LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| William Sharp (1896), after an etching by William Strang, A. R. A. | [Frontispiece] |
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| Dante Gabriel Rossetti | [58] |
| William Sharp (1883), after photograph taken in Rome | [78] |
| Walter Pater, after a photograph by Frederick Hollyer | [104] |
| William Sharp (1891), after a pastel drawing by Charles Ross | [180] |
| Fac-Simile of an Autograph Poem by William Sharp | [216] |
| Fac-Simile of an Autograph “Fiona Macleod” Poem by William Sharp | [244] |
| Il Castello di Maniace, Bronte, Sicily, after a photograph by the Hon. Alex. Nelson Hood | [332] |
| William Sharp (1903), after a photograph by the Hon. Alex. Nelson Hood (Duke of Bronte) | [358] |
| George Meredith, after a photograph by Frederick Hollyer | [368] |
| Mrs. William Sharp (1909), after a photograph by T. Craig-Annan | [414] |
PART I
WILLIAM SHARP
“Praised be the fathomless universe,
For life and joy ... and for love, sweet love.”
W. Whitman.
“But one to whom life appeals by myriad avenues, all alluring and full of wonder and mystery, cannot always abide where the heart most longs to be. It is well to remember that there are Shadowy Waters, even in the cities, and that the Fount of Youth is discoverable in the dreariest towns as well as in Hy Brasil: a truth apt to be forgotten by those of us who dwell with ever-wondering delight in that land of lost romance which had its own day, as this epoch of a still stranger, if less obvious, romance has its passing hour.”
F. M.