The passage is the same in the artcle in Botkin's Treasury. Incidentally, the house where I was brought up was only a 15-minute walk from Hearn's grave (Click here), and I visited his Matsue house (now Hearn Museum) several years ago (For info on Hearn in Japan, see Lafcadio Hearn, and The Lafcadio Hearn Society of Matsue, Japan).

~Masato

~Masato