Contents

Chapter I. THE MAGNET ATTRACTING: A WAIF AMID FORCES

Chapter II. WHAT POVERTY THREATENED: OF GRANITE AND BRASS

Chapter III. WEE QUESTION OF FORTUNE: FOUR-FIFTY A WEEK

Chapter IV. THE SPENDINGS OF FANCY: FACTS ANSWER WITH SNEERS

Chapter V. A GLITTERING NIGHT FLOWER: THE USE OF A NAME

Chapter VI. THE MACHINE AND THE MAIDEN: A KNIGHT OF TO-DAY

Chapter VII. THE LURE OF THE MATERIAL: BEAUTY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF

Chapter VIII. INTIMATIONS BY WINTER: AN AMBASSADOR SUMMONED

Chapter IX. CONVENTION’S OWN TINDER-BOX: THE EYE THAT IS GREEN

Chapter X. THE COUNSEL OF WINTER: FORTUNE’S AMBASSADOR CALLS

Chapter XI. THE PERSUASION OF FASHION: FEELING GUARDS O’ER ITS OWN

Chapter XII. OF THE LAMPS OF THE MANSIONS: THE AMBASSADOR PLEA

Chapter XIII. HIS CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED: A BABEL OF TONGUES

Chapter XIV. WITH EYES AND NOT SEEING: ONE INFLUENCE WANES

Chapter XV. THE IRK OF THE OLD TIES: THE MAGIC OF YOUTH

Chapter XVI. A WITLESS ALADDIN: THE GATE TO THE WORLD

Chapter XVII. A GLIMPSE THROUGH THE GATEWAY: HOPE LIGHTENS THE EYE

Chapter XVIII. JUST OVER THE BORDER: A HAIL AND FAREWELL

Chapter XIX. AN HOUR IN ELFLAND: A CLAMOUR HALF HEARD

Chapter XX. THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT: THE FLESH IN PURSUIT

Chapter XXI. THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT: THE FLESH IN PURSUIT

Chapter XXII. THE BLAZE OF THE TINDER: FLESH WARS WITH THE FLESH

Chapter XXIII. A SPIRIT IN TRAVAIL: ONE RUNG PUT BEHIND

Chapter XXIV. ASHES OF TINDER: A FACE AT THE WINDOW

Chapter XXV. ASHES OF TINDER: THE LOOSING OF STAYS

Chapter XXVI. THE AMBASSADOR FALLEN: A SEARCH FOR THE GATE

Chapter XXVII. WHEN WATERS ENGULF US WE REACH FOR A STAR

Chapter XXVIII. A PILGRIM, AN OUTLAW: THE SPIRIT DETAINED

Chapter XXIX. THE SOLACE OF TRAVEL: THE BOATS OF THE SEA

Chapter XXX. THE KINGDOM OF GREATNESS: THE PILGRIM ADREAM

Chapter XXXI. A PET OF GOOD FORTUNE: BROADWAY FLAUNTS ITS JOYS

Chapter XXXII. THE FEAST OF BELSHAZZAR: A SEER TO TRANSLATE

Chapter XXXIII. WITHOUT THE WALLED CITY: THE SLOPE OF THE YEARS

Chapter XXXIV. THE GRIND OF THE MILLSTONES: A SAMPLE OF CHAFF

Chapter XXXV. THE PASSING OF EFFORT: THE VISAGE OF CARE

Chapter XXXVI. A GRIM RETROGRESSION: THE PHANTOM OF CHANCE

Chapter XXXVII. THE SPIRIT AWAKENS: NEW SEARCH FOR THE GATE

Chapter XXXVIII. IN ELF LAND DISPORTING: THE GRIM WORLD WITHOUT

Chapter XXXIX. OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS

Chapter XL. A PUBLIC DISSENSION: A FINAL APPEAL

Chapter XLI. THE STRIKE

Chapter XLII. A TOUCH OF SPRING: THE EMPTY SHELL

Chapter XLIII. THE WORLD TURNS FLATTERER: AN EYE IN THE DARK

Chapter XLIV. AND THIS IS NOT ELF LAND: WHAT GOLD WILL NOT BUY

Chapter XLV. CURIOUS SHIFTS OF THE POOR

Chapter XLVI. STIRRING TROUBLED WATERS

Chapter XLVII. THE WAY OF THE BEATEN: A HARP IN THE WIND