Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life by Lafcadio Hearn - 1896-01-01

Houghton, Mifflin and Company, the Riverside Press, 1896-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. Fine binding. Bound in contemporary 3/4 blond morocco. Gilt ruled, red morocco spine labels. Top edges gilt. Marbled end sheets. Clean, unmarked pages. 388 p.Contents:At a railway station. --The genius of Japanese civilization. --A street singer. --From a traveling diary. --The nun of the temple of Amida. --After the war. --Haru. --A glimpse of tendencies. --By force of Karma. --A conservative. --In the twilight of the gods. --The idea of preexistence. --In cholera-time. --Some thoughts about ancestor-worship. --Kimiko. --Appendix: Three popular ballads: The ballad of Shūnroku-Maru. The ballad of Oguri-Hangwan. --The ballad of O-Shichi, the daughter of the Yaoya.