BY
MAURICE MAETERLINCK
_Translated by_
ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS
[Illustration: Decoration]
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1904
COPYRIGHT, 1902,
BY HARPER & BROTHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1903,
BY HARPER & BROTHERS, THE CENTURY CO.
COPYRIGHT, 1904,
BY MAURICE MAETERLINCK, HARPER & BROTHERS, THE CENTURY CO.,
THE ESS ESS PUBLISHING CO., AINSLEE'S MAGAZINE CO.
COPYRIGHT, 1904,
BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
_Published May, 1904_
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_NOTE_
_Of the sixteen essays in this volume, some have appeared in London: in
the_ International Library of Famous Literature, _the_ Fortnightly
Review, _the_ Daily Mail _and_ London Opinion; _some in the following
American Reviews: the_ Century Magazine, _the_ Bookman, _the_ Critic,
_the_ Smart Set, Ainslee's Magazine, _the_ Metropolitan Magazine,
Harper's Magazine _and_ Harper's Bazar. _The author's thanks are due to
the respective proprietors of these publications for their permission to
republish in the present volume._