Author: Lafcadio Hearn
Title: The Romance of the Milky Way
Description: London, Archibald Constable and Co, 1906 . Cloth. The second edition of Lafcadio Hearn's early twentieth century collection of essays and short stories. The second edition of this work, published the year prior.This volume collects seven essays and stories, including "The Mirror Maiden," a supernatural tale. The major work here is Hearn's "Goblin Poetry, a work described in Bleiler as affording 'some glimpses of a supernatural world which still remains for the most part unexplored. Without knowledge of Far Eastern superstitions and folktales, no real understanding of Japanese fiction or drama or poetry will ever become possible&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with small closed tear in cloth to back strip head. A touch of fading to board tails. Internally, binding strained. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Lafcadio Hearn Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan None


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