By Benjamin De Casseres —
The French have strange names. There are Monsieur Brave-Man, Remy Funny-Man, Man-God, and so on. It is probably part of the Gallic imagination — these names. So when I went to see the celebrated Monsieur Satan in Paris I was no more astonished to…
By Lafcadio Hearn —
In a curiously illustrated edition of Balzac's Peau de Chagrin there is a strange and terrible face which some of you may remember having seen: It is the face of the bric-a-brac dealer who sold the mysterious parchment, -a forehead of immense breadth…
By The Editors — January 20, 2021
In honor of Joe Biden's inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, we are republishing an editorial from the second issue of "The Double Dealer." The editorial below was published almost exactly 100 years ago in response to the swearing…
By Judith Gautier — October 01, 2019
The story below, translated by Lafcadio Hearn, appeared in issue 4 of "The Double Dealer." The original spelling and grammar have been preserved. Judith Gautier (1845-1917) was a French poet and novelist. Gautier had a scholarly interest in East Asia…
By Marvin Lear — September 17, 2019
The story below appeared in issue 3 of "The Double Dealer." While we wish we could provide more details about the author of the following story, what information we have comes from an issue of a defunct literary magazine "The Dial": "Marvin Lear is…
By Herman George Scheffauer — September 10, 2019
The story below appeared in issue 3 of "The Double Dealer." Herman George Scheffauer (1878-1927) was a German-American writer, poet, playwright, journalist, and translator. Scheffauer was encouraged by his mentor, Ambrose Bierce, to quit his day job…
By William Saphier — September 03, 2019
"A Thousand Head of Cattle" appeared in issue 2 of The Double Dealer, in February 1921. William Saphier was a Romanian-born poet. According to poets.org, he served as associate editor for "Others," a monthly modernist magazine he co-edited with…
By The Double Dealer — July 31, 2019
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By Lafcadio Hearn — July 31, 2019
*Denotes 2019 editors. *The note below was provided as introduction to the story's printing in 1921: A unique chapter in the romantic history of New Orleans was contributed by Lafcadio Hearn some thirty-five years ago to the Southern Bivouac of…