LAFCADIO HEARN
Reading edition
Lecturer on Literature in the Imperial University of Tōkyō, Japan
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
GENJIRO YETO
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO. LTD.
1903

TO
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD
IN
GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF
KIND WORDS
Contents Old Stories: The Legend of Yurei-Daki In a Cup of Tea Common Sense Ikiryō Shiryō The Story of O-Kamé Story of a Fly Story of a Pheasant The Story of Chūgorō A Woman's Diary Heiké-gani Fireflies A Drop of Dew Gaki A Matter of Custom Revery Pathological In the Dead of the Night Kusa-Hibari The Eater of Dreams