Life with Trans-Siberian Savages

"Life with Trans-Siberian Savages," by Douglas Howard. Is the story of a sojourn in Saghalien "the final destination of the unshot, the unhanged, the convicts and the exiles, who by frequent escapes or repeated murders have graduated perhaps from other prison stations throughout the vast territories of Russia and Siberia." Here the author became interested in the Ainu, the hairy aborigines. He lived for some weeks in an Ainu village, and describes their customs and mode of life, and his account of the Ainu under Russian government may be contrasted with that of the Rev. J. Batchelor, a missionary in Yezo, in The Ainu of Japan. In one respect at all events the subjects of Russia have the best of it, for no alcohol is allowed, but the Ainu of Japan are terrible drunkards. –The Parents' Review, Vol. 4 Mr. Howard in his extensive travels stumbled upon a strange and hospitable savage tribe living pretty much in seclusion in the island Sakhalin, off the coast of Siberia and just north of Japan His accounts of the entertainment and social life he found among these hairy people are lively and readable. We believe he is the first European within modern times to describe the Ainus in their home haunts, though the offshoots of the tribe in Japan have been reported upon by earlier writers. –The Review of Reviews, Vol. 8