PREFACE

THE HILL OF SOLITUDE

OF WORSHIP

WEST AND EAST

A CLEVER MONGOOSE

A BLUE DAY

OF LOVE, IN FICTION

THE JINGLING COIN

A STRANGE SUNSET

OF LETTER-WRITING

AT A FUNERAL

OF CHANGE AND DECAY

DAUGHTERS AND DESPOTISM

HER FIANCÉ

BY THE SEA

AN ILLUMINATION

OF DEATH, IN FICTION

A HAND AT ÉCARTÉ

THE GENTLE ART OF VEERING WITH THE WIND

A REJOINDER