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SHINTO

(The Way Of The Gods)

by

W. G. ASTON, C.M.G, D.Lit.

Author of
'A Grammar of the Japanese Spoken Language,' 'A Grammar of the
Japanese Written Language,' 'The Nihongi' (Translation),
'A History of Japanese Literature,' &c.







Longmans, Green, and Co.
39 Paternoster Row, London
New York and Bombay
1905
All rights reserved




TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    CHAP.                                          PAGE.
       I. MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF SHINTO           1
      II. GENERAL FEATURES