LITTLE DINNERS
WITH THE SPHINX
AND
OTHER PROSE FANCIES

LITTLE DINNERS
WITH THE SPHINX

AND
OTHER PROSE FANCIES
By
RICHARD LE GALLIENNE
New York
MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY
1907
COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY
MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY,
NEW YORK.
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1907.
TO EVA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I.][ Little Dinners with the Sphinx]
[1.][ On the Edge of the Starlight][3]
[2.][ The Mysticism of Gastronomy][9]
[3.][ On the Wearing of Opals][19]
[4.][ New Loves for Old][29]
[II.][ The Death of the Poet][41]
[III.][ The Butterfly of Dreams][79]
[IV.][ My Castle in Spain][105]
[V.][ Once-upon-a-time][121]
[VI.][ The Little Joys of Margaret][151]
[VII.][ What’s in a Name][175]
[VIII.][ Revisiting the Glimpses of the Moon][195]
[IX.][ Eva, the Woodland and I][231]
[X.][ The Dream Documents][253]