Retrospection 1
A Rosebud in Lent 4
A Reformer 5
In the Record Room, Surrogate's Office 6
_De Lunatico_ 8
_Pro Patria et Gloria_ 11
After the German 15
An Idyl of the Period 17
Chivalrie 22
A Piece of Advice 24
_Zwei Könige auf Orkadal_ 27
A Song 28
Making New Year's Calls 30
Jack and Me 34
_Les Enfants Perdus_ 37
Chinese Lanterns 40
Thoughts on the Commandments 43
Marriage _à la Mode_. A Trilogy 45
The "Stay-at-Home's" Plaint 58
The "Stay-at-Home's" Pæan 62
Eight Hours 65
Sleeping Beauty 68
Easter Morning 71
A Legend of St. Valentine 75
Frost-Bitten 79
A Song 81
Old Photographs 83
"_Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamné_" 85
Christmas Greens 88
Lake Mahopac--Saturday Night 91
Matinal Musings 95
A Romance of the Sawdust 99
Pyrotechnic Polyglot 105
Fishing 108
_Nocturne_ 111
_Auto-da-Fé_ 113
An Afterthought 117
_Reductio ad Absurdum_ 120
The Mothers of the Sirens 122
_Per Aspera ad Astra_ 124
The Language of Love 126
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