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Best known for his non-fiction and biographies, Richard Garnett published this collection of his short stories in 1888. "The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales" includes the title story, in which a mortal girl meets Prometheus on a mountain top; "The Demon Pope," in which a Pope makes good on a favor owed to Lucifer, "Alexander the Ratcatcher," in which Alexander the Eighth enlists the aid of a mysterious rat-killer; "The Elixir of Life," in which the sage Aboniel issues a challenge to his seven trusted disciples; "The Philosopher and the Butterflies," in which a scholar holds discourse with insects in the garden; and twenty-three other tales.
Table of Contents
- THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS: AND OTHER TALES
- CONTENTS
- THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- THE POTION OF LAO-TSZE
- ABDALLAH THE ADITE
- ANANDA THE MIRACLE WORKER
- THE CITY OF PHILOSOPHERS
- I
- II
- III
- THE DEMON POPE
- THE CUPBEARER
- THE WISDOM OF THE INDIANS
- THE DUMB ORACLE
- I
- II
- DUKE VIRGIL
- I
- II
- THE CLAW
- ALEXANDER THE RATCATCHER
- I
- II
- III
- THE REWARDS OF INDUSTRY
- MADAM LUCIFER
- THE TALISMANS
- THE ELIXIR OF LIFE
- THE POET OF PANOPOLIS
- I
- II
- III
- THE PURPLE HEAD
- I
- II
- III
- THE FIREFLY
- PAN'S WAND
- A PAGE FROM THE BOOK OF FOLLY
- I
- II
- III
- THE BELL OF SAINT EUSCHEMON
- BISHOP ADDO AND BISHOP GADDO
- THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE BUTTERFLIES
- TRUTH AND HER COMPANIONS
- THE THREE PALACES
- NEW READINGS IN BIOGRAPHY
- I.—Timon of Athens
- II.—Napoleon's Sangaree
- III.—Concerning Daniel Defoe
- IV.—Cornelius the Ferryman
- THE POISON MAID
- I
- II
- NOTES
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