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Japan, a record in colour (1901)

Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 262

An illustration from Japan, a record in colour, 1901, leaf 262
rannical powerover the people. Luckily for me, I never made thehopeless blunder of attempting to tip them. AltogetherI found the policeman the most delightful person in theworld. When I was painting a shop, if a passer-bychanced to look in at a window, he would see at aglance exactly what I wanted… … Art in Practical Life street, delighted to be of help to an artist, lookingeverywhere but at my work, and directing the entiretraffic down another street. Suddenly there is a fire—there is invariably afire when one arrives in a foreign country, I notice.Immediately the policemen begin to plant…

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