Transcriber’s Note

Some corrections were made where printer’s errors were most likely, as described in the [Note] at the end of the text. Other than those corrections, no changes to spelling have been made. Hyphenation of words at line or page breaks are removed if other instances of the word warrant it.

The ‘dateline’ of each letter, which is right justified in the original, is here presented as a subtitle to each header.

This book was published in two volumes, of which this is the first. The second volume was released as Project Gutenberg ebook #42313, available [here]. The [Index] to that Volume will provide links to pages in this one.

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LIFE AND LETTERS OF LAFCADIO HEARN
VOLUME I

THE LIFE AND LETTERS
OF
LAFCADIO HEARN

ELIZABETH BISLAND

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VOL. I

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LIFE AND LETTERS OF LAFCADIO HEARNVOLUME I

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