"In this volume of letters and poems, Hearn tells of his life in the South, gives his views on the [black] question, and his impressions of Memphis, New Orleans, and New York. The verses are both light and serious, and these are translations from [black] and Creole love songs."
"Watkin, an English printer based in Cincinnati, met the teenager Hearn in 1869 and acted as a father figure to the young Lafcadio. Hearn was known to Watkin as The Raven, "by virtue of his dark hair and coloring, the gloomy cast of his thoughts, and his deep love for Poe". Hearn illustrations and facsimiles of his letters in the text."
Four full page ilustrations in the text, five illustrations in the text.