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EPISTLE DEDICATORY 3
PROLOGUE 7
I. THE PERFECT HOUSE 9
II. OLD ORIENTAL MASTERS 29
III. SIGNS IN THE SKY 46
IV. THE IDEAL HAVEN 64
V. WHEN LEAVES GROW SERE 86
VI. DECORATIVE DECORATIONS 105
VII. MY STUDY WINDOWS 119
VIII. MY INDOOR GARDEN 143
IX. A BLUE-VIOLET SALAD 170
X. FOOTSTEPS OF SPRING 187
XI. MAGICIANS OF THE SHELVES—I 205
XII. MAGICIANS OF THE SHELVES—II 225
XIII. AUTHORS AND READERS 250
XIV. THE PAGEANT OF THE IMMORTALS 272
EPILOGUE 285
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