The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2

by Elizabeth Bisland

• Isle Dernière, L’. See [Last Island].

• Italian, Hearn’s study of, ii: [217], [218].

• Italy, Spencer’s theory of the education of the emotions in, i: [456];
  • atmospheric influence of, ii: [501].

• Iwami, fox-superstition in, ii: [29].

• Izumo, Japan, ii: [6], [10], [11], [13];
  • Hearn’s speech before the educational association of, [14];
  • fox-superstition in, [29];
  • Hearn plans a permanent home in, [270];
  • an alternate name for Koizumi, [293].

• James, Henry, ii: [301], [396]; literary criticisms of, i: [432], [434];
  • obstacles to his popularity, ii: [377].

• Janet, Paul, ii: [235].

• January customs, Japanese, ii: [80].

• Japan, Hearn’s commission to, i: [102];
  • his early impressions of, [103], [104], [107–109], [115]; ii: [35];
  • his work for, i: [106]; ii: [281];
  • rigidities under the charm of, i: [107], [108];
  • secret of the charm of, [108];
  • absence of personal freedom in, [108], [109];
  • position of foreign teachers in, [128]; ii: [68], [275], [283], [313], [316], [317];
  • certain duties of subjects of, i: [136];
  • Western influences in, [149], [150]; ii: [115], [154], [161], [177–179], [180], [199], [219], [291], [296], [485];
  • art of, i: [405], [406], [407], [408]; ii: [3];
  • nature in, [3];
  • prices in, [4], [5], [43], [66], [67], [68], [69], [70];
  • some bathing resorts of, [6];
  • music of, [15];
  • dances of, [21], [22], [31], [268], [297], [468];
  • country people of, [31];
  • prevalence of Shintō in interior of, [31], [32];
  • food of, [32], [91], [92], [103], [104], [292];
  • law of life in, [35];
  • women of, [35], [36], [61], [87], [88], [90], [91];
  • difficulties of literary work in, [35], [60], [63], [89];
  • literature of, [40], [41], [114], [343], [344], [415];
  • laws regarding marriage with a foreigner in, [44], [64];
  • frankness of life in, [45];
  • protracted labour uncommon in, [48], [49];
  • cats in, [55], [56], [58], [59];
  • English reading-books for students in, [79], [102], [105], [106], [283], [328];
  • celebration of the New Year in, [80], [81], [82];
  • drinking in, [82], [92], [93];
  • earthquakes in, [83], [84];
  • colourlessness of, [89];
  • houses of, [93];
  • children of, [99], [190], [191], [288], [306], [307];
  • obstacles to higher education in, [103], [104], [291], [292], [307], [308];
  • disintegration of, [144], [145], [323], [478];
  • pay of native officials of, [158], [259], [265], [308];
  • need of scientific men in, [163], [164], [275];
  • politics in the public schools of, [166];
  • war between China and, [175], [181], [182], [185], [186], [251], [258], [262], [281], [511];
  • foreign treaties of, [185], [186], [262];
  • naturalization of foreigners in, [191], [192];
  • open ports of, [199], [298], [315], [341], [342];
  • anti-foreign feeling in, [201], [223], [252], [258], [262], [281];
  • decline of education in, [216];
  • girls’ and boys’ dress in, [253–255], [259], [260];
  • songs of, [267], [268];
  • floods in, [307];
  • intrigue in, [321–323];
  • Occidental indifference to stories of real life of, [362], [363];
  • demands upon University professors in, [370];
  • the educated woman in, [416–422];
  • Occidental aggression in, [442];
  • mania for organizations in, [461];
  • Government service in, [470];
  • rapidly changing conditions in, [471], [502];
  • Hearn’s proposed series of lectures on, [487], [495], [496], [499], [504], [505], [506], [514], [515];
  • travelling of the common people in, [502];
  • war between Russia and, [515], [516], [517].

• Japan, Emperor of, ii: [317]. See also [Go-Daigo].