NOTE

Of the articles in this book, "Some Stories of my Western life" and "My First London Experience" appeared in the Fortnightly Review; "A Japanese Temple of Silence" in the Quest; "Isamu's Arrival in Japan" in The Nation; "The Lantern Carnival" in the Graphic. "Chicago" is the oldest article in the book, as it was written in 1900, that is, some fourteen years ago. I thank the publishers of the magazines for permission to

reproduce them here.

CONTENTS

I. How I LEARNED ENGLISH

II. SOME STORIES OF MY WESTERN LIFE

III. JOAQUIN MILLER

IV. CHICAGO (1900)

V. MY FIRST LONDON EXPERIENCE (1903)

VI. AGAIN IN LONDON (1913-14)

VII. KICHO NO KI

VIII. ISAMU'S ARRIVAL IN JAPAN

IX. THE STORY OF MY OWN UNCLE

X. THE LANTERN CARNIVAL

XI. A JAPANESE TEMPLE OF SILENCE

XII. EPILOGUE

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ILLUSTRATIONS

YONE NOGUCHI

JOAQUIN MILLER

MISTY EVENING IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE

151 BRIXTON ROAD

BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN BOND STREET

LOTUS LAKE AT TSUSHIMA

SHINTO TEMPLE OF TSUSHIMA

BUDDHIST MEDITATION

Frontispiece

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