SULAMITH

A Romance of Antiquity

By ALEXANDRE KUPRIN

Author of “Yama” (The Pit), etc.

Translated from the Russian
By B. G. GUERNEY

with
Eight full-page illustrations in color
By FORBES-FELIX

NEW YORK

Privately Printed for Subscribers

MCMXXVIII

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AUTHOR’S DEDICATION:

To Ivan Alexeievich Bunin

A. Kuprin

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.[1]

THE SONG OF SONGS

Transcriber’s Note: This Table of Contents has been added for convenience; none was present in the original, which contained only the List of Illustrations.