CONTENTS

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Preface[vii]
I.The Story of Wisdom[1]
II.The Story of Destruction[12]
III. The Story of a Woman[21]
IV.Devi—Goddess![30]
V.The Setter-Far of Ignorance[44]
VI.The King of Death[53]
VII.The Wise Man, “Truth-Named”[74]
VIII.The Nasal Test—A Study ofCaste[89]
IX.The Mothers of Fighters[106]
X.The Queen Who Stood Erect[115]
[1]XI.Portraits of some Indian Women[128]
XII.Garden Fancies[150]
XIII.A Child or Two[156]
XIV.The Tie that Binds[176]

[1] “Portraits of some Indian Women” is reprinted from “The Nineteenth Century and After,” by the kind permission of the late Sir J. Knowles.