The Shadow-maker Shapes Forever.

Contemporary Literature In The West Has Shown Some Signs Of Ethical Change.

Whatever Doubts Or Vexations One Has In Japan, It Is Only Necessary To Ask One's Self: "well, Who Are The Best People To Live With?

I Often Imagine That The Longer He Studies English Literature The More The Japanese Student Must Be Astonished At The Extraordinary Predominance Given To The Passion Of Love Both In Fiction And In Poetry.

The Western Poet And Writer Of Romance Has Exactly The Same Kind Of Difficulty In Comprehending Eastern Subjects As You Have In Comprehending Western Subjects.

It Is True That Short Forms Of Poetry Have Been Cultivated In The Far East More Than In Modern Europe; But In All European Literature Short Forms Of Poetry Are To Be Found - Indeed Quite As Short As Anything In Japanese.