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PREFACE

CONTENTS

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I THE HILL OF SOLITUDE

II OF WORSHIP

III WEST AND EAST

IV A CLEVER MONGOOSE

V A BLUE DAY

VI OF LOVE, IN FICTION

VII THE JINGLING COIN

VIII A STRANGE SUNSET

IX OF LETTER-WRITING

X AT A FUNERAL

XI OF CHANGE AND DECAY

XII DAUGHTERS AND DESPOTISM

XIII HER FIANCÉ

XIV BY THE SEA

XV AN ILLUMINATION

XVI OF DEATH, IN FICTION

XVII A HAND AT ÉCARTÉ

XVIII THE GENTLE ART OF VEERING WITH THE WIND

XIX A REJOINDER

XX OF IMPORTUNITY

XXI OF COINCIDENCES

XXII OF A COUNTRY-HOUSE CUSTOM

XXIII A MERE LIE

XXIV TIGERS AND CROCODILES

XXV A ROSE AND A MOTH

XXVI A LOVE-PHILTRE

XXVII MOONSTRUCK

XXVIII THE “DEVI”

XXIX THE DEATH-CHAIN

XXX SCANDAL AND BANGLES

XXXI THE REPREHENSIBLE HABIT OF MAKING COMPARISONS

XXXII A CHALLENGE

XXXIII IN EXILE

XXXIV OF LOVE—NOT IN FICTION

XXXV OF OBSESSION

XXXVI OF PARADISE LOST

XXXVII “TO MARY, IN HEAVEN”