CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.:My Infancy.How I Looked—My Name—Walking—In Tea Season—My Toys—“Kidnapped”—O-dango9CHAPTER II.:At Home.Introduction—Dinner—Rice—Turning to Cows—A Bamboo Dragon-fly—A Watermelon Lantern—On a Rainy Evening—The Story of a Badger23CHAPTER III.:The Village School.A Mimic School—Preparations—The School—How Classes Are Conducted—Out of Tune—A Moral Story—School Discipline—Playthings—“Knife Sense”35CHAPTER IV.:In Tokyo.Where We Settled—A Police Stand—Stores—“Broadway”—Illumination—The Foreign Settlement51CHAPTER V.:My New School.Tomo-chan—The Men with Wens—A Curious Punishment—How I Experienced It—Kotoro-Kotoro62CHAPTER VI.:Chinese Education.My Chinese Teacher—How I Was Taught—Versification—My Uncle—Clam Fishing—A Flatfish76CHAPTER VII.:An Evening Fête.My Father—His Love for Potted Trees—A Local Fête—Show Booths—Goldfish Booths—Singing Insects—How a Potted Tree Was Bought91CHAPTER VIII.:Summer Days.A Swimming School—How I Was Taught to Swim—Diving—The Old Home Week—Return of the Departed Souls—Visiting the Ancestral Graves—The Memorable Night—A Village Dance102CHAPTER IX.:The English School.A Night at the Dormitory—Beginning English—Grammar—Pronunciation—School Moved—Mother’s Love114CHAPTER X.:A Boy Astronomer.What I Intended to Be—My Aun View—My Parents’ Approval—My Uncle’s Enthusiasm—The Total Eclipse of the Sun128CHAPTER XI.:In the Suburbs.A Novel Experiment—Removal—Our New House—Angling—Tomo-chan’s Visit143