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by Lafcadio Hearn (Translator), Basil Hall Chamberlain (Translator), Grace James (Translator)
- Chin-Chin Kobakama - The Goblin-Spider - The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings - The Boy Who Drew Cats - The Silly Jelly-Fish - The Hare of Inaba - Shippeitarō - The Matsuyama Mirror - My Lord Bag-o'-Rice - The Serpent with Eight Heads - The Old Man and the Devils - The Tongue-Cut Sparrow - The Wooden Bowl - The Tea-Kettle - Urashima - Green Willow - The Flute - Reflections - The Spring Lover and the Autumn Lover - Momotaro The versions of the first four tales in this volume are by Lafcadio Hearn. The others are by Basil Hall Chamberlain, Grace James, Mrs. T. H. James, James Hepburn, and David Thomson. Originally published in 1918 by Boni & Liveright, Inc. Cover: Kitagawa Tsukimaro, Urashima Tarô and the Princess Otohime (c.1815)