CONTENTS.

I.	THE CASE OF SUMMERFIELD	[13]
II.	THE MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE	[34]
III.	THE DESERTED SCHOOLHOUSE	[37]
IV.	FOR AN ALBUM	[50]
V.	PHASES IN THE LIFE OF JOHN POLLEXFEN	[52]
VI.	THE LOVE-KNOT	[94]
VII.	THE AZTEC PRINCESS	[95]
VIII.	THE MOTHER'S EPISTLE	[154]
IX.	LEGENDS OF LAKE BIGLER	[156]
X.	ROSENTHAL'S ELAINE	[171]
XI.	THE TELESCOPIC EYE	[174]
XII.	THE EMERALD ISLE	[190]
XIII.	THE EARTH'S HOT CENTER	[199]
XIV.	WILDEY'S DREAM	[212]
XV.	WHITHERWARD	[218]
XVI.	OUR WEDDING DAY	[229]
XVII.	THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW	[231]
XVIII.	A PAIR OF MYTHS	[233]
XIX.	THE LAST OF HIS RACE	[247]
XX.	THE TWO GEORGES	[249]
XXI.	MASONRY	[260]
XXII.	POLLOCK'S EUTHANASIA	[262]
XXIII.	SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND ART DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY	[264]
XXIV.	THE ENROBING OF LIBERTY	[276]
XXV.	A CAKE OF SOAP	[279]
XXVI.	THE SUMMERFIELD CASE	[280]
XXVII.	THE AVITOR	[291]
XXVIII.	LOST AND FOUND	[293]