Lafcadio Hearn

A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious…

Perhaps there is an idea among Japanese students that one general difference between Japanese and…

There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry – the old maid…

But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value…

It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed…

French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers…

At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King…

For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of…

Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves…

But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness…

I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student…

The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student…

Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important…

It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East…