HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

The Riverside Press Cambridge

1914

COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Published June 1914


CONTENTS

Prelude[3]
I.Franka Garlett[6]
II.Chlodwig Helmer[31]
III.Franka’s New Home[39]
IV.Life in Sielenburg Castle[46]
Intermezzo[63]
V.Count Sielen’s Will[68]
VI.A Second Anonymous Message[82]
VII.Franka’s Salon[98]
VIII.The Outlines of a Great Plan[112]
IX.Franka’s Début and Career[122]
X.At Lucerne[139]
XI.An Evening in the Rose-Palace[152]
XII.Mr. Toker’s Illustrious Guests[165]
XIII.A Luncheon Party[177]
XIV.Dreams of Love[187]
XV.Rinotti and Prince Victor Adolph[198]
XVI.The Sielenburg Party[209]
XVII.The Opening Night[218]
XVIII.Franka’s Lecture[233]
XIX.Ye Young Maidens, listen to me[243]
XX.Another Letter from Chlodwig Helmer[257]
XXI.New Wonders[271]
XXII.Chlodwig Helmer’s Lecture: the Conquest of the Air[288]
XXIII.A Cozy Supper[311]
XXIV.Sundry Conversations[323]
XXV.Scenes of Beauty and of Love[352]
XXVI.Clouds on the Horizon[365]
XXVII.Speeches and Letters[378]
XXVIII.A Cornucopia full of Gifts[399]
XXIX.Franka decides Her Fate[415]
Finale[435]

WHEN THOUGHTS WILL SOAR