BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
Published March 1912

TO

EVANS WOOLLEN, ESQ.

The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow and not lead the character and progress of the citizen; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of; and they only who build on Ideas, build for eternity; and that the form of government which prevails is the expression of what cultivation exists in the population which permits it. The law is only a memorandum. We are superstitious, and esteem the statute somewhat; so much life as it has in the character of living men is its force.

EMERSON: Politics.

CONTENTS

[I.][My LADY OF THE CONSTELLATIONS][1]
[II.][SYLVIA GOES VISITING][20]
[III.][A SMALL DINNER AT MRS. OWEN'S][39]
[IV.][WE LEARN MORE OF SYLVIA][62]
[V.][INTRODUCING MR. DANIEL HARWOOD][79]
[VI.][HOME LIFE OF HOOSIER STATESMEN][89]
[VII.][SYLVIA AT LAKE WAUPEGAN][113]
[VIII.][SILK STOCKINGS AND BLUE OVERALLS][136]
[IX.][DANIEL HARWOOD RECEIVES AN OFFER][152]
[X.][IN THE BOORDMAN BUILDING][168]
[XI.][THE MAP ABOVE BASSETT'S DESK][193]
[XII.][BLURRED WINDOWS][212]
[XIII.][THE WAYS OF MARIAN][225]
[XIV.][THE PASSING OF ANDREW KELTON][246]
[XV.][A SURPRISE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB][257]
[XVI.]["STOP, LOOK, LISTEN"][271]
[XVII.][A STROLL ACROSS THE CAMPUS][288]
[XVIII.][THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD][297]
[XIX.][THE THUNDER OF THE CAPTAINS][321]
[XX.][INTERVIEWS IN TWO KEYS][350]
[XXI.][A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED][374]
[XXII.][THE GRAY SISTERHOOD][393]
[XXIII.][A HOUSE-BOAT ON THE KANKAKEE][403]
[XXIV.][A WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY BALL][418]
[XXV.][THE LADY OF THE DAGUERREOTYPE][439]
[XXVI.][APRIL VISTAS][460]
[XXVII.][HEAT LIGHTNING][474]
[XXVIII.][A CHEERFUL BRINGER OF BAD TIDINGS][497]
[XXIX.][A SONG AND A FALLING STAR][511]
[XXX.][THE KING HATH SUMMONED HIS PARLIAMENT][534]
[XXXI.][SYLVIA ASKS QUESTIONS][542]
[XXXII.]["MY BEAUTIFUL ONE"][560]
[XXXIII.][THE MAN OF SHADOWS][570]
[XXXIV.][WE GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING][591]
[A POSTSCRIPT BY THE CHRONICLER][602]