The Court of the King, and Other Studies

· 1916

THE SOUL OF A CAT. THE VENTURE OF RATIONAL FAITH. CAPITAL LABOUR AND TRADE AND THE OUTLOOK. SUBJECT TO VANITY. THE TEMPLE OF MUT IN ASHER. (With J. A. GOURLAY.) There are many ways of entering fairyland; sometimes there is a door in the ground, and he who goes through finds himself in some great hall or carved and painted chamber. Sometimes we find the morning dew on a flower and touch the eyes with it; or, like John Dietrich, catch the cap which the fairies are flinging and put it on our own heads: and immediately the little people spring into sight, we hear the sweetness of their music and see the glitter of their hidden treasure and watch the merriness of their games.…

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