INTERPRETATIONS

OF LITERATURE

BY

LAFCADIO HEARN

SELECTED AND EDITED WITH
AN INTRODUCTION BY

JOHN ERSKINE, PH.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

VOLUME II

OHIO STATE

ALISEMAIND

NEW YORK

DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

1915

COPYRIGHT, 1915
BY MITCHELL MCDONALD

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