Edgar Saltus

CONTENTS.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF DISENCHANTMENT.

CHAPTER I. THE GENESIS OF DISENCHANTMENT.

CHAPTER II. THE HIGH PRIEST OF PESSIMISM.

CHAPTER III. THE SPHINX'S RIDDLE.

CHAPTER IV. THE BORDERLANDS OF HAPPINESS.

CHAPTER V. THE GREAT QUIETUS.

CHAPTER VI. IS LIFE AN AFFLICTION?

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BALZAC.
A Study.

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Writings, and a Portrait.

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THE PHILOSOPHY OF
DISENCHANTMENT

BY

EDGAR EVERTSON SALTUS


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The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1887

Copyright, 1885,
By EDGAR EVERTSON SALTUS.

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