The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 is a biography by Elizabeth Bisland, built largely from Hearn's own correspondence. It follows the life and travels of the writer known for his books on Japan, such as Kwaidan and Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan. It offers a warm, intimate portrait of his character and literary development.
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By Lafcadio Hearn THE ROMANCE OF THE MILKY WAY, AND OTHER STUDIES AND STORIES. 12mo, gilt top, $1.25 net. Postage extra. KWAIDAN: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. With two Japanese Illustrations. 12mo, gilt top, $1.50. GLEANINGS IN BUDDHA-FIELDS. 16mo, gilt top, $1.25. KOKORO. Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life. 16mo, gilt top, $1.25. OUT OF THE EAST. Reveries and Studies in New Japan. 16mo, $1.25. GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN. 2 vols. crown 8vo, gilt top, $4.00. STRAY LEAVES FROM STRANGE LITERATURE. 16mo, $1.50. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. BLjǪǵLjƿ ĵƿŠ Nŧ΅ YLjǡƫ. LIFE AND LETTERS OF LAFCADIO HEARN VOLUME I Lafcadio Hearn THE LIFE AND LETTERS
OF
LAFCADIO HEARN
BY
ELIZABETH BISLAND
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
COPYRIGHT 1906 BY ELIZABETH BISLAND WETMORE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published December 1906
PREFACE
In the course of the preparation of these volumes there was gradually accumulated so great a number of the letters written by Lafcadio
Hearn during twenty-five years of his life, and these letters proved of so interesting a nature, that eventually the plan of the whole work was altered. The original intention was that they should serve only to illuminate the general text of the biography, but as their number and value became more apparent it was evident that to reproduce them in
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