Loyal Ronins, an Historical Romance, Translated From the Japanese

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The literature of a people and their works of art are signs by which the student is enabled to learn the degree of civilization and refinement attained by a nation, and it can not be denied that the Japanese, who have achieved so much in art, possess a literature of no mean order.