ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS

NEW YORK

DODD, MEAD & COMPANY

1912

THE WORKS OF MAURICE MAETERLINCK IN
UNIFORM STYLE AND BINDING

ESSAYS

The Treasure of the Humble
Wisdom and Destiny
The Life of the Bee
The Buried Temple
The Double Garden
The Measure of the Hours
Death

PLAYS

Sister Beatrice and Ardiane and Barbe Bleue
Joyzelle and Monna Vanna
The Blue Bird, A Fairy Play
Mary Magdalene
Pélléas and Mélisande, and Other Plays
Princess Maleine
The Intruder, and Other Plays
Aglavaine and Selysette

HOLIDAY EDITIONS

The text in each case is an extract from one of the above mentioned books.

Our Friend the Dog
Old-Fashioned Flowers
The Swarm
The Intelligence of the Flowers
Chrysanthemums
The Leaf of Olive
Thoughts from Maeterlinck

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I	OUR IDEA OF DEATH	[3]
II	A PRIMITIVE IDEA	[5]
III	WE MUST ENLIGHTEN AND ESTABLISH OUR IDEA OF DEATH	[10]
IV	WE MUST RID DEATH OF THAT WHICH GOES BEFORE	[12]
V	THE PANGS OF DEATH MUST BE ATTRIBUTED TO MAN ALONE	[14]
VI	THE MISTAKE OF THE DOCTORS IN PROLONGING THE PANGS OF DEATH	[17]
VII	THEIR ARGUMENT	[19]
VIII	THAT WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO DEATH	[21]
IX	THE HORRORS OF THE GRAVE ALSO DO NOT BELONG TO DEATH	[25]
X	WHEN CONTEMPLATING THE UNKNOWN INTO WHICH DEATH HURLS US, LET US FIRST PUT RELIGIOUS FEARS FROM OUR MINDS	[29]
XI	ANNIHILATION IMPOSSIBLE	[33]
XII	THE SURVIVAL OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS	[37]
XIII	IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE	[39]
XIV	THE SAME, CONTINUED	[45]
XV	IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, IT WOULD NOT BE DREADFUL	[48]
XVI	THE SURVIVAL WITHOUT CONSCIOUSNESS	[51]
XVII	THE SAME, CONTINUED	[54]
XVIII	THE LIMITED EGO WOULD BECOME A TORTURE	[57]
XIX	A NEW EGO CAN FIND A NUCLEUS AND DEVELOP ITSELF IN INFINITY	[60]
XX	THE ONLY SORROW THAT CAN TOUCH OUR MIND	[65]
XXI	INFINITY AS CONCEIVED BY OUR REASON	[68]
XXII	INFINITY AS PERCEIVED BY OUR SENSES	[71]
XXIII	WHICH OF THE TWO SHALL WE KNOW?	[74]
XXIV	THE INFINITY WHICH BOTH OUR REASON AND OUR SENSES CAN ADMIT	[77]
XXV	OUR FAITH IN INFINITY	[81]
XXVI	THE SAME, CONTINUED	[84]
XXVII	SHALL WE BE UNHAPPY THERE?	[87]
XXVIII	QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS?	[90]
XXIX	THE SAME, CONTINUED	[95]
XXX	IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO ANSWER THEM	[99]
XXXI	EVERYTHING MUST FINISH EXEMPT FROM SUFFERING	[102]