TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Originally published in the U.S. in 1907 as “The Gates of Kamt,” this book was retitled “By the Gods Beloved” (the same as the U.K. edition) in 1921 with no other changes to the text.
Illustrations by Margaret West Kinney and Troy Kinney.
Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. ghostlike/ghost-like, high priest/high-priest, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
[Chapter II]
Change “this labour of Sisyphus, the framents of brown dust” to fragments.
[Chapter III]
“at its very base Rholf found traces of an ancient way” to Rholfs.
[Chapter XXII]
“who would worship at her shine—the shrine of love” to shrine.
[Chapter XXV]
“so that she might ecsape the just and awful punishment” to escape.
[End of text]