M. K. Feb. 21-30.

Contents

STORIES FROM STRANGE BOOKS:

I. THE RECONCILIATION . . . . . . . . . . 5
II. A LEGEND OF FUGEN-BOSATSU A Bodhisattva representing the practice of Buddhist virtue. . . . . . . . 15
III. THE SCREEN-MAIDEN . . . . . . . . . . 23
IV. THE CORPSE-RIDER . . . . . . . . . . . 33
V. THE SYMPATHY OF BENTEN The Japanese goddess of music and eloquence. . . . . . . . 41
VI. THE GRATITUDE OF THE SAMÉBITO A legendary shark-man of Japanese folklore. . . . . . . 57

JAPANESE STUDIES:

I. SÉMI The Japanese word for cicada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
II. JAPANESE FEMALE NAMES . . . . . . . . 105
III. OLD JAPANESE SONGS . . . . . . . . . . 157

FANTASIES:

I. NOCTILUCÆ Latin for "shining in the night"; bioluminescent organisms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
II. A MYSTERY OF CROWDS . . . . . . . . . 203
III. GOTHIC HORROR . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
IV. LEVITATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
V. NIGHTMARE-TOUCH . . . . . . . . . . . 235
VI. READINGS FROM A DREAM-BOOK . . . . . . 249
VII. IN A PAIR OF EYES . . . . . . . . . . 265