THE AUTHOR'S PROLOGUE

Title: The Jewel Merchants A Comedy in One Act

Author: James Branch Cabell

Language: English

Produced by Suzanne Shell, Clare Boothby and PG Distributed Proofreaders

The Jewel Merchants A Comedy in One Act

By

James Branch Cabell

     "Io non posso ritrar di tutti appieno:
       pero chi si mi caccia il lungo tema,
    che molte volte al fatto il dir vieti meno."

                   NEW YORK
                     1921

TO LOUISE BURLEIGH

     This latest avatar of so many notions
           which were originally hers.