CONTENTS 1
Chapter 1
Ⅰ．THE MAGNET ATTRACTING：A WAIF AMID FORCES 1
Ⅱ．WHAT POVERTY THREATENED：OF GRANITE AND BRASS 13
Ⅲ．WE QUESTION OF FORTUNE：FOUR-FIFTY A WEEK 21
Ⅳ．THE SPENDINGS OF FANCY：FACTS ANSWER WITH SNEERS 35
Ⅴ．A GLITTERING NIGHT FLOWER：THE USE OF A NAME 51
Ⅵ．THE MACHINE AND THE MAIDEN：A KNIGHT OF TODAY 61
Ⅶ．THE LURE OF THE MATERIAL：BEAUTY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF 77
Ⅷ．INTIMATIONS BY WINTER：AN AMBAS-SADOR SUMMONED 92
Ⅸ．CONVENTION'S OWN TINDER-BOX：THE EYE THAT IS GREEN 102
Ⅹ．THE COUNSEL OF WINTER：FORTUNE'S AMBASSADOR CALLS 111
Ⅺ．THE PERSUASION OF FASHION：FEELING GUARDS O'ER ITS OWN 123
Ⅻ．OF THE LAMPS OF THE MANSIONS：THE AMBASSADOR'S PLEA 136
ⅩⅢ．HIS CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED：A BABEL OF TONGUES 148
ⅩⅣ．WITH EYEs AND NOT SEEING：ONE INFLUENCE WANES 160
ⅩⅤ．THE IRK OF THE OLD TIES：THE MAGIC OF YOUTH 170
ⅩⅥ．A WITLESS ALADDIN：THE GATE TO THE WORLD 185
ⅩⅦ．A GLIMPSE THROUGH THE GATEWAY：HOPE LIGHTENS THE EYE 196
ⅩⅧ．JUST OVER THE BORDER：A HAIL AND FAREWELL 208
ⅩⅨ．AN HOUR IN ELFLAND：A CLAMOUR HALF HEARD 215
ⅩⅩ．THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT：THE FLESH IN PURSUIT 232
ⅩⅪ．THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT：THE FLESH IN PURSUIT 243
ⅩⅫ．THE BLAZE OF THE TINDER：FLESH WARS WITH THE FLESH 249
ⅩⅩⅢ．A SPIRIT IN TRAVAIL：ONE RUNG PUT BEHIND 264
ⅩⅩⅣ．ASHES OF TINDER：A FACE AT THE WINDOW 279
ⅩⅩⅤ．ASHES OF TINDER：THE LOOSING OF STAYS 285
ⅩⅩⅥ．THE AMBASSADOR FALLEN：A SEARCH FOR THE GATE 292
ⅩⅩⅦ．WHEN WATERS ENGULF Us WE REACH FOR A STAR 307
ⅩⅩⅧ．A PLIGRIM，AN OUTLAW：THE SPIRIT DETAINED 321
ⅩⅩⅨ．THE SOLACE OF TRAVEL：THE BOATS OF THE SEA 335
ⅩⅩⅩ．THE KINGDOM OF GREATNESS：THE PILGRIM ADREAM 351
ⅩⅩⅪ．A PET OF GOOD FORTUNE：BROADWAY FLAUNTS ITS JOYS 362
ⅩⅩⅫ．THE FEAST OF BELSHAZZAR：A SEER TO TRANSLATE 374
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ．WITHOUT THE WALLED CITY：THE SLOPE OF THE YEARS 393
ⅩⅩⅩⅣ．THE GRIND OF THE MILLSToNES：A SAMPLE OF CHAFF 404
ⅩⅩⅩⅤ．THE PASSING OF EFFORT：THE VISAGE OF CARE 415
ⅩⅩⅩⅥ．A GRIM RETROGRESSION：THE PHANTOM OF CHANCE 429
ⅩⅩⅩⅦ．THE SPIRIT AWAKENS：NEW SEARCH FOR THE GATE 443
ⅩⅩⅩⅧ．IN ELF LAND DISPORTING：THE GRIM WORLD WITHOUT 454
ⅩⅩⅩⅨ．OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS：THE PARTING OF WORLDS 467
XL．A PUBLIC DISSENSION：A FINAL APPEAL 481
XLI．THE STRIKE 492
XLII．A TOUCH OF SPRING：THE EMPTY SHELL 514
XLIII．THE WORLD TURNS FLATTERER：AN EYE IN THE DARK 527
XLIV．AND THIS IS NOT ELF LAND：WHAT GOLD WILL NOT BUY 538
XLV．CURIOUS SHIFTS OF THE POOR 550
XLVI．STIRRING TROUBLED WATERS 569
XLVII．THE WAY OF THE BEATEN：A HARP IN THE WIND 583
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