Griffis, William Elliot

Pa., 1843- ——. A Dutch Reformed clergyman, pastor at Schenectady 1877-86, in charge of the Shawmut Congregational Church in Boston 1886-92, and subsequently settled at Ithaca, New York. An authority upon Japanese topics. The Mikado’s Empire; Japanese Fairy World; Corea: the Hermit Nation; The Tokio Guide; The Yokohama Guide; Japan in History, Folk-Lore, and Art; The Religions of Japan; Brave Little Holland and What She Taught Us; The Lily Among Thorns, a biblical study; Life of Matthew Calbraith Perry; Sir William Johnson and the Six Nations; Town send Harris, first American Envoy in Japan; Honda the Samurai: a Story of Modern Japan. Do. Har. Hou. Scr.