VOLUME II

MISCELLANEOUS LECTURES

CHIEFLY ON ENGLISH LITERATURE

INTERPRETATIONS

OF LITERATURE

BY

LAFCADIO HEARN

SELECTED AND EDITED WITH
AN INTRODUCTION BY

JOHN ERSKINE, PH.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

VOLUME II

NEW YORK

DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

1915
FC

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I SHAKESPEARE

II NOTE ON THE STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE

III THE BIBLE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE

XI THE HAVAMAL: OLD NORTHERN ETHICS OF LIfe . 200

XIII ON TREE SPIRITS IN WESTERN POETRY

XIV SOME POEMS ABOUT INSECTS

220

228

. 238

272

XV ON BIRDS IN ENGLISH POETRY

XVI POEMS ON NIGHT, THE MOON AND THE STARS . 320

XVII NOTE UPON THE SHORTEST FORMS OF ENGLISH