CONTENTS.

BALLADE DEDICATORY .

THE FORTUNATE ISLANDS. A DREAM IN JUNE.

ALMAE MATRES.

DESIDERIUM.

RHYMES A LA MODE. BALLADE OF MIDDLE AGE.

ART. A VERY WOFUL BALLADE OF THE ART CRITIC.

SCIENCE. THE BARBAROUS BIRD-GODS: A SAVAGE PARABASIS.

CAMEOS.

THE SPINET .

NOTES.

FOOTNOTES.

Man at harpsichord

RHYMES A LA MODE

BY A. LANG

Hom, c’est une ballade!
Vadius

Decorative graphic: Arbor ScientiÆ, Arbor VitÆ

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