BOOKS by Lafcadio Hearn

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1	Chita a memory of Last Island more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn add to wishlist Hearn paints a colorful portrait of life in the marshy Gulf Coast city of New Orleans, focusing on a young white girl who is adopted by a Spanish family. see all copies from $3.23! new only from $9.16! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn add to wishlist A Japanese magic-lantern show is essentially dramatic. It is a play of which the dialogue is uttered by invisible personages, the actors and the scenery being only luminous shadows. Wherefore it is peculiarly well suited to goblinries and weirdnessess of all kinds; and plays in which ghosts figure are the favourite subject. -from "Of Ghosts and ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $11.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Kwaidan Stories and Studies of Strange Things more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn (Translator) add to wishlist Most of the Kwaidan, or Weird Tales, in this collection have been taken from old Japanese books, such as the Yaso-Kidan, Bukkyo-Hyakkwa-Zensho, Kokon-Chomonshu, Tama-Sudare, and Hyaku-Monogatari. Some may have had a Chinese origin: the remarkable 'Dream of Akinosuke,' for one, is certainly from a Chinese source. But the Japanese story-teller, in ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $6.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Kwaidan: Ghost Stories and Strange Tales of Old Japan more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn, Yasumasa Fujita (Illustrator), Oscar Lewis (Introduction by) add to wishlist During the latter half of the 19th century, American journalist Lafcadio Hearn became our nation's great interpreter of all things Japanese. His superb translation of 20 supernatural tales teems with undead samurais, man-eating goblins, and other terrifying demons. These classic ghost stories inspired the Oscar(R)-nominated 1964 film of the same ... see all copies from $4.35! new only from $4.35! \| SVS
5	Selected Writings of Lafcadio Hearn more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn, Henry Goodman (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.75! \| first editions
6	The Temptation of St. Anthony by Gustave Flaubert, Professor Lafcadio Hearn (Translator) add to wishlist Fascinated for years with the life of the Egyptian anchorite known as St. Anthony (b. 250 A.D.), Flaubert spent 25 years writing his own version. His disturbing fragmented chronicle, mostly in dialogue, stresses the difficulties of the spiritual life, presenting a deeply flawed saint--bitter, greedy, and sadistic--plagued by demons both internal ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.51! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The life and letters of Lafcadio Hearn more books like this by Elizabeth Bisland, Lafcadio Hearn, Bruce Rogers, Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress) add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! new only from $29.99! \| first editions
8	Oriental Ghost Stories (Wordsworth Mystery & Supernatural) (Wordsworth Mystery & Supernatural) by Lafcadio Hearn add to wishlist ' - and the man saw that she had no eyes or nose or mouth - and he screamed.' Lafcadio Hearn's fascinating and unsettling ghost stories are a reinterpretation of oriental legends, and folktales. They are a potent blend of weird beauty and horror. Hearn, who referred to his narratives as 'stories and studies of strange things', believed that the ... see all copies from $2.48! new only from $3.22!
9	Kwaidan more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn add to wishlist Seventeen supernatural tales of old Japan. Romance, samurai, ghosts, foxwomen, also three insect studies, Hearn's best. Three illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Life and Literature more books like this by Professor Lafcadio Hearn add to wishlist BY LAFCADIO HEARN SELECTED AND EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN ERSKINE, PH. D. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LONDbN WILLIAM HEINEMANN COPYRIGHT, 191T BY MITCHELL McDONALD PRINTED IN U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION vii I ON READING IN RELATION TO LITERATURE i II ON THE RELATION OF LIFE AND CHARACTER TO LIT ERATURE 21 ... see all copies from $5.45! new only from $20.05! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Boy Who Drew Cats and Other Japanese Fairy Tales more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn, Y S Green (Illustrator) add to wishlist Eleven engaging, excellently translated tales of talking tea kettles, a monstrous goblin-spider, miniature warriors and other fanciful creatures. 21 original illustrations by Yuko Green. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
12 view cover	Japan an Attempt at Interpretation more books like this by Professor Lafcadio Hearn add to wishlist Vivid descriptions of how the Japanese live, work, and think. see all copies from $2.66! new only from $16.25! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Gombo Zhebes: Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn add to wishlist Originally published in 1885, Gombo Zhebes is a collection of 352 Creole proverbs selected from 6 dialects. Included are selections from the Creole of French Guyana, the Creole of Haiti, the Creole of New Orleans, the Creole of Martinique, the Creole of Mauritius, and the Creole of Trinidad. The proverbs are translated into French and into English. see all copies from $9.34! new only from $9.34! \| first editions \| SVS
14	The Voice of the Great Bell more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn, Margaret Hodges (Adapted by), Ed Young (Illustrator) add to wishlist A Chinese bell-maker's daughter makes a noble sacrifice so that the casting of The Great Bell for the emperor will be flawless. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
15	Clarence John Laughlin: the personal eye. more books like this by Clarence John Laughlin, Lafcadio Hearn, Philadelphia Museum of Art add to wishlist see all copies from $5.55! first editions
16 view cover	Inventing New Orleans: Writings of Lafcadio Hearn more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn, S Frederick Starr (Editor) add to wishlist Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) prowled the streets of New Orleans from 1877 to 1888 before moving on to a new life and global fame as a chronicler of Japan. Hearn's influence on our perceptions of New Orleans, however, has unjustly remained unknown. In ten years of serving as a correspondent and selling his writing in such periodicals as the "New ... see all copies from $13.33! new only from $16.19! \| SVS
17 view cover	Two Years in the French West Indies more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn add to wishlist In October 1887 the writer and translator Lafcadio Hearn sailed from New York to Martinique, where he tell under the spell of the island and its people. Intending to stay only a few months, he remained there for two years, immersed in Martinique's vibrant culture and tropical beauty. The result was one of the most detailed and poetic accounts of ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $8.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Lafcadio Hearn's Creole Cookbook more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn add to wishlist This cookbook, first published in 1885, was the first Creole cookbook ever printed. It is a rare collection of recipes from leading New Orleans chefs of the day, as well as from Creole housewives who shared their recipes and housekeeping tips with the writer and cartoonist throughout his stay in the city. This volume is a long-lasting treasure ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $16.63!
19 view cover	The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Professor Lafcadio Hearn add to wishlist Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: JAPANESE FEMALE NAMES By the Japanese a certain kind of girl is called a Rose-Girl ? Bara-Musume. Perhaps my ieader will think of Tennyson's " queen-rose of the ... see all copies from $10.16! new only from $10.16! \| first editions
20 view cover	Shadowings more books like this by Professor Lafcadio Hearn add to wishlist A menagerie of observation, philosophy, musing, and storytelling, Shadowings is quirky and charming, not unlike its author, transplanted Westerner Lafcadio Hearn. In this work, Hearn takes us from an ancient Japanese legend of love and spirits to an intimate contemplation on fear to a philosophical study of feminine Japanese names. Applying both ... see all copies from $4.76! new only from $10.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Exotics & Retrospectives more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn add to wishlist In Exotics and Retrospectives, Lafcadio Hearn plays the role not only of tour guide, but also dreamscaper. Whether through his narrative recounting of Japanese customs and traditional tales, or while sharing his personal observations and flights of fancy, Hearn's graceful and poetic prose enables the reader to enter a foreign world. Covering ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.27! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Japan's Religions: Shinto and Buddhism more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn add to wishlist Contents: Question in the Zen Texts; Introduction to Buddhism; Higher Buddhism; Nirvana; Dust; Within the Circle; By Force of Karma; Idea of Preexistence; Pilgrimage to Enoshima; Ancient Cult; Religion of the Home; Development of Shinto; Worship and Purification; Some Thoughts About Ancestor Worship; Kitsuki, The Most Ancient Shrine of Japan. see all copies from $9.50! new only from $23.03! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Kotto: Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs more books like this by Professor Lafcadio Hearn add to wishlist Journalist-by-trade Lafcadio Hearn used his wanderer's eye and guileless, graceful style to provide elegant chronicles for an English-speaking world fascinated by the exotic sensibilities of Japan. He set himself apart from others who attempted to translate the life and culture of this island country through his ability to reveal the truth of his ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $23.58! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Lafcadio Hearn: Japan's Great Interpreter: A New Anthology of His Writings 1894-1904 more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn, Allen Louis, Louis Allen add to wishlist This collection of Lafcadio Hearn's writings, including ghost stories and letters, is published to mark the centenary of Hearn's arrival in Japan. Hearn was the son of an Anglo-Irish surgeon major in the British army and a Greek mother and became famous as one of Japan's "great interpreters", at a time when Japan was undergoing dramatic social ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $39.28! \| first editions
25 view cover	Interpretations of literature more books like this by Lafcadio Hearn add to wishlist A reprint of the 1915 edition containing essays on Shakespeare, Poe, Longfellow, Shelley, Keats, English poetry, Baudelaire, the supernatural in fiction, poems about insects and other literary topics. These were lectures to his students while he held the chair of English literature in the University of Tokyo from 1896 to 1902. Selected and edited, ... see all copies from $6.44! new only from $27.10! \| first editions \| SVS

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