A series of short stories with a particular focus on inter-racial relationships, as set out in the epigraph.
Epigraph:
The love of the white for the yellow,
The yellow for white;
Where music and laughter make mellow
The long Eastern night;
Where, rid of convention, a fellow
Does everything right.
The love of the brown for the white,
The white for the brown;
Eyes lazy, or languidly bright,
That sparkle or frown;
Soft hours that are passed in delight,
The moon looking down.
The love of the woman for man,
Sad love that shall mar.
Of woman, man's glory and ban,
For such women are, —
Though they dwell 'neath the skies of Japan,
The Westernmost star!
