Lafcadio always wrote about his initial journeys to different regions. This tradition of his spans three of his greatest migrations: New Orleans, the French West Indies, and Japan. Hearn even finds time to relate an experience, in his autobiographical fragment My First Romance, from his trip to Cincinnati by train in 1869. Here is just a short list off the top of my head of his traveling accounts:
My First Romance - Published posthumously in the opening biographical portion of Elizabeth Bisland’s Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn [vol. 1]. This fragment was written as a retrospective while in Japan.
Memphis to New Orleans - Submitted to and published by the Cincinnati Commercial in 1877, this article was one of those written under the pen name Ozias Midwinter from New Orleans.
A Midsummer Trip to the Tropics - This story was originally published in three parts for Harper’s under the title A Midsummer Trip to the West Indies [July-August-September 1888]. It was also made to serve as the opening portion to his book Two Years in the French West Indies.
A Winter Journey to Japan - Written for Harper’s, and appears in the November issue of 1890. It is also reprinted in Albert Mordell”s American Miscellany [vol. 2].
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