BY
VERNON LEE, LITT.D.
Author of Vital Lies, Satan the Waster,
The Handling of Words, etc.
New York
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
681 Fifth Avenue
Copyright 1925
By E. P. Dutton & Company
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
To my dear friend
BELLA DUFFY
with thanks for a lifetime
of intelligent talk.
1880–1925