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is very copious but only two chapters, intending to work out the remainder by degrees. Far be it from me to make any pretension of having done justice to this admirable story! Such a task is not an easy one for any professed English scholar, especially the passages in which “Kurumaya’s Black” appears with his smart “Edokko” slang. If my readers can get even a glimpse of the charms of the original work, I am more than satisfied. My thanks are due to Miss Hart and Mr. Natsume, the original writer, whose suggestions and revisions have most to do with the making of this little book.
KAN-ICHI ANDO.
Uyeda, August, 1906.
