Woo The Muse Of The Odd.

French Novels Generally Treat Of The Relations Of Women To The World And To Lovers, After Marriage; Consequently There Is A Great Deal In French Novels About Adultery, About Improper Relations Between The Sexes, About Many Things Which The English Public Would Not Allow.

Of Course, The Simple Explanation Of The Fact Is That Marriage Is The Most Important Act Of Man's Life In Europe Or America, And That Everything Depends Upon It.

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.

A Great Many Things Which In Times Of Lesser Knowledge We Imagined To Be Superstitious Or Useless, Prove Today On Examination To Have Been Of Immense Value To Mankind.

The Subject Of Finnish Poetry Ought To Have A Special Interest For The Japanese Student, If Only For The Reason That Finnish Poetry Comes More Closely In Many Respects To Japanese Poetry Than Any Other Form Of Western Poetry.