(4) Contents:--

Kwaidan

The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1903) Oshidori The Story of O-Tei Ubazakura Diplomacy Of a Mirror and a Bell Jikininki Mujina Rokuro-Kubi A Dead Secret Yuki-Onna The Story of Aoyagi Jiu-Roku-Zakura The Dream of Akinosuke (_Atlantic Monthly_, March, 1904) Riki-Baka Hi-Mawari Horai

Insect-Studies

b.u.t.terflies Mosquitoes Ants

(5) Notes on the Ill.u.s.trations

The two drawings are by the j.a.panese artist, Keichu Takenouche. The frontispiece ill.u.s.trates the scene in the story "Yuki-Onna" described on page 113, and the drawing facing page 180 ill.u.s.trates the b.u.t.terfly Dance, described on page 203.

The Same. London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Company, 1904, 12mo.

Articles and Reviews:--

_Athenaeum, The_, September 17, 1904, p. 373.

_Atlantic Monthly_, June, 1904, vol. 93, p. 857.

_Bookman, The_, November, 1904, vol. 20, p. 159.

No. 18.

1904. (j.a.panese Characters.) j.a.pAN: An Attempt at Interpretation. By Lafcadio Hearn. Honorary Member of the j.a.pan Society, London; formerly Lecturer in the Imperial University of Tokyo (1896-1903), and Fourteen Years a Resident of j.a.pan.

"Perhaps all very marked national characters can be traced back to a time of rigid and pervading discipline."

--Walter Bagehot.

New York: The Macmillan Company (London: Macmillan and Company, Ltd.), 1904. (Published, September, 1904.)

8vo., 2 p. l., pp. 541, coloured frontispiece, brown cloth, black and gold lettering, gilt top.

(1) Contents:--

I. Difficulties II. Strangeness and Charm III. The Ancient Cult IV. The Religion of the Home V. The j.a.panese Family VI. The Communal Cult VII. Developments of Shinto VIII. Worship and Purification IX. The Rule of the Dead X. The Introduction of Buddhism XI. The Higher Buddhism XII.The Social Organization XIII. The Rise of the Military Power XIV. The Religion of Loyalty XV. The Jesuit Peril XVI. Feudal Integration XVII. The Shinto Revival XVIII. Survivals XIX. Modern Restraints XX. Official Education XXI. Industrial Danger XXII. Reflections Bibliographical Notes Index

The Same. London: Macmillan and Company, Ltd., 1904, 8vo.

Articles and Reviews:--

Buckley, Edmund, _The American Journal of Sociology_, January 1905, vol. 10, p. 545.

Griffis, William Elliot, _The Critic_, February, 1905, vol. 46, p. 185.

Griffis, William Elliot, _The Dial_, December 1, 1904, vol. 36, p. 368.

_Independent, The_, October 27, 1904, vol. 57, p. 976.

_Nation, The_, December 8, 1904, vol. 79, p. 465.

_Public Opinion_, October 27, 1904, vol. 37, p. 537.

_Review of Reviews_, November, 1904, vol. 30, p. 561.

Sh.o.r.e, W. Teignmouth, _The Academy_, December 10, 1904, vol. 67, p. 584.

_Spectator, The_, January 14, 1905, vol. 94, p. 54.

Thurston, S. J., Herbert, _The Messenger_, January, 1906, vol. 45, p. 1.

No. 19.

1905. THE ROMANCE OF THE MILKY WAY, and other Studies and Stories. By Lafcadio Hearn. Houghton, Mifflin and Company: Boston and New York, 1905. (Published October, 1905.)

12mo., pp. (XIV) 209, decorated t.i.tle-page, grey cloth with yellow tr.i.m.m.i.n.gs, yellow top.

(V) Contents:--

The Romance of the Milky Way (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1905) Goblin Poetry "Ultimate Questions" (_Atlantic Monthly_, September, 1905) The Mirror Maiden The Story of Ito Norisuke (_Atlantic Monthly_, January, 1905) Stranger than Fiction (_Atlantic Monthly_, April, 1905) A Letter from j.a.pan (_Atlantic Monthly_, November, 1904)

(VII-XIV) Introduction by F. G.

The Same. London: Constable and Company, 1905, Cr. 8vo.

Articles and Reviews:--

_Academy, The_, December 2, 1905, vol. 69, p. 1257. _Athenaeum, The_, March 31, 1906, p. 389.

_Dial, The_, November 1, 1905, vol. 39, p. 276.

Griffis, W. E., _The Critic_, March, 1906, vol. 48, p. 222.

_Independent_, The, December 21, 1905, vol. 59, p. 1478.

_Nation, The_, December 21, 1905, vol. 81, p. 510.

_Outlook, The_, November 9, 1906, vol. 84, p. 503.

TRANSLATIONS

No. 20.

1882. ONE OF CLEOPATRA'S NIGHTS, and other Fantastic Romances. By Theophile Gautier. Faithfully translated by Lafcadio Hearn.