Hearn, Lafcadio. Letters from the raven. [*]$5. Mintie press.
In this volume of letters and poems, Hearn tells of his life in the South, gives his views on the negro question, and his impressions of Memphis, New Orleans, and New York. The verses are both light and serious, and there are translations from negro and Creole love songs.
Hearn, Lafcadio. [Romance of the Milky Way, and other studies and stories.] [**]$1.25. Houghton.
“This small posthumous volume ... presents half a dozen ... graceful trifles, all but two Japanese in theme, preceded by a short biographical and appreciative notice ... by Mr. Ferris Greenslet. ‘With the exception of a body of familiar letters now in process of collection,’ says this editor, ‘the present volume contains all of Hearn’s writing that he left uncollected in the magazines or in manuscripts of a sufficient ripeness for publication.’”—Dial.
[*] “The last work of Lafcadio Hearn lacks nothing of that delicacy of expression, of that beauty and depth of thought which caused his earlier books to be sought after and cherished by the ‘many who are yet the few.’”
| + | Acad. 68: 1257. D. 2, ‘05. 850w. |
“The exquisite art of Hearn’s pen stamps the little book as a notable one.”
| + | Dial. 39: 276. N. 1, ‘05. 580w. | |
| * | + | Ind. 59: 1478. D. 21, ‘05. 160w. |
| * | + | Nation. 81: 510. D. 21, ‘05. 400w. |
Heath, Dudley. Miniatures. [*]$6.75 Putnam.
“The chief object of the book is to present a historical account of the art which shall be suggestive and stimulating to further study and appreciation rather than to attempt an exhaustive catalog or an authoritative guide for the specialist.”—Ind.