Title

Kwaidan : stories and studies of strange things See all items with this value

Author

Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 See all items with this value

Date

1914 See all items with this value

Publisher

Houghton, Mifflin and Company See all items with this value

Publisher location

Boston See all items with this value

Digitized copy

1904 Houghton Mifflin edition with black cloth

1904 Houghton Mifflin edition with brocade cloth

https://archive.org/details/kwaidanstoriesst00hear

Cover designer

Bruce Rogers See all items with this value

Marguerite Rogers (niece of Bruce Rogers) See all items with this value

Attribution source

A small blurb in the Chicago Daily Tribune for April 5, 1904 notes this as being designed by Marguerite Rogers, the niece of Bruce Rogers:

"Lafcadio Hearn's new book, "Kwaidan," arranged for months before the present war seemed possible, appears at a moment when all readers are eager for first hand descriptions of Japanese personality and national character. Of all writers on Japan, Mr. Hearn may be said to get at the heart of Japan. He lives like a Japanese and has made a loving and sympathetic study of their literature, their customs, and their feelings. He might be called the apostle of the Japanese cult. The title of his new book, "Kwaidan," signifies "weird tales," the Japanese characters for which are used as a running title printed in red ink. The illustrations are from drawings by the Japanese artist, Keichu Takenouche. It has an attractive cover design by Miss Marguerite Rogers of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts." See all items with this value

Institutional identifiers

A15013287767

oclcnum

3320171