ALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc.
Published, April, 1922
Second Printing, April, 1922
Third Printing, May, 1922
Fourth Printing, June, 1922
Fifth Printing, July, 1922
Sixth Printing, August, 1922
Seventh Printing, October, 1922
Eighth Printing, March, 1923
Ninth Printing, July, 1923
Set up, electrotyped, printed and bound by the Vail-Ballou Co., Binghamton, N.Y.
Paper furnished by W.F. Etherington & Co., New York.
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO THE MEMORY OF
MY MOTHER,
ADA AMANDA FITCH VAN VECHTEN
"'Tingling is the test,' said Babbalanja, 'Yoomy, did you tingle, when that song was composing?'
"'All over, Babbalanja.'"
Herman Melville: Mardi.
"We work in the dark—we do what we can—we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art."
Dencombe: The Middle Years.
"Les existences les plus belles sont peut-être celles qui ont subi tous les extrêmes, qui ont traversé toutes les températures, rencontré toutes les sensations excessives et tous les sentiments contradictoires."