Japan

Scanty Resources - Japanese Children - Children's Games - A Sagacious Example - A Kite Competition - Personal Privations.

IKARIGASEKI.

"More than Peace" - Geographical Difficulties - Usu-taki - Swimming the Osharu - A Dream of Beauty - A Sunset Effect - A Nocturnal Alarm - The Coast Ainos.

LEBUNGE, VOLCANO BAY, YEZO, September 6.

"John Chinaman" - Engaging a Servant - First Impressions of Ito - A Solemn Contract - The Food Question.

H.B.M.'s LEGATION, YEDO, June 7.

I went to Yokohama for a week to visit Dr. and Mrs. Hepburn on the Bluff. Bishop and Mrs. Burdon of Hong Kong were also guests, and it was very pleasant.

Abominable Weather - Insect Pests - Absence of Foreign Trade - A Refractory River - Progress - The Japanese City - Water Highways - Niigata Gardens - Ruth Fyson - The Winter Climate - A Population in Wadding.

NIIGATA, July 9.

Hope deferred - Effects of the Flood - Activity of the Police - A Ramble in Disguise - The Tanabata Festival - Mr. Satow's Reputation.

KUROISHI, August 5.

by Lafcadio Hearn

"Perhaps all very marked national characters can be traced back
to a time of rigid and pervading discipline" - WALTER BAGEHOT.

by Lafcadio Hearn