Lafcadio Hearn
Legal name: Hearn, Patrick Lafcadio Tessima
Carlos
Birth place: Lefkada, Ionian Islands
Birth date: 27 June 1850
Death date: 26 September 1904
Languages: English | Japanese
Bibliographic comments:
Biographic comments: Of Greek and Irish descent, also known as 小泉 八雲 (Koizumi Yakumo) in Japan.
Collections
Some Chinese Ghosts
1887
< First edition, 1887
Roberts Brothers
Hardcover, iv+185 pages
Unknown cover price
Notes:
• Preface, Notes and Glossary by Lafcadio Hearn.
• Also titled Chinese Ghost Stories.
Fiction: The Soul of the Great Bell // The Story of Ming Yi // The Legend of Zhi Nü // The Return of Yan Zhenjing //
The Tradition of the Tea Plant // The Tale of the Porcelain God
7 Best Short Stories by Lafcadio Hearn
2019
< First edition, February 2019
Tacet Books
No ISBN
Digital
£0.49
Notes:
• Edited by August Nemo.
• No details are provided for the origin of the essay 'A Ghost Story'.
Fiction: Yuki-Onna // The Story of Ming-Y // A Ghost // A Dead Secret // Chin Chin Kobokama // The Cedar Closet
Essay: A Ghost Story
Short Stories
2019
< First edition, March 2019
Sirius / Arcturus Publishing
ISBN 978-1-78888-654-3
Hardcover, 383 pages
$14.99
Notes:
• Editor and Introduction uncredited.
• The subtitle 'Tales of the Supernatural' does not appear on the title page.
Fiction: All in White // The Little Red Kitten // The Night of All Saints // The Devil's Carbuncle // The Ghostly Kiss //
Metempsychosis // The Undying One // The Vision of the Dead Creole // The Name on the Stone // Aphrodite and
the King's Prisoner // The Fountain of Gold // At the Cemetery // Aïda // A Creole Mystery // El Vómito // A Kiss
Fantastical // The Gipsy's Story // The One Pill-Box // The Book of Thoth // The Fountain Maiden // The Bird Wife
// The Soul of the Great Bell // The Story of Ming-Y // The Legend of Tchi-Niu // The Return of Yen-Tchin-King //
The Tradition of the Tea-Plant // The Tale of the Porcelain-God // The Goblin-Spider // Fragment // A Passional
Karma // Ingwa-Banashi // The Reconciliation // A Legend of Fugen-Bosatsu // The Screen-Maiden // The
Corpse-Rider // The Sympathy of Benten // The Gratitude of the Samébito // The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hōïche //
Oshidori // The Story of O-Tei // Ubazakura // Diplomacy // Of a Mirror and a Bell // Jikininki // Mujina //
Rokuro-Kubi // A Dead Secret // Yuki-Onna // The Story of Aoyagi // Jiu-Roku-Zakura // The Dream of Akinosuke
// Riki-Baka // Hi-Mawari // The Mirror Maiden // The Story of Itō Norisuké // Stranger Than Fiction
Essays: Noctilucæ // Gothic Horror // Levitation // Nightmare-Touch
Japanese Ghost Stories
2019
< First edition, July 2019
Penguin Books
ISBN 978-0-241-38127-4
Trade paperback, 383 pages
£9.99 / C$22.00 / $16.00
Notes:
• Edited and with an Introduction by Paul Murray.
Fiction: Of Ghosts and Goblins // The Dream of a Summer Day // In Cholera-Time // Ningyô-no-Haka // Fragment
// A Passional Karma // Ingwa-banashi // Story of a Tengu // The Reconciliation // A Legend of Fugen-Bosatsu //
The Corpse-Rider // The Sympathy of Benten // The Gratitude of the Samébito // Of a Promise Kept // Of a
Promise Broken // Before the Supreme Court // The Story of Kwashin Koji // The Story of Umétsu Chūbei // The
Legend of Yurei-Daki // In a Cup of Tea // Ikiryō // The Story of O-Kamé // The Story of Chūgorō // The Story of
Mimi-Nashi-Hōïchi // Jikininki // Mujina // Rokuro-Kubi // Yuki-Onna // The Story of Aoyagi // The Dream of
Akinosuké // Riki-Baka // The Mirror Maiden // The Story of Itō Norisuké
Essays: The Eternal Haunter // Nightmare-Touch
In Ghostly Japan
1899
< First edition, October 1899
Little, Brown
Hardcover, 241 pages
$2.00
Notes:
• Interior art is uncredited.
Fiction: In Ghostly Japan: Fragment // Furisodé // A Story of Divination // A Passional Karma // Ingwa-banashi //
Story of a Tengu
Essays: Incense // Silkworms // Footprints of the Buddha // Ululation // Bits of Poetry // Suggestion // At Yaidzu
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
1904
< First edition, April 1904
Houghton Mifflin
Hardcover, 240 pages
$1.50
Notes:
• Introduction by Lafcadio Hearn.
• Interior art by Keichū Takénouche.
Fiction: Ihe Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hōïchi // 21 • Oshidori // The Story of O-Tei // Ubazakura // Diplomacy // Of a
Mirror and a Bell // Jikininki // Mujina // Rokuro-Kubi // A Dead Secret // Yuki-Onna // The Story of Aoyagi //
Jiu-Roku-Zakura // The Dream of Akinosuké // Riki-Baka // Hi-Mawari // Hōrai
Essays: Butterflies // Mosquitoes // Ants
