Taylor, Harriet Osgood, Tyndale, Walter · New York : Dodd, Mead · leaf 257
the blackened teethand shaven eyebrows of the married women.)She had not one word of English, and I veryfew of Japanese, and the books my little friendbrought me were in characters I could notdecipher; but gestures were eloquent, picturestold much, deeds spoke louder than words;there were tongues… … IRISES AT KlTANO, KYOTO FLOWER ARRANGEMENT 195 English. I spent several months very happilyat the work, putting love and patience into it;but so great are its difficulties that I am stillbut a crude beginner. The art—^it is almost unnecessary to say—came from China, along with all the other…
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