Tokio Japan January 1 1911. To all my brethren.
191168491N.p.: publisher not identified 1911. Bifolium approx. 10½" x 7½" text in English on page 1 text in Chinese on p. 4; pages 2-3 are blank; previous folds a few slight wrinkles; in all very good and clean. An introductory letter by Y. S. Lin a Chinese student attending Keiogijiku University in Japan introduces ten "Rules for Daily Conduct": "To All my Brethern - I have been staying in Japan for a long time. Frequently I should like to write you something which is of the most importance for us in life . Happily I am attending Keiogijiku University now and our foreign teacher of English gave his classes as something worth remembering the following ten rules which were drawn up by Mr. Munesue Director of Communications for the guidance of the staff under him. As I considered them I was very deeply impressed. I am sure they are the cream of life the mother of success; for if we really heed them in our early life we can build the noblest character and manhood." Following Lin's introductory letter are the ten rules 1. 'Work earnestly and soberly with all your might' etc. A Chinese version of the letter and the text are on p. 4. Lin also notes: "There are two copies one in Japanese and one in English. I chose English as being most available." The essence being perhaps that there is another version of this in Japanese. We can find no record of either however and we assume these to be unrecorded. [publisher not identified] unknown
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