CONTENTS
Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham
PAGE
I.
THE HILL OF SOLITUDE
1
II.
OF WORSHIP
6
III.
WEST AND EAST
13
IV.
A CLEVER MONGOOSE
21
V.
A BLUE DAY
33
VI.
OF LOVE, IN FICTION
42
VII.
THE JINGLING COIN
48
VIII.
A STRANGE SUNSET
61
IX.
OF LETTER-WRITING
68
X.
AT A FUNERAL
72
XI.
OF CHANGE AND DECAY
82
XII.
DAUGHTERS AND DESPOTISM
96
XIII.
HER FIANCÉ
107
XIV.
BY THE SEA
115
XV.
AN ILLUMINATION
123
XVI.
OF DEATH, IN FICTION
129
XVII.
A HAND AT ÉCARTÉ
138
XVIII.
THE GENTLE ART OF VEERING WITH THE WIND
145
XIX.
A REJOINDER
153
XX.
OF IMPORTUNITY
159
XXI.
OF COINCIDENCES
168
XXII.
OF A COUNTRY-HOUSE CUSTOM
175
XXIII.
A MERE LIE
182
XXIV.
TIGERS AND CROCODILES
191
XXV.
A ROSE AND A MOTH
203
XXVI.
A LOVE-PHILTRE
209
XXVII.
MOONSTRUCK
220
XXVIII.
THE “DEVI”
229
XXIX.
THE DEATH-CHAIN
242
XXX.
SCANDAL AND BANGLES
252
XXXI.
THE REPREHENSIBLE HABIT OF MAKING COMPARISONS
259
XXXII.
A CHALLENGE
265
XXXIII.
IN EXILE
270
XXXIV.
OF LOVE—NOT IN FICTION
284
XXXV.
OF OBSESSION
295
XXXVI.
OF PARADISE LOST
303
XXXVII.
“TO MARY, IN HEAVEN”
307
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