THE DOUBLE GARDEN


By the Same Author:

THE TREASURE OF THE HUMBLE. Translated by Alfred Sutro. 12mo. $1.75.

WISDOM AND DESTINY. Translated by Alfred Sutro. 12mo. $1.75.

THE LIFE OF THE BEE. Translated by Alfred Sutro. 12mo. $1.40 net.

SISTER BEATRICE AND ARDIANE AND BARBE BLEUE. Translated by Bernard Miall. 12mo. $1.20 net.

THE BURIED TEMPLE. Translated by Alfred Sutro. 12mo. $1.40 net.

THOUGHTS FROM MAETERLINCK. Arranged by E. S. S. 12mo. $1.20 net.

THE DOUBLE GARDEN. Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. 12mo. $1.40 net.


The
Double Garden

By
MAURICE MAETERLINCK

Translated by
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1904


Copyright, 1902,
By Harper & Brothers
Copyright, 1903,
By Harper & Brothers, the Century Co.
Copyright, 1904,
By Maurice Maeterlinck, Harper & Brothers, the Century Co.,
The Ess Ess Publishing Co., Ainslee's Magazine Co.
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Copyright, 1904,
By Dodd, Mead and Company
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Published May, 1904

BURR PRINTING HOUSE
NEW YORK


NOTE

Of the sixteen essays in this volume, some have appeared in London: in the International Library of Famous Literature, the Fortnightly Review, the Daily Mail and London Opinion; some in the following American Reviews: the Century Magazine, the Bookman, the Critic, the Smart Set, Ainslee's Magazine, the Metropolitan Magazine, Harper's Magazine and Harper's Bazar. The author's thanks are due to the respective proprietors of these publications for their permission to republish in the present volume.