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Ella Du Cane

First Published in 2005. Japan is often called the land of flowers. This book gives an account of those flowers that occur in the country that are most remarkable for their beauty and profusion and that are most typically Japanese. There are also pages on landscape gardening.

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Gail Saunders-Smith, Ella Cane

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My World

Neighborhoods are places in which we live, work, and play. Take a look at neighborhoods in my world!

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Gail Saunders-Smith, Ella Cane

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My World

Communities are full of people and places to see. Take a look at some communities in my world!

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Gail Saunders-Smith, Ella Cane

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My World

Some homes are large, and others are small. Take a look at homes in my world!

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Gail Saunders-Smith, Ella Cane

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My World

Earth has more than 190 countries. Take a look at countries in my world!

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Gail Saunders-Smith, Ella Cane

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My World

There are seven continents are on Earth. Take a look at the continents in my world!

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Lafcadio Hearn

This collection includes: Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan First Series, Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan Second Series, In Ghostly Japan, Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation, Kokoro, and Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. According to Wikipedia: "Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 26 September 1904), also known as Koizumi Yakum after gaining Japanese citizenship, was an author, best known for his books about Japan. He is especially well-known for his collections of Japanese l...

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Lafcadio Hearn

This collection included: Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn, Chita: A Memory of Last Island, Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan First Series, Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan Second Series, In Ghostly Japan, Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation, Kokoro, Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, Some Chinese Ghosts, The Romance of the Milky Way and Other Studies and Stories, and Two Years in the French West Indies. According to Wikipedia: "Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June...

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Mortimer Menpes

Impressions of Japan, first published in 1901, 73 color illustrations. According to Wikipedia: "Menpes was born in Port Adelaide, South Australia, the second son of property developer James Menpes, who with his wife, Ann, had settled in Australia in 1839... Menpes set off on a sketching tour of Brittany in 1880, during which he met James McNeill Whistler. He became Whistler's pupil, and at one stage shared a flat with him at Cheyne Walk on the Chelsea Embankment in London. He was taught et...

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Edward S. Morse

Morse's publication is an idea book par excellence … Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings is likely to continue to be a valued resource for some time to come."—David and Michiko YoungFirst published in 1886, this classic review of the Japanese house and garden remains an authoritative description of the architecture of the traditional Japanese home. The work of Edward S. Morse, a groundbreaking and imaginative inventor, academic, author and museu...

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Lafcadio Hearn

'The books which have been written of late years about Japan have either been compiled from official records, or have contained the sketchy impressions of passing travellers. Of the inner life of the Japanese the world at large knows but little: their religion, their superstitions, their ways of thought, the hidden springs by which they move—all these are as yet mysteries.' This invisible life referred to by Mr. Mitford is the Unfamiliar Japan of which I have been able to obtain a few glim...

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Lafcadio Hearn

This collection of writings from Lafcaido Hern paints a rare and fascinating picture of pre-modern JapanOver a century after his death, author, translator, and educator Lafcaido Hearn remains one of the best-known Westerners ever to make Japan his home. Almost more Japanese than the Japanese—"to think with their thoughts" was his aim—his prolific writings on things Japanese were instrumental in introducing Japanese culture to the West.In this masterful anth...