STRAY LEAVES FROM

STRANGE LITERATURE

AND

FANTASTICS

AND OTHER FANCIES

BY

LAFCADIO HEARN

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

MDCCCCXXII

A Dock Scene in New Orleans.

NOTE

The thanks of the Publishers are due to Dr. A. K. Coomaraswamy, of theBoston Museum of Fine Arts, for corrections in the spelling of propernames in the Tales from India and Buddhist Literature included in thisvolume.

CONTENTS

Explanatory xvii

STRAY LEAVES

THE BOOK OF THOTH. From an Egyptian Papyrus     3
THE FOUNTAIN MAIDEN. A Legend of the South Pacific   16
THE BIRD WIFE. An Esquimau Tradition   23


TALES FROM INDIAN AND BUDDHIST LITERATURE

THE MAKING OF TILOTTAMA   31
THE BRAHMAN AND HIS BRAHMANI   42
BAKAWALI   48
NATALIKA   57
THE CORPSE-DEMON   64
THE LION   77
THE LEGEND OF THE MONSTER MISFORTUNE   80
A PARABLE BUDDHISTIC   86
PUNDARI   91
YAMARAJA   96
THE LOTUS OF FAITH 106


RUNES FROM THE KALEWALA

THE MAGICAL WORDS 113
THE FIRST MUSICIAN 125
THE HEALING OF WAINAMOINEN 131


STORIES OF MOSLEM LANDS

BOUTIMAR, THE DOVE 141
THE SON OF A ROBBER ...

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