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The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2

Volume 2 — ILLUSTRATIONS

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Lafcadio Hearn in Japanese Costume (photogravure) Frontispiece

The City of Matsue, seen from Castle Hill 40

1. The Prefecture Office. The Middle School, in which Mr. Hearn was a teacher, is hidden from view by the Prefecture Office Building. 2. The Normal School. Mr. Hearn also taught here. 3. Here on the beach of Lake Shinyi Mr. Hearn lived for some time.

The Shintō Temple of Kizuki described in “Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan” 104

Lafcadio Hearn was the first foreigner who was allowed to enter the inner part of this temple.

A Group of Graduates of the Middle School 162

1. Mr. Hearn. 2. Mr. Nishida. 3. The old teacher of Chinese Classics.

Lafcadio Hearn’s Favourite Dwelling-House 192

This house, an old Samurai’s residence, is situated in front of a castle. The river before the house is an outer moat of the castle.

Mr. Hearn’s Garden in Tōkyō 282

Writing-Room in Mr. Hearn’s Tōkyō House 344

His three sons on the verandah. In this house he died.

Facsimile of Mr. Hearn’s Later Handwriting 410

Kazuo and Iwao, Lafcadio Hearn’s Older Children, exercising at Jū-Jutsu 476

Afcadio Hearn’s Grave 516

LETTERS OF LAFCADIO HEARN

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