hining lights in the literary world of to-day
stand unread on topmost library shelves, Lafcadio Hearn will still be
studied by the scientist, and valued by the cultured, because of the
subtle comprehension and sympathy with which he has presented, in
exquisite language, a subject of ever-increasing importance and
interest--the soul of the people destined, in the future, to hold
undisputed sway in the Far East.

_Southmead_,
_Farnham Royal_, 1911.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I EARLY YEARS 1

II BOYHOOD 23

III TRAMORE 33

IV USHAW 40

V LONDON 52

VI CINCINNATI 65

VII VAGABONDAGE 81

VIII MEMPHIS 88

IX NEW ORLEANS 93

X WIDER HORIZON 102

XI LETTERS AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS 111

XII THE LADY OF A MYRIAD SOULS 124

XIII RELIGION AND SCIENCE 137

XIV WEST INDIES 148

XV JAPAN 160

XVI MATSUE 172

XVII MARRIAGE 179

XVIII THE KATCHIU-YASHIKI 187

XIX KUMAMOTO 199

XX OUT OF THE EAST 231

XXI KOBE 238

XXII TOKYO 260

XXIII USHIGOME 274

XXIV NISHI OKUBO 286

XXV HIS DEATH 299

XXVI HIS FUNERAL 310

XXVII VISIT TO JAPAN 313

XXVIII SECOND VISIT TO NISHI OKUBO 328