The Japanese Fairy Book/Dedication

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1777432The Japanese Fairy Book — DedicationYei Theodora OzakiIwaya Sazanami

To

Eleanor Marion-Crawford.

I Dedicate this Book


to you and to the sweet child-friendship that you gave me in the days spent with you by the Southern Sea, when you used to listen with unfeigned pleasure to these fairy stories from far Japan. May they now remind you of my changeless love and remembrance.

Y. T. O.

Tokio.