THE ROMANCE OF
THE COMMONPLACE
Gelett Burgess
Now things there are that, upon him who sees,
A strong vocation lay; and strains there are
That whoso hears shall hear for evermore.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Paul Elder and Morgan Shepard : : : San Francisco
Copyright, 1902
by GELETT BURGESS
Entered at Stationer's Hall
London
PRINTED BY THE STANLEY-TAYLOR COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO