wa (page 165)
16 - The Long Peace (Page 179)
17 - The Last War And The Dawn Of A New Age (page 192)

[adamgoldberg]

I want to help!

[philchenevert]

Is there a copyright date or page anywhere? I can't find it in the IA book. With that we can get this rolling.

[mungojerry311]

Is there a copyright date or page anywhere? I can't find it in the IA book. With that we can get this rolling.

Sorry Phil, I forgot about that. It has a copyright date of 1887. It appears on the bottom of this page here: https://archive.org/details/cu31924031472586/page/n9/mode/1up

[philchenevert]

Is there a copyright date or page anywhere? I can't find it in the IA book. With that we can get this rolling.

Sorry Phil, I forgot about that. It has a copyright date of 1887. It appears on the bottom of this page here: https://archive.org/details/cu31924031472586/page/n9/mode/1up

Gee, it was so small I missed it entirely. But great I will set this up today.

[philchenevert]

Mungo. you will need to specify a bit more about pronunciation and how readers should approach this. Should everyone use the pronunciation guide you indicate at the back of the book, or can they use other sources. Is there anything that should remain constant throughout the book? The proof listener will not be checking for pronunciation so we will need to accept what we get. Also I changed t he wording in the first post a bit about anyone who volunteers and feels they cannot comfortable read slowly.

EDIT: To clarify what you mean by reading more deliberately and/or slowly, just make a very short sample of you reading from a section at the pace you would like them to aim at. Upload it and we can stick that sample right in the first post. Once someone hears the pace, I am confident they will understand completely.

[mungojerry311]

In the process of setting up the Magic Window, I've discovered that page 135 and 165, the first pages of Chapter 13 and 15 respectively, are missing from the IA scan! In its place they put the first page of Chapter 15. This is certainly a problem. But for now, I'll link to the first page there is of it while we work out some kind of a solution.

As for doing the sample of pacing, I was thinking of doing the same thing! I think I'll do that sometime in the next few days.

[philchenevert]

In the process of setting up the Magic Window, I've discovered that page 135 and 165, the first pages of Chapter 13 and 15 respectively, are missing from the IA scan! In its place they put the first page of Chapter 15. This is certainly a problem. But for now, I'll link to the first page there is of it while we work out some kind of a solution.

As for doing the sample of pacing, I was thinking of doing the same thing! I think I'll do that sometime in the next few days.

this will work out. Perhaps you can find those missing pages somewhere else.

[philchenevert]

I want to help!

Hi Adam. Thanks for your offer to help. This is a group project where you can claim sect ions to record. Or you may want to try proof listening which is a bit more complicated. A DPL or dedicated prooflistener offers to listen to each section and give feedback. I would suggest reading the proof listening FAQs in the first post to get more information before jumping in for that. But claiming a section would be great.

[mungojerry311]

In the process of setting up the Magic Window, I've discovered that page 135 and 165, the first pages of Chapter 13 and 15 respectively, are missing from the IA scan! In its place they put the first page of Chapter 15. This is certainly a problem. But for now, I'll link to the first page there is of it while we work out some kind of a solution.

As for doing the sample of pacing, I was thinking of doing the same thing! I think I'll do that sometime in the next few days.

this will work out. Perhaps you can find those missing pages somewhere else.

Disregard what I said about the pages being missing. They are there fortunately, but horrendously out of order. Chapters 13, 15 and 16 begin on one page and continue elsewhere. Right now it's making my head hurt trying to figure it out. Whoever put it on the IA didn't do a very good job. For now, I've linked to where the chapter title pages are.

Other than that, the MW has now been set up. The word counts are approximate.

[knotyouraveragejo]

Here is a link to the 1887 edition at HathiTrust. If the problem isn't with the publisher, but with the upload to IA, you might take a look and see of this scan is any better. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100773596

This one from 1888 looks more promising - The 1887 versions seem to be missing chapters 13 and 14 unless they are simply out of order.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t4km0589c&view=1up&seq=7

[mungojerry311]

Looking on Hathitrust, I found the 1898 edition of this book here: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011205927

Other than having an extra chapter at the end, this one does not have the pages out of order. I say we use this version instead of the one on IA.

[philchenevert]

Looking on Hathitrust, I found the 1898 edition of this book here: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011205927

Other than having an extra chapter at the end, this one does not have the pages out of order. I say we use this version instead of the one on IA.

Looks good to me. Do we need another section?

[mungojerry311]

Looking on Hathitrust, I found the 1898 edition of this book here: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011205927

Other than having an extra chapter at the end, this one does not have the pages out of order. I say we use this version instead of the one on IA.

Looks good to me. Do we need another section?

I've now updated the MW to have the added chapter and updated all the text links to conform to the 1898 edition on Hathitrust.