Carl Van Vechten
A new edition, revised, with sixteen
illustrations and an epilogue
New York Alfred A Knopf
MCMXX
COPYRIGHT, 1917, 1920, BY
ALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To
the unforgettable interpreter of Ariel,
Zelima, Louka, Wendla,
and Columbine,
Fania Marinoff, my wife