Books with author Lafcadio Hearn

Excerpt from Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange ThingsIt may be doubted whether any orien tal race has ever had an interpreter gifted with more perfect insight and sympathy than Laf cadio Hearn has brought to the translation of Japan into terms of our occidental speech. His long residence in that country, his flexibility of mind, poetic imagination, and wonderfully pel lucid style have fitted him for the most delicate of literary tasks. He has seen marvels, and he has told of them in a marvelous way. There is scarcely an aspect of contemporary Japanese life, scarcely an element in the social, political, and military questions involved in the present conflict with Russia which is not made clear in one or another of the books with which he has charmed American readers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

238pp. Ltd. to 1500 copies of which this is No. 1381. Hardboard case w/ glassine cover. Case: Very Good w/ some tanning on spine area, each corner w/ about 1/2inch surface tear, a 3inch tear on edge, a few tiny paint spots. Cover: Very Good w/ some edge/corner wears. The Book: Very Good++ w/ minute corner wears. Intro by Oscar Lewis. Famous stories by Hearn, a.k.a. Koizumi Yagumo.

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn = Yakumo Koizumi (小泉八雲)( 27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904)Lafcadio Hearn was an international writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as「Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things」.In the book, there were 17 most famous Japanese short stories, and 3 interesting studies.Here there are, episode 01 -20.「Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things」 of the original had only a subject of the Japanese, but Hearn wrote the Chinese ghost stories, too.So, I added 6 episodes to this book , for a premium. (episode 21-26)Please enjoy the comparison of Japanese ghosts and Chinese ghosts.I moved the notes attached to the end of this book, to the end of each episode.There is the hyper table of contents to be readable from anywhere.I edited the book so that you can read without effort.Please read it.パトリック ラフカディオ ハーン ＝ 小泉 八雲（１８５０年６月２７日―１９０４年９月２６日）小泉八雲は国際的な作家です。日本について、特に日本の伝説と幽霊の物語をまとめた、「怪談 怪しげなる物話」で知られています。そこには１７本の最も有名な短編と、３本の興味深いエッセイが含まれています。その２０作はこの本の０１－２０に収録しました。原作の「怪談 怪しげなる物話」にあるのは日本の物語だけですが、ハーンは中国の幽霊についても書いています。そこで、２１－２６に中国の怪談もおまけで付けました。日本の幽霊と中国の幽霊の比較もお楽しみください。巻末に付いていた注釈は、各物語の最後に付けなおしました。どこからでも読めるようにハイパー目次にしてあります。皆さまが読みにくさを感じないように、編集しています。どうぞ、読んでください。TABLE OF CONTENTS●JAPANESE STORIES０１．THE STORY OF MIMI-NASHI-HOICHI０２．OSHIDORI０３．THE STORY OF O-TEI０４．UBAZAKURA０５．DIPLOMACY０６．OF A MIRROR AND A BELL０７．JIKININKI０８．MUJINA０９．ROKURO-KUBI１０．A DEAD SECRET１１．YUKI-ONNA１２．THE STORY OF AOYAGI１３．JIU-ROKU-ZAKURA１４．THE DREAM OF AKINOSUKE１５．RIKI-BAKA１６．HI-MAWARI１７．HORAI●THE STADIES（The study of the insect by the horror writer ）１８．BUTTERFLIES１９．MOSQUITOES２０．ANTS ＋●CHINESE STORIES２１．THE SOUL OF THE GREAT BELL２２．THE STORY OF MING-Y２３．THE LEGEND OF TCHI-NIU２４．THE RETURN OF YEN-TCHIN-KING２５．THE TRADITION OF THE TEA-PLANT２６．THE TALE OF THE PORCELAIN-GOD

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