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No. 9.
1896. KOKORO: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life. By Lafcadio Hearn. (Top of page "Kokoro" in Japanese.) (Sketch of Japanese Head.) Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company (The Riverside Press, Cambridge), 1896.
16 mo., 3 p. l., pp. 388, green cloth, gold lettering, gilt top.
(1) Dedication:—
To my Friend
AMÉNOMORI NOBUSHIGÉ
poet, scholar, and patriot
(2) Note:—
(Japanese character)
The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan,—for which reason they have been grouped under the title, "Kokoro" (heart). Written with the above character, this word signifies also mind, in the emotional sense; spirit; courage; resolve; sentiment; affection; and inner meaning,—just as we say in English, "the heart of things."
Kobé, September 15, 1895.