Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn Fiction Classics Fantasy Fairy Tales Folk Tales Legends & Mythology

<p><strong>I think that my best apology for the insignificant size of this volume is the very character of the material composing it. </strong>In preparing the legends I sought especially for <em>weird beauty</em>; and I could not forget this striking observation in Sir Walter Scott's Essay on Imitations of the Ancient Ballad: The supernatural though appealing to certain powerful emotions very widely and deeply sown amongst the human race is nevertheless a <em>spring which is peculiarly apt to lose its elasticity by being too much pressed upon.</em> -- Lafcadio Hearn</p>