CONTENTS

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I.INTRODUCTORY[11]
II.THE ROMANCER[23]
III.THE MAKER OF MAGIC[59]
IV.THE CRITIC OF LARGE THINGS[76]
V.THE HUMORIST AND THE POET[91]
VI.THE RELIGION OF A DEBATER[109]
VII.THE POLITICIAN WHO COULD NOT TELL THE TIME [136]
VIII.A DECADENT OF SORTS[163]
BIBLIOGRAPHY[185]