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“But Nature whistled with all her winds, Did as she pleased, and went her way.” Emerson To my friend Dr. Rodolfo Matas of New Orleans The Legend of L’Ile Derniere I. Travelling south from New Orleans to the Islands, you…

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Produced by John Orford Glimpses of Unfamilar Japan Second Series by Lafcadio Hearn CONTENTS 1 IN A JAPANESE GARDEN 2 THE HOUSEHOLD SHRINE 3 OF WOMEN’S HAIR 4 FROM THE DIARY OF AN ENGLISH TEACHER 5 TWO STRANGE FESTIVALS 6 BY THE JAPANESE SEA 7 OF A DANCING-GIRL 8 FROM HOKI TO OKI 9 OF

Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan by Lafcadio Hearn

Produced by John Orford GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN First Series by LAFCADIO HEARN (dedication) TO THE FRIENDS WHOSE KINDNESS ALONE RENDERED POSSIBLE MY SOJOURN IN THE ORIENT, PAYMASTER MITCHELL McDONALD, U.S.N. AND BASIL HALL CHAMBERLAIN, ESQ. Emeritus Professor of Philology and Japanese in the Imperial University of Tokyo I DEDICATE THESE VOLUMES IN TOKEN OF