Lafcadio Hearn

Nina H. Kennard

• Publisher: Otbebookpublishing
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9783985313099
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Science Biographies
• Index: Social Sciences

Excerpt: "In the series of letters written to his half-sister, Mrs. Atkinson, which, unfortunately, we are not permitted to give in their entirety, strange lights are cast on the course of events. "I only once, " he says, "remember seeing my brother as a child. Father had brought me some tin soldiers, and cannon to fire peas. While I was arranging them in order for battle, and preparing to crush them with artillery, a little boy with big eyes was introduced to me as my brother. Concerning the fact of brotherhood, I was totally indifferent—especially for the reason that he seized some of my soldiers, and ran away with them immediately. I followed him; I wrenched the soldiers from him; I beat him and threw him downstairs; it was quite easy, because he was four years my junior. What afterwards happened I do not know. I have a confused idea that I was scolded and punished. But I never saw my brother again.""

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• LAFCADIO HEARN