[5]

Hearn rarely dated his letters, but in most cases internal evidence makes possible the assignment of a fairly definite date.

[6]

See page [205].

Transcriber’s Note

The following list contains questionable spellings (and the page upon which they appeared) which have been retained:

befel (116); Buddist (142); begining (146); bazar (149, 342)

There are also some constructions that seem questionable:

p. 138unimportant detail and [banal ana]banaliana?
p. 152he was so enthusiastic[ally] thatsic
p. 183spectre is the ?—“Where shall I go?‘?’ stands for ‘question’.
p. 329Very truly your friend[./,]Corrected.
p. 387the simple hook-mark “?”[.] I can imagineA full stop is needed.
p. 410wildest dreams[,/.] The artisticCorrected.