Creole Sketches

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CREOLE SKETCHES


BY

LAFCADIO HEARN

EDITED BY

CHARLES WOODWARD HUTSON

With Illustrations by the Author



BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1924

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CONTENTS

Introduction ix
Lafcadio Hearn's Cartoons xvii
The Glamour of New Orleans November 26, 1878 1
La Douane December 2, 1878 6
Morning Calls — Very Early July 7, 1880 11
The City of Dreams March 9, 1879 14
Ultra-Canal July 17, 1880 22
A Creole Type May 6, 1879 26
Ghosteses August 18, 1880 34
A Visit to New Orleans May 10, 1879 38
Quack! Quack! August 20, 1880 45
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Complaint of the Creole Boarding-House-Keeper September 27, 1879 47
The Boarder’s Reply September 28, 1879 52
Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before August 19, 1880 57
Why Crabs are Boiled Alive October 5, 1879 59
A Creole Journal October 5, 1879 60
The Restless Boarder October 27, 1879 63
Furnished Rooms November 2, 1879 67
Char-Coal August 25, 1880 70
Mexican Coins November 3, 1879 72
Louisiana People Not Gay November 4, 1879 76
A Creole Courtyard November 11, 1879 78
The Creole Character November 13, 1879 82
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Des Perches August 30, 1880 85
A Kentucky Colonel Renting Rooms November 15, 1879 88
The Dawn of the Carnival February 2, 1880 90
A Mexican’s Gratitude April 12, 1880 93
Washerwomen August 31, 1880 98
Attention! Azim! July 8, 1880 102
An Ultra-Canal Talk July 13, 1880 106
Sons of the Sea September 1, 1880 111
A Creole Song July 26, 1880 115
The Grandissimes September 27, 1880 117
The Indignant Dead September 8, 1880 124
A Creole Mystery October 6, 1880 128
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Whited Sepulchres September 9, 1880 135
Eleusis November 12, 1880 138
Latin and Anglo-Saxon November 24, 1880 145
The Flower-Sellers September 11, 1880 150
A Visitor November 26, 1880 153
Creole Servant Girls December 20, 1880 160
The Alligators September 13, 1880 164
Home January 8, 1881 167
Old-Fashioned Houses January 12, 1881 175
The Vendor of Wisdom September 15, 1880 183
Some Positive Opinions April 27, 1881 188
Voices of Dawn July 22, 1881 197

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