Author of "Truth Dexter," "The Breath of the Gods,"
"Out of the Nest: A Flight of Verses,"
etc.

Illustrated by
Gertrude McDaniel

Boston
Little, Brown, and Company
1906

Copyright, 1905,
BY P. F. COLLIER & SON.
Copyright, 1906,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
All rights reserved
Published October, 1906

The story of "The Dragon Painter," in
a shorter form, was originally published in
"Collier's." It has since been practically
rewritten.

TO
KANO YEITAN