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[[Image:Wegriffis.jpg|right|frame|Photograph of W.E.Griffis]]

[[Image:Wegriffis.jpg|right|frame|Photograph of W.E.Griffis]]

The Rev. Dr. William Elliot Griffis, author of "The Mikado's  

The Rev. Dr. William Elliot Griffis, author of "The Mikado's  

Empire" and other books, was born in the city of Philadelphia in 1843. His taste for travel and adventure was inherited from six generations of Devonshire, England, seamen and navigators. Dr. Griffis's father was a coal merchant in Philadelphia during the later portion of his life. After taking a course in the public schools Dr. Griffis entered the Philadelphia High School. When twenty-two he became a student at Rutger's College, and was graduated in the class of [[1869]] with the degree of A.B. Later he was made an A.M. by his alma mater, and received the degree of D.D. from Union College, and Rutgers made him an L.H.D. in [[1899]].  

Empire" and other books, was born in the city of Philadelphia in 1843. His taste for travel and adventure was inherited from six generations of Devonshire, England, seamen and navigators. Dr. Griffis's father was a coal merchant in Philadelphia during the later portion of his life. After taking a course in the public schools Dr. Griffis entered Philadelphia High School. When twenty-two he became a student at Rutger's College, and graduated in the class of [[1869]] with the degree of A.B. Later he was made an A.M. by his alma mater, and received the degree of D.D. from Union College, and Rutgers made him an L.H.D. in [[1899]].  

In [[1869]] he visited Europe with the intention of taking a course in theology in the German universities, but his love for travel led him to decide that the best use he could make of his time was to see as much of the Old World as extensively as possible, which he did. Upon his return he took a course in the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Dutch Church at New Brunswick.  

In [[1869]] he visited Europe with the intention of taking a course in theology in the German universities, but his love for travel led him to decide that the best use he could make of his time was to see as much of the Old World as extensively as possible, which he did. Upon his return he took a course in the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Dutch Church at New Brunswick.  

Congress, and Mr. Griffis agitated the subject in his lectures for years.  

Congress, and Mr. Griffis agitated the subject in his lectures for years.  

Although his masterwork, "The Mikado's Empire," is his best known  

Although his masterwork, "The Mikado's Empire" is his best known  

book, Dr. Griffis has written four other notable books about Japan.  

book, Dr. Griffis has written four other notable books about Japan.  

These are "Fairy Tales of Old Japan", "Verbeck of Japan," "A Maker of the New Orient," being a life of S. R. Brown; and a story, "In the Mikado's Service."

These are "Fairy Tales of Old Japan", "Verbeck of Japan," "A Maker of the New Orient," being a life of S. R. Brown; and a story, "In the Mikado's Service."