Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 290
thead, glide by—fantasticshadows in the purple haze. The tea-houses, with theirfestoons of lanterns and orange interiors, in which onecaught glimpses of singing girls in their brilliantdresses, gleamed like golden patches in the cool purple.The bridges sparkled with lights; the shops werebright… … FLOWER ARRANGEMENT 15 CHAPTER VII FLOWER ARRANGEMENT One of the chief characteristics of the Japanese, whichespecially distinguishes them from Europeans, is theirintense fondness for flowers—not the fondness whichmany English people affect, but an instinctive love ofthe beautiful, and a poetical…
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