Hearn, Lafcadio (1850-1904), an international author and journalist. He was born in the Ionian Isles of Irish and Greek parentage and died in Tokio, Japan. He resided for a number of years in Cincinnati, New Orleans, and New York, and later in Japan. Hearn's first success came as a reporter for a city daily. At the time of his death he was professor of English literature in the University of Tokio. He had become a Japanese subject with the name of Yakumo Koizumi. He is well known as the author of numerous books relating to the life, literature, history, customs, superstitions, and religion of Japan. He is considered by Americans, at least, the ablest foreign interpreter the Mikado and his flowery kingdom have ever had. Among his books may be mentioned Some Chinese Ghosts, Chita: A Memory of Lost Island, Out of the East, Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, Kokovo, and Kotto or Japanese Curios.