Behold!, a lowly beginning blog dedicated to the writings of and about Lafcadio Hearn. The title of the blog, Lafcadio Hearn: a Giglamped Ghoul, might sound unjustly harsh; however, it is merely a reference to his article for the Cincinnati Enquirer titled Giglampz. Hearn refers to himself as "the Ghoul", the editor and writer for the bohemian journal Kladderadatsch [later titled Ye Giglampz]. "Giglampz", or giglamps, being old slang for eyeglasses; "Ghoul" being a reference to his own "whimsically grotesque" tastes.
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