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Title page COPYRIGHT Storisende Index to ‘Biography of the Life of Manuel’ Biography of the Life of Manuel The Eagle’s Shadow (1904)

CONTENTS THE CHARACTERS I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII

The Line of Love (1905)

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X

Gallantry (1907)

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE PROLOGUE I. SIMON’S HOUR II. LOVE AT MARTINMAS III. THE CASUAL HONEYMOON IV. THE RHYME TO PORRINGER V. ACTORS ALL VI. APRIL’S MESSAGE VII. IN THE SECOND APRIL VIII. HEART OF GOLD IX. THE SCAPEGOATS X. THE DUCAL AUDIENCE

The Cords of Vanity (1909)

CONTENTS AN INTRODUCTION THE PROLOGUE THE CORDS OF VANITY 1. He Sits Out a Dance 2. He Loves Extensively 3. He Earns a Stick-pin 4. He Talks with Charteris 5. He Revisits Fairhaven and the Play 6. He Chats Over a Hedge 7. He Goes Mad in a Garden 8. He Duels with a Stupid Woman 9. He Puts His Tongue in His Cheek 10. He Samples New Emotions 11. He Postures Among Chimney-Pots 12. He Faces Himself and Remembers 13. He Baits Upon the Journey 14. He Participates in a Brave Jest 15. He Decides to Amuse Himself 16. He Seeks for Copy 17. He Provides Copy 18. He Spends an Afternoon in Arden 19. He Plays the Improvident Fool 20. He Dines Out, Impeded by Superstitions 21. He is Urged to Desert His Galley 22. He Cleans the Slate 23. He Reviles Destiny and Climbs a Wall 24. He Reconciles Sentiment and Reason 25. He Advances in the Attack on Selwoode 26. He Assists in the Diversion of Birds 27. He Calls, and Counsels, and Considers 28. He Participates in Sundry Confidences 29. He Allows the Merits of Imperfection 30. He Gilds the Weather-Vane

Chivalry (1909)

CONTENTS Precautional The Prologue The Prologue À sa Dame I. The Story of the Sestina II. The Story of the Tenson III. The Story of the Rat-Trap IV. The Story of the Choices V. The Story of the Housewife VI. The Story of the Satraps VII. The Story of the Heritage VIII. The Story of the Scabbard IX. The Story of the Navarrese X. The Story of the Fox-Brush

The Soul of Melicent (1913)

CONTENTS A PREFACE BY JOSEPH HERGESHEIMER CRITICAL COMMENT THE ARGUMENT PART ONE PART TWO. MELICENT PART THREE. DEMETRIOS PART FOUR. AHASUERUS THE AFTERWORD BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Rivet in Grandfather’s Neck (1915)

CONTENTS PART ONE. PROPINQUITY PART TWO. RENASCENCE PART THREE. TERTIUS PART FOUR. APPRECIATION PART FIVE. SOUVENIR PART SIX. BYWAYS PART SEVEN. YOKED PART EIGHT. HARVEST PART NINE. RELICS PART TEN. IMPRIMIS

The Certain Hour (1916)

CONTENTS BALLAD OF THE DOUBLE-SOUL AUCTORIAL INDUCTION AUCTORIAL INDUCTION BELHS CAVALIERS BELHS CAVALIERS BALTHAZAR’S DAUGHTER BALTHAZAR’S DAUGHTER JUDITH’S CREED CONCERNING CORINNA CONCERNING CORINNA OLIVIA’S POTTAGE OLIVIA’S POTTAGE A BROWN WOMAN A BROWN WOMAN PRO HONORIA PRO HONORIA THE IRRESISTIBLE OGLE THE IRRESISTIBLE OGLE A PRINCESS OF GRUB STREET A PRINCESS OF GRUB STREET THE LADY OF ALL OUR DREAMS THE LADY OF ALL OUR DREAMS BALLAD OF PLAGIARY

From the Hidden Way (1916)

CONTENTS APOLOGIA AUCTORIS MIGONITIS I. AT OUTSET II. THE OLDEST STORY III. FALSE DAWN IN TROY IV. EASTER EVE V. ST. MAGDALENE VI. MARCUS AURELIUS: A SUPPRESSED “MEDITATION” VII. AMAIMON VISITS THE THEBAID VIII. DAME VENUS IN THURINGIA IX. ONE END OF LOVE X. VILLON QUITS FRANCE XI. INVOCATION: TO THE DARK VENUS XII. RONSARD RE-VOICES A TRUISM XIII. JAUNTS FROM STRATFORD XIV. INVITATION TO THE VOYAGE XV. THE HOIDENS HORTENSIS I. ACCORDING TO THEIR FOLLY II. FOOT-NOTE FOR IDYLS III. THE GOD-FATHER IV. BALLAD OF THE DESTROYER V. EXHORTATION TOWARD ALMSGIVING VI. COMFORT FOR CENTENARIANS VII. THE CONQUEROR PASSES VIII. THE MENDICANTS IX. ALONE IN APRIL X. BUT WISDOM IS JUSTIFIED OF HER CHILDREN” XI. “O voi che per la ma d’amor passate.” XII. OF ANNUAL MAGIC: AT TWENTY XIII. OF ANNUAL MAGIC: AT TWENTY-FIVE XIV. OF ANNUAL MAGIC: AT THIRTY XV. THE DOTARD CONJURER SCOTEIA I. UNCHARTED II. SCHOOL-SONG III. “AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING” IV. BALLAD OF THE DOUBLE-SOUL V. WHEN TRAVELLERS RETURN VI. ANNALS VII. THE PERFECT REASON VIII. TWO IN TWILIGHT IX. NOSTALGIA X. STY-SONG XI. THE TOY-MAKER XII. THE CASTLE OF CONTENT XIII. THE PARODIST XIV. THE DARK COMPANION XV. SEA-SCAPES VERTICORDIA I. BALLAD OF PLAGIARY II. THE AGELESS MAID III. FROM OVERSEA IV. COMPETITORS V. THE STRIKING HOUR VI. LIGHTS OF THE WORLD VII. “ - OF ANISE AND CUMMIN ALSO” VIII. “SWEET ADELAIS” IX. LOVE’S LOVERS X. TOUCHING UBIQUITY XI. FANCIES IN FILIGREE XII. IT IS ENOUGH XIII. AN ARCADIAN APOLOGIZES XIV. ARCADIANS CONFER IN EXILE XV. THE EAVESDROPPERS APATURIA I. GRAY DAYS II. A WOOD-PIECE: TO THE WHIR OF FALLING LEAVES III. LOVE GOES INTO WINTER QUARTERS IV. FLOTSAM V. HEIRS UNAPPARENT VI. LIGHT COINAGE VII. THE SUN’S HIGHWAY VIII. THE OLDEST DITTY IX. TO THE SAME AIR AS THE PRECEDING X. GRAVE GALLANTRY XI. BY-WORDS XII. ANOTHER LABORER WEIGHS HIS HIRE XIII. RETRACTIONS XIV. GARDEN-SONG XV. AT PARTING

The Cream of the Jest (1917)

CONTENTS Preface Book First I. Introduces the Ageless Woman II. Wherein a Clerk Appraises a Fair Country III. Of the Double-Dealer’s Traffic With a Knave IV. How the Double-Dealer Was of Two Minds V. Treats of Maugis D’Aigremont’s Pottage VI. Journeys End: With the Customary Unmasking Book Second I. Of a Trifle Found in Twilight II. Beyond Use and Wont Fares the Road to Storisende III. Of Idle Speculations in a Library IV. How There Was a Light in the Fog V. Of Publishing: With an Unlikely Appendix VI. Suggesting Themes of Universal Appeal VII. Peculiar Conduct of a Personage VIII. Of Vain Regret and Wonder in the Dark Book Third I. They Come to a High Place II. Of the Sigil and One Use of It III. Treats of a Prelate and, in Part, of Pigeons IV. Local Laws of Nephelococcygia V. Of Divers Fleshly Riddles VI. In Pursuit of a Whisper VII. Of Truisms: Treated Reasonably Book Fourth I. Economic Considerations of Piety II. Deals With Pen Scratches III. By-Products of Rational Endeavor IV. “Epper Si Muove” V. Evolution of a Vestryman Book Fifth I. Of Poetic Love: Treated with Poetic Inefficiency II. Cross-Purposes in Spacious Times III. Horvendile to Ettarre: At Whitehall IV. Horvendile to Ettarre: At Vaux-le-Vicomte V. Horvendile to Ettarre: In the Conciergerie VI. Of One Enigma that Threatened to Prove Allegorical VII. Treats of Witches, Mixed Drinks, and the Weather Book Sixth I. Sundry Disclosures of the Press II. Considerations Toward Sunset III. One Way of Elusion IV. Past Storisende Fares the Road of Use and Wont V. Which Mr. Flaherty Does Not Quite Explain

Some Ladies and Jurgen (1918)

CONTENTS I II III IV V

Beyond Life (1919)

CONTENTS Introduction I. WE APPROACH I. Wherein We Approach All Authors at Their Best. II. THE DEMIURGE II. Which Deals with the Demiurge III. THE WITCH-WOMAN III. Which Hints at the Witch-Woman IV. THE ECONOMIST IV. Which Admires the Economist V. THE REACTIONARY V. Which Considers the Reactionary VI. THE CANDLE VI. Which Values the Candle VII. THE MOUNTEBANK VII. Which Indicates the Mountebank VIII. THE CONTEMPORARY VIII. Which Concerns the Contemporary IX. THE ARBITERS IX. Which Defers to the Arbiters X. WHEREIN WE AWAIT X. Wherein We Await

Jurgen (1919)

CONTENTS A FOREWORD JURGEN 1. Why Jurgen Did the Manly Thing 2. Assumption of a Noted Garment 3. The Garden between Dawn and Sunrise 4. The Dorothy Who Did Not Understand 5. Requirements of Bread and Butter 6. Showing that Sereda Is Feminine 7. Of Compromises on a Wednesday 8. Old Toys and a New Shadow 9. The Orthodox Rescue of Guenevere 10. Pitiful Disguises of Thragnar 11. Appearance of the Duke of Logreus 12. Excursus of Yolande’s Undoing 13. Philosophy of Gogyrvan Gawr 14. Preliminary Tactics of Duke Jurgen 15. Of Compromises in Glathion 16. Divers Imbroglios of King Smoit 17. About a Cock That Crowed Too Soon 18. Why Merlin Talked in Twilight 19. The Brown Man with Queer Feet 20. Efficacy of Prayer 21. How Anaïtis Voyaged 22. As to a Veil They Broke 23. Shortcomings of Prince Jurgen 24. Of Compromises in Cocaigne 25. Cantraps of the Master Philologist 26. In Time’s Hour-Glass 27. Vexatious Estate of Queen Helen 28. Of Compromises in Leukê 29. Concerning Horvendile’s Nonsense 30. Economics of King Jurgen 31. The Fall of Pseudopolis 32. Sundry Devices of the Philistines 33. Farewell to Chloris 34. How Emperor Jurgen Fared Infernally 35. What Grandfather Satan Reported 36. Why Coth was Contradicted 37. Invention of the Lovely Vampire 38. As to Applauded Precedents 39. Of Compromises in Hell 40. The Ascension of Pope Jurgen 41. Of Compromises in Heaven 42. Twelve That are Fretted Hourly 43. Postures before a Shadow 44. In the Manager’s Office 45. The Faith of Guenevere 46. The Desire of Anaïtis 47. The Vision of Helen 48. Candid Opinions of Dame Lisa 49. Of the Compromise with Koshchei 50. The Moment That Did Not Count

The Judging of Jurgen (1920)

THE JUDGING OF JURGEN.

Figures of Earth (1921)

CONTENTS Author’s Note A FOREWORD PART ONE. THE BOOK OF CREDIT I. How Manuel Left the Mire II. Niafer III. Ascent of Vraidex IV. In the Doubtful Palace V. The Eternal Ambuscade VI. Economics of Math VII. The Crown of Wisdom VIII. The Halo of Holiness IX. The Feather of Love PART TWO. THE BOOK OF SPENDING X. Alianora XI. Magic of the Apsarasas XII. Ice and Iron XIII. What Helmas Directed XIV. They Duel on Morven XV. Bandages for the Victor PART THREE. THE BOOK OF CAST ACCOUNTS XVI. Freydis XVII. Magic of the Image-Makers XVIII. Manuel Chooses XIX. The Head of Misery XX. The Month of Years XXI. Touching Repayment XXII. Return of Niafer XXIII. Manuel Gets His Desire XXIV. Three Women PART FOUR. THE BOOK OF SURCHARGE XXV. Affairs in Poictesme XXVI. Deals with the Stork XXVII. They Come to Sargyll XXVIII. How Melicent Was Welcomed XXIX. Sesphra of the Dreams XXX. Farewell to Freydis XXXI. Statecraft XXXII. The Redemption of Poictesme PART FIVE. THE BOOK OF SETTLEMENT XXXIII. Now Manuel Prospers XXXIV. Farewell to Alianora XXXV. The Troubling Window XXXVI. Excursions from Content XXXVII. Opinions of Hinzelmann XXXVIII. Farewell to Suskind XXXIX. The Passing of Manuel XL. Colophon: Da Capo

Taboo (1921)

CONTENTS THE DEDICATION TO JOHN S. SUMNER MEMOIR OF SÆVIUS NICANOR PROLEGOMENA THE LEGEND 1 - How Horvendile Met Fate and Custom 2 - How the Garbage Man Came with Forks 3 - How Thereupon Ensued a Legal Debate 4 - How There Was Babbling in Philistia 5 - How It Appeared to the Man in the Street COLOPHON A POSTSCRIPT

The Jewel Merchants (1921)

CONTENTS THE AUTHOR’S PROLOGUE THE JEWEL MERCHANTS

The Lineage of Lichfield (1922)

CONTENTS The Epistle Dedicatory The Lineage of Lichfield The Lineage of Lichfield BULMER EXCURSUS Exit

The High Place (1923)

CONTENTS PART I. THE END OF LONG WANTING I. The Child Errant II. Sayings about Puysange III. Widowers Seek Consolation IV. Economics of an Old Race V. Friendly Advice of Janicot VI. Philosophy of the Lower Class VII. Adjustments of the Resurrected VIII. At the Top of the World IX. Misgivings of a Beginning Saint X. Who Feasted at Brunbelois PART II. THE END OF LIGHT WINNING XI. Problems of Beauty XII. Niceties of Fratricide XIII. Débonnaire XIV. Gods in Decrepitude XV. Dubieties of the Master XVI. Some Victims of Flamberge XVII. The Armoury of Antan XVIII. Problems of Holiness XIX. Locked Gates XX. Smoke Reveals Fire PART III. THE END OF LEAN WISDOM XXI. Of Melior Married XXII. The Wives of Florian XXIII. The Collyn in the Pot XXIV. Marie-Claire XXV. The Gander that Sang XXVI. Husband and Wife XXVII. The Forethought of Hoprig XXVIII. Highly Ambiguous XXIX. The Wonder Words XXX. The Errant Child

Straws and Prayer-Books (1924)

CONTENTS THE AUTHOR OF JURGEN I. A NOTE ON ALCOVES II. THE WAY OF WIZARDRY III. MINIONS OF THE MOON IV. THE THIN QUEEN OF ELFHAME V. CELESTIAL ARCHITECTURE VI. ROMANTICS ABOUT THEM VII. DIVERSIONS OF THE ANCHORITE VIII. THE DELTA OF RADEGONDE IX. A THEME WITH VARIATIONS X. FLAWS IN THE SPUR THE AUTHOR OF THE EAGLE’S SHADOW

The Music From Behind the Moon (1926)

CONTENTS A NOTE AS TO ETTARRE THE MUSIC FROM BEHIND THE MOON PART ONE. OF MADOC IN HIS YOUTH THE TEXT FROM GENESIS 1. FOUR VIEWS OF A POET 2. THE WOMAN LIKE A MIST 3. WHAT WISDOM ADVISED 4. ONE PATRIOT’S REWARD 5. SOME VERY ANCIENT GAMES 6. LEADS TO A COFFIN 7. REWARD OF THE OPTIMIST PART TWO. OF MADOC IN THIS WORLD 8. “THE BRAVEST ARE THE TENDEREST” 9. PHILANTHROPY PROSPERS 10. SPOILS OF THE VICTOR 11. THE COMFORTABLE MUSIC 12. PUZZLE OF ALL ARTISTS 13. LEADS TO A LIZARD 14. HOW POETS MAY REFORM 15. RIGHT-THINKING REMEDIED PART THREE. OF MADOC IN THE MOON 16. LEADS TO THE MOON 17. MORE LUNAR HAPPENINGS 18. TRUISMS COME HIGH 19. THE NATURE OF WOMEN 20. LOVE SCORES A POINT 21. THE PEN OF THE CENSOR 22. NEAR YGGDRASILL 23. THE CALL OF EARTH PART FOUR. OF MADOC IN THE OLD TIME 24. THE OLD TIME REITERATES 25. CONFECTIONER’S REPOSE 26. WHAT WAS NOT TROUBLE 27. TOO MUCH IS NOT ENOUGH 28. THE RESPECTABLE GESTURE 29. “THIS TRULY DOES NOT DIE” 30. LEADS TO CONTENTMENT THE BEST POSSIBLE POSTSCRIPT

The Silver Stallion (1926)

CONTENTS THE LORDS THAT POICTESME HAD IN DOM MANUEL’S TIME A NOTE UPON POICTESME BOOK ONE. THE LAST SIEGE OF THE FELLOWSHIP Chapter I. A Child’s Talk Chapter II. Economics of Horvendile Chapter III. How Anavalt Lamented the Redeemer Chapter IV. Fog Rises BOOK TWO. THE MATHEMATICS OF GONFAL Chapter V. Champion at Misadventure Chapter VI. The Loans of Power Chapter VII. Fatality the Second Chapter VIII. How the Princes Bragged Chapter IX. The Loans of Wisdom Chapter X. Relative to Gonfal’s Head Chapter XI. Economics of Morvyth BOOK THREE. TOUPAN’S BRIGHT BEES Chapter XII. The Mage Emeritus Chapter XIII. Economics of Gisele Chapter XIV. The Changing That Followed Chapter XV. Disastrous Rage of Miramon Chapter XVI. Concerns The Pleiades And A Razor Chapter XVII. Epitome of Marriage Chapter XVIII. Koshchei Is Vexed Chapter XIX. Settlement: In Full BOOK FOUR. COTH AT PORUTSA Chapter XX. Idolatry of an Alderman Chapter XXI. The Profits of Pepper Selling Chapter XXII. Toveyo Dances Chapter XXIII. Regrettable Conduct of a Corpse Chapter XXIV. Economics of Yaotl Chapter XXV. Last Obligation Upon Manuel Chapter XXVI. The Realist In Defeat BOOK FIVE. “MUNDUS VULT DECIPI” Chapter XXVII. Poictesme Reformed Chapter XXVIII. Fond Motto of a Patriot Chapter XXIX. The Grumbler’s Progress Chapter XXX. Havoc of Bad Habits Chapter XXXI. Other Paternal Apothegms Chapter XXXII. Time Gnaws At All Chapter XXXIII. Economics of Coth BOOK SIX. IN THE SYLVAN’S HOUSE Chapter XXXIV. Something Goes Wrong: and Why Chapter XXXV. Guivric’s Journey Chapter XXXVI. The Appointed Enemy Chapter XXXVII. Too Many Mouths Chapter XXXVIII. The Appointed Lover Chapter XXXIX. One Warden Left Uncircumvented Chapter XL. Economics of Glaum-Without-Bones Chapter XLI. The Gratifying Sequel BOOK SEVEN. WHAT SARAIDE WANTED Chapter XLII. Generalities At Ogde Chapter XLIII. Prayer And The Lizard Maids Chapter XLIV. Fine Cordiality of Sclaug Chapter XLV. The Gander Also Generalizes Chapter XLVI. Kerin Rises In The World Chapter XLVII. Economics of Saraide Chapter XLVIII. The Golden Shining Chapter XLIX. They of Nointel BOOK EIGHT. THE CANDID FOOTPRINT Chapter L. Indiscretion of a Bailiff Chapter LI. The Queer Bird Chapter LII. Remorse of a Poor Devil Chapter LIII. Continuation of Appalling Pieties Chapter LIV. Magic That Was Rusty Chapter LV. The Prince of Darkness Chapter LVI. Economics of Ninzian BOOK NINE. ABOVE PARADISE Chapter LVII. Maugis Makes Trouble Chapter LVIII. Showing That Even Angels May Err Chapter LIX. The Conversion of Palnatoki Chapter LX. In The Hall of the Chosen Chapter LXI. Vanadis, Dear Lady of Reginlief Chapter LXII. The Demiurgy of Donander Veratyr Chapter LXIII. Economics of Sidvrar Chapter LXIV. Through The Oval Window Chapter LXV. The Reward of Faith BOOK TEN. AT MANUEL’S TOMB Chapter LXVI. Old Age of Niafer Chapter LXVII. The Women Differ Chapter LXVIII. Radegonde Is Practical Chapter LXIX. Economics of Jurgen Chapter LXX. All Ends Perplexedly APPENDICES APPENDIX A. COMPENDIUM OF LEADING HISTORI CAL EVENTS (Abridged from the computations of Bulg.) APPENDIX B. THE THIN QUEEN OF ELFHAME APPENDIX C. THE DELTA OF RADEGONDE

Something about Eve (1927)

CONTENTS THE ARGUMENT OF THIS COMEDY PART ONE. THE BOOK OF OUTSET 1. How the Tempter Came 2. Evelyn of Lichfield 3. Two Geralds 4. That Devil in the Library PART TWO. THE BOOK OF TWILIGHT 5. Christening of the Stallion 6. Evadne of the Dusk PART THREE. THE BOOK OF DOONHAM 7. Evasherah of the First Water-Gap 8. The Mother of Every Princess 9. How One Butterfly Fared PART FOUR. THE BOOK OF DERSAM 10. Wives at Caer Omn 11. The Glass People 12. Confusions of the Golden Travel 13. Colophon of a God 14. Evarvan of the Mirror PART FIVE. THE BOOK OF LYTREIA 15. At Tenjo’s Court 16. The Holy Nose of Lytreia 17. Evaine of Peter’s Tomb 18. End of a Vixen 19. Beyond the Veil PART SIX. THE BOOK OF TUROINE 20. Thaumaturgists in Labor 21. They That Wore Blankets 22. The Paragraph of the Sphinx 23. Odd Transformation of a Towel PART SEVEN. THE BOOK OF POETS 24. On Mispec Moor 25. The God Conforms 26. “Qualis Artifex!” 27. Regarding the Stars PART EIGHT. THE BOOK OF MAGES 28. Fond Magics of Maya 29. Leucosia’s Singing 30. What Solomon Wanted 31. The Chivalry of Merlin 32. A Boy That Might As Well Be PART NINE. THE BOOK OF MISPEC MOOR 33. Limitations of Gaston 34. Ambiguity of the Brown Man 35. Of Kalki and a Döppelganger 36. Tannhäuser’s Troubled Eyes 37. Contentment of the Mislaid God PART TEN. THE BOOK OF ENDINGS 38. About the Past of a Bishop 39. Baptism of a Musgrave 40. On the Turn of a Leaf 41. Child of All Fathers 42. Theodorick Rides Forth 43. Economics of Redemption 44. Economics of Common-Sense 45. Farewell to All Fair Welfare PART ELEVEN. THE BOOK OF REMNANTS 46. The Gray Quiet Way of Ruins 47. How Horvendile Gave Up the Race PART TWELVE. THE BOOK OF ACQUIESCENCE 48. Fruits of the Sylan’s Industry 49. Triumph of the Two Truths 50. Exodus of Glaum

The White Robe (1928)

CONTENTS THE WHITE ROBE 1. OF HIS MANNER OF LIFE IN THE SECULAR STATE 2. OF HIS ARDENT LOVE AND APPROACH TO MARTYRDOM 3. OF HIS CONFESSION AND CONVERSION 4. OF THE DIVINE CONDESCENSIONS SHOWN UNTO HIM 5. OF HIS YET FURTHER INCREASE IN GRACES 6. OF HIS CONTINUED ZEAL AND EFFICACY 7. OF THE SALUTARY POWER OF HIS PREACHING 8. OF THE KINDLY IMPULSES OF HIS PIETY 9. OF THE REWARD APPOINTED FOR HIM 10. OF HIS RIGHTEOUS ENDING

The Way of Ecben (1929)

CONTENTS THE WAY OF ECBEN PROLOGUE AS TO THE WARRING FOR ETTAINE 1. OF ALFGAR IN HIS KINGDOM 2. A DREAM SMITES HIM 3. THE SENDING OF THE SWALLOW 4. “THE KING PAYS!” 5. THE WAY OF WORSHIP 6. THE LAST GIVING 7. OF ALFGAR IN THE GRAYNESS 8. HOW THE KING TRIUMPHED 9. THE CHANGING OF ALFGAR 10. THE WAY IT ENDED AN EPILOGUE AS TO OTHER WANDERERS

Sonnets from Antan (1929)

CONTENTS EDITORIAL NOTE SONNETS FROM ANTAN THE SONNET MADE FOR EVELYN THE SONNET MADE FOR EVASHERAN Notes to the Sonnet made for Evasheran THE SONNET MADE FOR EVAINE Notes to the Sonnet made for Evaine THE SONNET MADE FOR EVARVAN Notes to the Sonnet made for Evarvan THE SONNET MADE FOR NERO & VILLON Notes to the Sonnet made for Nero and Villon THE SONNET MADE FOR MAYA Notes to the Sonnet made for Maya

Preface to the Past (1936)

CONTENTS “MERE HOMESPUN MEMORIES” THE COMMENTARIES Beyond Life The Lineage of Lichfield Figures of Earth The Silver Stallion The Witch-Woman Domnei Chivalry Jurgen The Line of Love The High Place Gallantry Something About Eve The Certain Hour The Cords of Vanity From the Hidden Way The Jewel Merchants The Rivet in Grandfather’s Neck The Eagle’s Shadow The Cream of the Jest Straws and Prayer-Books THE NOTES A Note Upon Poictesme Addenda as to Jurgen A Little More About Eve A Note on Lichfield Townsend of Lichfield

‘The Nightmare Has Triplets’ Trilogy Smirt (1934)

CONTENTS AUTHOR’S NOTE PART ONE. POINT OF DEPARTURE ONE. AFTERNOON OF A VIRTUOSO TWO. THE BLACK DOG THREE. LYING AWAKE FOUR. “THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF” FIVE. RATIONALITY INTERVENES SIX. REASONS FOR NOT TALKING SEVEN. A LOST LEGEND PART TWO. OVERLOOKING A UNIVERSE EIGHT. THE ALL-HIGHEST CONFIDES NINE. WHICH DEHORTS TEN. WHICH CONTINUES TO DEHORT ELEVEN. THE BLONDE PRINCESS TWELVE. - & COMPANY PART THREE. BEYOND TWO TOMBS THIRTEEN. AT SMIRT’S GRAVE. FOURTEEN. THE PUBLIC STILL AT LARGE FIFTEEN. IS ABOUT TANA SIXTEEN. CAVES MAKE THE CAVE-MAN SEVENTEEN. PATCHES OF MOONSHINE EIGHTEEN. FROM THE RADIATOR PART FOUR. TEACHES BY EXAMPLE NINETEEN. THE STEWARDS OF HEAVEN TWENTY. CONCERNS ROUTINE MATTERS TWENTY-ONE. EPILOGUE OF SOBRIETY TWENTY-TWO. ARACHNE RETURNS TWENTY-THREE. WHAT MEMORY MADE TWENTY-FOUR. ÆSTHETICS OF ARATHRON TWENTY-FIVE. RESULT OF MUCH READING PART FIVE. ABOUT A CHANGED PLANET TWENTY-SIX. AIREL OF THE BROWN HAIR TWENTY-SEVEN. AFFAIRS OF THE FAMILY TWENTY-EIGHT. INTRODUCES AN ANGEL TWENTY-NINE. OF PIETY AND ORIANA THIRTY. CITY OF THE DEAD THIRTY-ONE. WHICH BECOMES LOGICAL THIRTY-TWO. IN THE PAPER PALACE THIRTY-THREE. THE PHILOSOPHY OF RANI THIRTY-FOUR. IS PAST IN A JIFFY THIRTY-FIVE. THE WAY OF A MAID PART SIX. DIVINE STUMBLING-BLOCKS THIRTY-SIX. REFLECTIONS OF THE MASTER THIRTY-SEVEN. LITURGY OF WORSHIP THIRTY-EIGHT. A LECTURE FOR DOROTHY THIRTY-NINE. THE OLD DIFFICULTY PART SEVEN. TOUCHES POETIC JUSTICE FORTY. REPRESENTING THE FIRM FORTY-ONE. ALDEMIS PERCEIVES ALL FORTY-TWO. THE WARNING OF ART FORTY-THREE. THE VERDICT OF ERUDITION FORTY-FOUR. “LESBIA, ILLA LESBIA” PART EIGHT. FOR EACH HIS HOUR FORTY-FIVE. AT THIRTEEN O’CLOCK FORTY-SIX. HEIR PRESUMPTIVE FORTY-SEVEN. WHICH REFLECTS FRANKLY FORTY-EIGHT. THE SPIDER MOVES IN FORTY-NINE. RECESSION OF THE PAST FIFTY. THE DREAM AND THE BUSINESS

Smith (1935)

CONTENTS PART ONE. THE BOOK OF BRANLON ONE. HOW CHARLEMAGNE CAME TWO. THUS ROLAND REPORTED THREE. THE TALE OF TURPIN FOUR. EYES OF A GOD FIVE. A PEDLAR REFLECTS SIX. WHAT URC TABARON THOUGHT SEVEN. MR. SMITH UPON FATHERHOOD PART TWO. THE BOOK OF VOLMAR EIGHT. HOW THEY BRAGGED NINE. DOOM OF A LIAR TEN. THE BROWN PRIEST ELEVEN. GRIEF OF THE SOUTH WIND TWELVE. MR. SMITH AS TO KEYS THIRTEEN. THE KING WITHOUT STAIN FOURTEEN. OBSERVATIONS IN OSNIA FIFTEEN. REMARKS ON THE FRONTIER SIXTEEN. THE QUEEN’S PROGRESS SEVENTEEN. PARTING IN ANGER EIGHTEEN. THE TRUTH OF IT PART THREE. THE BOOK OF ELAIR NINETEEN. HOW THEY QUESTED TWENTY. LANDS BEYOND COMMON-SENSE TWENTY-ONE. WOMEN BY THE WAY TWENTY-TWO. TALK WITH A TIPPLER TWENTY-THREE. THE GRAY HOUSE TWENTY-FOUR. IN REGARD TO OINA TWENTY-FIVE. MR. SMITH UPON MODESTY TWENTY-SIX. THE WATER OF AIRDRA TWENTY-SEVEN. A WIZARD’S ONE OVERSIGHT TWENTY-EIGHT. THE GREAT BURNING TWENTY-NINE. HOW A WHILE PASSED THIRTY. TROUBLE AT SUPPER TIME THIRTY-ONE. THE ETERNAL HUSBAND PART FOUR. THE BOOK OF CLITANDRE THIRTY-TWO. HIGHWAY ROBBERY THIRTY-THREE. MR. SMITH PLAYS CHESS THIRTY-FOUR. IN NICOLE’S ROOM THIRTY-FIVE. MAIDS OF HONOR THIRTY-SIX. REGARDING A WINDOW THIRTY-SEVEN. THE COMPASSION OF WOMEN PART FIVE. THE BOOK OF LITTLE SMIRT THIRTY-EIGHT. MARRIAGE OF BEL-IMPERIA THIRTY-NINE. CONCLUSIONS OF MADAM TANA FORTY. THE DEAD HAND FORTY-TWO. THE INGLORIOUS JOURNEY FORTY-THREE. ON A LOST GARMENT FORTY-FOUR. PROSPERITY OF A FRAUD FORTY-FIVE. THE FROG THAT TALKED FORTY-SIX. RELATIVE TO TWO WOMEN FORTY-SEVEN. THE JUDGMENT OF MR. SMITH FORTY-EIGHT. IN BLACK AND SILVER PART SIX. THE BOOK OF TANA FORTY-NINE. DEALS WITH CONTENTMENT - FIFTY. - WHICH A CLOCK QUALIFIES

Smire (1937)

CONTENTS AUTHOR’S NOTE PART ONE. WHICH IS AN OLD STORY ONE. FOLK-LORE OF BRANLON TWO. ABOUT ELISSA THREE. OF SCHOLARSHIP AT TABLE FOUR. THE WANDERER’S NARRATIVE FIVE. FIDELITY OF THE BEREAVED PART TWO. WHICH INVOKES CURSES SIX. IARBUS IS EDITED SEVEN. “NEC DEUS INTERSIT-” EIGHT. GOD OF THE SILVER BOW NINE. DISPUTED OWNERSHIP TEN. TOUCHING UNHOLY COMPANY PART THREE. WHICH ADVANCES IN PERIL ELEVEN. THE LONG QUEST TWELVE. WHAT PEOPLE SAID THIRTEEN. PERTAINS TO MIRIAM FOURTEEN. ELOQUENCE OF AN ANGEL PART FOUR. WHICH MEETS OPPOSITIONS FIFTEEN. THE QUEST GOES ON SIXTEEN. OPINIONS AT RANDOM SEVENTEEN. HE ADJOURNS JANE - EIGHTEEN. - AND DELIGHTS ARACHNE NINETEEN. WE ENTER BRUNBELOIS PART FIVE. WHICH INVOLVES DUPLICITY TWENTY. OF SMIRT IN OPULENCE TWENTY-ONE. A GOD’S REMORSE TWENTY-TWO. BEYOND THE ALL-HIGHEST TWENTY-THREE. LOST LOVES RETURN TWENTY-FOUR. TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE PART SIX. WHICH ARRANGES EVERYTHING TWENTY-FIVE. HOW MŒRA WAS MANAGED TWENTY-SIX. COLLOQUY OF ANIMALS TWENTY-SEVEN. “LAUGH AND LIE DOWN” TWENTY-EIGHT. REGARDING THE STARS TWENTY-NINE. TRICKS OF AN OCULIST PART SEVEN. WHICH CONCERNS FRAILTIES THIRTY. IN THE PICTURE THIRTY-ONE. HOW IT ALL BEGAN THIRTY-TWO. ELAIR DIGS DEEP THIRTY-THREE. IS OF BRANLON REGAINED THIRTY-FOUR. OF SMITH IN HIS KINGDOM THIRTY-FIVE. THROUGH A DREAM FOREST THIRTY-SIX. AS TO ARTISTS IN CLIOTH PART EIGHT. WHICH ENDS WITH APPLAUSE THIRTY-SEVEN. ON A GRAY BEACH THIRTY-EIGHT. THE DARK FERRYMAN THIRTY-NINE. MORE CANINE CANDORS FORTY. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

‘It Happened in Florida’ Trilogy There Were Two Pirates (1946)

CONTENTS EDITORIAL NOTE PART ONE. . THE MUTINY OF LOVE 1 2 3 PART TWO. THE MAN OF AFFAIRS 4 5 6 7 8 9 PART THREE. THE HUMORS OF TIME 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 PART FOUR. THE BEGINNING OF IT 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 PART FIVE. THE SHADOW OF HIMSELF 25 26 27 28 29 30

The Devil’s Own Dear Son (1949)

CONTENTS A PREFACE ABOUT THE BOOK’S BACKGROUND PART ONE. HOW IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING 1 2 3 PART TWO. WHAT VARIED DUTIES REQUIRED 4 5 6 7 8 9 PART THREE. OF THE DEAD AND THE DAMNED ALSO 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 PART FOUR. IN LANDS BEYOND COMMON-SENSE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 PART FIVE. WHICH GETS A GOODLY HERITAGE 27 28 AN EPILOGUE. ENDING THE DREAMS OF ALL DODDS 29 30

‘Heirs and Assigns’ Trilogy The King Was in His Counting House (1938)

CONTENTS PREFACE PEOPLE OF THE STORY I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX XL XLI XLII XLIII XLIV XLV XLVI XLVII XLVIII XLIX L

Hamlet Had an Uncle (1940)

CONTENTS PREFACE HAMLET HAD AN UNCLE 1. THE SKIN OF SIGMUND’S WIFE: HOW IT GOT HORVENDILE OUT OF HIS KINGDOM 2. THE TWO SONS OF GERVENDILE CUT-THROAT 3. OF GERUTH AND HER SECOND HUSBAND 4. OF HAMLET: HOW HE TROUBLED PEOPLE 5. INGRID GOES INTO THE WOODS 6. CONTINUED MISADVENTURE IN GERUTH’S BEDROOM 7. NOW CORAMBUS BEGINS A BLOOD-FEUD 8. THE LETTER THAT FENGON WROTE IN HIS PERPLEXITY 9. SAILING OF THE SEA-HAWK: HAMLET AND HIS MOTHER 10. OF ORTON: HIS APPEARANCE AND HIS ADVICE AT STRAITHKELD 11. OF WIGLERUS IN THE WEST: EDRIC AND WIGLERUS TALK TOGETHER AT MIDDLEBURGH 12. OF ALFTRUDA: HOW SHE LOOKED AT TWO YOUNG MEN 13. HAMLET DOES NOT MAKE ANY FRIENDS IN DEIRA 14. YET FURTHER RESULTS OF HAMLET’S SOOTHSAYING 15. AN ATTACK AGAINST WIGLERUS AGREED ON 16. WIGLERUS GETS A BAD WOUND 17. WHY WIGLERUS WENT NORTH, AND IN WHAT CONDITION 18. SIWARD SWIFT-FOOT COMES INTO THE STORY 19. OF THE NEWS WHICH WAS BROUGHT OUT OF JUTLAND 20. WHAT EDRIC HAD TO THINK ABOUT HONOURABLY 21. HAMLET WINS THE APPROVAL OF HIS FATHER-IN-LAW BY LOSING HIS TEMPER 22. THE LOVE-MAKING OF FERBIS OF ABLACH 23. OF WIGLERUS: HOW HE FARED WITH A QUEEN 24. OF HERMETRUDE: HER SELF-RESPECT: WHY SHE KILLED FIVE OF HER BONDMEN 25. OF HERMETRUDE: HOW SHE PUNISHED PLEASANTLY 26. WHY WIGLERUS WENT SOUTH 27. STILL OF WIGLERUS: WHY HE STAYED IN THE GRAVEYARD 28. THE FIGHTING AT STRAITHKELD 29. OF THE PIETY OF QUEEN HERMETRUDE 30. WHAT HAMLET DECIDED TO DO: HOW HORVENDILE HELPED HIM 31. OF WIGLERUS IN THE EAST: THE BATTLES IN JUTLAND 32. HOW MAGNUS TROUBLED QUEEN HERMETRUDE IN A SWAMP 33. THE TALKING TOGETHER OF HERMETRUDE AND HAMLET IN VILDMOSE 34. VISIT OF MAGNUS TO WIGLERUS 35. THE WOMEN AT THORË: WHAT GERUTH PAID FOR HER WICKEDNESS 36. THE CHILD AT THORË: THE COLD INIQUITY OF ALFTRUDA 37. OF THE AWARD IN THE BARGAINING BETWEEN HERMETRUDE AND WIGLERUS 38. OF THE DIRGE WHICH MAGNUS BEGAN 39. OF ORTON: HOW HE DID NOT GIVE ANY MORE ADVICE 40. ENDING OF THE STORY OF HAMLET: WITH THE VERDICT OF KING WIGLERUS, THE SON OF RÖREK

The First Gentleman of America (1942)

CONTENTS Part One. The Grandchild of the White Cloud Serpent 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Part Two. The Cousin of the King of Spain 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Part Three. The Godson of Pedro Menéndez 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Part Four. The Werrowance of Ajacan 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Editorial Note EDITORIAL NOTE Bibliography BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Non-Fiction Quiet, Please (1952)

CONTENTS AN UPSHOT OF ALL DREAMING THE HEAD sculptured by Hollis H. Holbrook THE PORTRAIT by Marjorie Burke 1. Some of Which Borders on Egotism 2. About the Craft of Spoiling Paper 3. Of Reverting to Old Friendships 4. Regards Contentment in Compromise 5. Considers One-Third of Our Living 6. Conception and Birth of a Trinity 7. Attends on the Sublime Virginian 8. As to Several Laws of Dreamland 9. Remote Evolution of a Romantic 10. In Praise of an Exceeding Economy 11. Concerning Many Long Dead Persons 12. Which, at Last, Becomes Rational

The Autobiography As I Remember It (1955)

CONTENTS A FOREWORD: AS TO WHAT COMES LATER BOOK ONE. ANOTHER BOOK ABOUT HER. 1. Which Shows How It All Started 2. Ends by Discrediting Superstition 3. Relates What Happened Before 1912 4. Appears Mostly About Nomenclature 5. Here Work Begins on My Masterpiece 6. Reverts to Eras Still More Antique 7. Touches Her Dealings with Children 8. She Enters, and Disposes of Books 9. Culminates Strangely, with a Cross 10. Concerns Patriotism and Pygmalion 11. Dwells upon Her Genius as a Critic 12 Her Deeds and Duties in the 1920s 13. Tells of How the Ending Commenced 14. Of Divers Adjustments with Destiny 15. Centers Very Largely on Christmas 16. How the Hunted Thrived for a While 17. Harps on the Reticence of Marriage 18. Most of Which is Quite Commonplace 19. Sundry Reflections Toward Twilight 20. Upon and After the First of April BOOK TWO. AND OTHER AMENITIES 21. Seems at Random and Is Far from It 22. Approach to Another Fearless Woman 23. About Books and How Writers Happen 24. As to Childish Matters of Long Ago 25. Expounds on Fictions about Fiction 26. Remarks upon a Once Glorious Epoch 27. Is of Two Whom I Admired Dubiously 28. Discourses upon the Impiety of Art 29. Concerning Another Fond Obligation 30 Speaks with Candor of a Great Lady AN AFTERWORD ENDING WITH GRATITUDE

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