Transcriber's Note: Footnotes are placed at the end of the relevant paragraph. In Chapters I and II, the printed "Mitra" was changed to "Mithra" to match other occurrences in the text, which predominate.


THE LORDS OF THE GHOSTLAND
A History of the Ideal
By EDGAR SALTUS

"Errons, les doigts unis, dans
l'Alhambra du songe."

Renée Vivien

NEW YORK
MITCHELL KENNERLEY
MCMVII

COPYRIGHT, 1907
BY EDGAR SALTUS
The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass. USA.

By Mr. Saltus
HISTORIA AMORIS
IMPERIAL PURPLE
MARY MAGDALEN
THE POMPS OF SATAN
THE PERFUME OF EROS
VANITY SQUARE