1

Carl Van Doren. James Branch Cabell. [1932.] Republished in James Branch Cabell: Three Essays. Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press. 1967.

2

H. L. Mencken. “James Branch Cabell.” [1927.] Republished in James Branch Cabell: Three Essays. Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press. 1967.

3

Joe Lee Davis. James Branch Cabell. New York: Twayne Publishers. 1962. 151.

4

The page numbers in parentheses refer to the Dover edition of Jurgen.

5

Edmund Wilson. “The James Branch Cabell Case Reopened.” The New Yorker, April 21, 1956. 154.

6

The Letters of James Branch Cabell. Edited by Edward Wagenknecht. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. 1975. 250.

7

Edgar MacDonald. James Branch Cabell and Richmond-in-Virginia. Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press. 92.

8

It was published in the January 1918 issue.

9

The Letters of James Branch Cabell. Edited by Edward Wagenknecht. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. 1975. 29. [April 8, 1919.]

10

The Letters of James Branch Cabell. Edited by Edward Wagenknecht. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. 1975. 28.

11

The Letters of James Branch Cabell. Edited by Edward Wagenknecht. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. 1975. 88.

12

Jurgen. 107-108.

13

H. L. Mencken. “James Branch Cabell.” Republished in James Branch Cabell: Three Essays. Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press. 1967.

14

Edgar MacDonald. James Branch Cabell and Richmond-in-Virginia. Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press. 206.

15

James Branch Cabell. Straws and Prayer-Books: Dizain des Diversions. New York: Robert M. McBride & Co. 1930.

16

This is the short story out of which Cabell’s famous novel Jurgen was evolved. It is instructive to compare this story with the form it took in the novel.