,,the  ,,little ,,schoolmaster ,,mark   
,illustration     ,,the ,,little        
,,schoolmaster ,,mark  ,a ,spiritual    
,romance  ,,by ,j4 ,h4 ,,shorthouse     
,,author ,,of ',,john ,,inglesant'      
,london           ,,macmillan ,,and     
,,co4           ,,and ,,new ,,york      
#ahid         ,part ,i--,first ,edition1
 ,october #ahhc4 ,reprinted ,december   
#ahhc      ,part ,,ii--,first ,edition1 
#ahhd4 ,reprinted twice ,february #ahhe 
,complete ,edition made up from parts   
#ahhe4 ,reprinted #ahia1 #ahid          
,printed by ,r4  ,r4 ,,clark1           
,edinburgh4     ,,preface4   ,,the      
readers of ,german autobiography 7and   
more delightful reading cannot be had7  
will perceive that ,i have made use of  
some passages in the childhood of       
,heinrich ,jung-,stilling to create the 
character of ,little ,mark4 ,the        
experience of the ,princess as to       
private religious societies was also    
that of ,stilling4 ,should this little  
tale induce any one1 at present ignorant

 of ,stilling's ,autobiography1 to read 
that book1 they will forget any grudge  
they may have formed against the present
 writer4 ,as a matter of common honesty 
,i should wish to express the pleasure  
,i have had in reading another          
delightful book1 ,studies of the        
,eighteenth ,century in ,italy1 by      
,vernon ,lee4  ,the words of the anthem 
in the concluding chapter are taken from
 a sermon by ,canon ,knox ,little1 ,the 
,vision of the ,truth1 preached in ,st4 
,paul's in ,lent #ahhc1 and published in
 ,the ,witness of the ,passion4 ,they   
are so exactly in accord with the       
message which the shadowy beings of my  
tale seem to have left me that ,i cannot
 force myself to coin another phrase4   
,j4 ,h4 ,s4               ,,to          
,lady ,alwyne ,compton           ,,by   
,,permission           ,,this ,,volume  
,,is ,,dedicated     ,,the  ,,little    
,,schoolmaster ,,mark4  ,a ,spiritual   
,romance4     ,,part ,,first4     ,i4   
,,the ,court ,chaplain ,eisenhart walked

 up the village street towards the      
schoolhouse4 ,it was ,april1 in the year
 #agej1 and a soft west wind was blowing
 up the street1 across the oak woods of 
the near forest4 ,between the forest and
 the village lay a valley of meadows1   
planted with thorn bushes and old birch 
trees with snow-white stems3 the fresh  
green leaves trembled continually in the
 restless wind4 ,on the other side of   
the street a lofty crag rose            
precipitously above a rushing mountain  
torrent4 ,this rock is the spur of other
 lofty hills1 planted with oak and beech
 trees1 through the openings of which a 
boy may frequently be seen1 driving an  
ox or gathering firewood on his         
half-trodden path4 ,here and there in   
the distance the smoke of               
charcoal-burners ascends into the sky4  
,between the street and the torrent     
stand the houses of the village1 with   
high thatched roofs and walls of timber 
and of mud1 and1 at the back1 projecting
 stages and steps above the rushing     

water4 ,a paradise in the late spring1  
in summer1 and in autumn1 these wild and
 romantic woods1 traversed only by a few
 forest paths1 are terrible in winter1  
and the contrast is part of their charm4
 ,the schoolhouse stands in the upper   
part of the village1 on the opposite    
side of the street to the rest of the   
houses1 looking across the valley to the
 western sun4 ,two large birch trees are
 before the open door4 ,the ,court      
,chaplain pauses before he goes in4     
,how it comes to pass that a ,court     
,chaplain should be walking up the      
street of this forest village we shall  
see anon4  ,at first sight there does   
not seem to be much schoolwork going on4
 ,a boy1 or we should rather say a      
child1 of fifteen is seated at an open  
window looking over the forest4 ,he is  
fair-haired and blue-eyed2 but it is the
 deep blue of an angel's1 not the cold  
gray blue of a courtier's eyes4 ,around 
him are seated several children1 both   
boys and girls2 and1 far from teaching1 

he appears to be relating stories to    
them4 ,the story1 whatever it is1 ceases
 as the ,court ,chaplain goes in1 and   
both raconteur and audience rise4  ,i   
have something to say to thee1          
schoolmaster1 said the ,chaplain1 send  
the children away4 ,thou wilt not teach 
them anything more to-day1 ,i suspect4  
,the children went away lingeringly1 not
 at all like children just let loose    
from school4  ,when they were gone the  
expression of the ,chaplain's face      
changed--he looked at the little        
schoolmaster very kindly1 and sat down  
on one of the benches1 which were black 
and worn with age4  ,last year1 little  
one1 he said1 when the ,herr ,rector    
took thee away from the ,latin school   
and from thy father's tailoring1 and    
confirmed thee1 and thou tookest thy    
first communion1 and he made thee       
schoolmaster here1 many wise people     
shook their heads4 ,i do not think1 he  
continued1 with a smile1 that they have 
ceased shaking them when they have seen 

in how strange a manner thou keepest    
school4  ,ah1 your ,reverence1 said the 
boy1 eagerly1 the good people are       
satisfied enough when they see that     
their children learn without receiving  
much correction2 and many of them even  
take pleasure in the beautiful tales    
which ,i relate to the children1 and    
which they repeat to them4 ,every       
morning1 as soon as the children enter  
the school1 ,i pray with them1 and      
catechise them in the principles of our 
holy religion1 as ,god teaches me1 for  
,i use no book4 ,then ,i set the        
children to read and to write1 and      
promise them these charming tales if    
they learn well4 ,it is impossible to   
express with what zeal the children     
learn4 ,when they are perverse or not   
diligent ,i do not relate my histories1 
but ,i read to myself4  ,well1 little   
one1 said the ,court ,chaplain1 it is a 
strange system of education1 but ,i am  
far from saying that it is a bad one4   
,nevertheless it will not last4 ,the    

,herr ,rector has his eye upon thee1 and
 will send thee back to thy tailoring   
very soon4  ,the tears came into the    
little schoolmaster's eyes1 and he      
turned very pale4  ,well1 do not be sad1
 said the ,chaplain4 ,i have been       
thinking and working for thee4 ,thou    
hast heard of the ,prince1 though thou  
hast1 ,i think1 never seen the pleasure 
palace1 ,joyeuse1 though it is so near4 
,i have seen the iron gates with the    
golden scrolls1 said the boy4 ,they are 
like the heavenly ,jerusalem2 every     
several gate is one pearl4  ,the        
,chaplain did not notice the confused   
metaphor of this description4  ,well1 he
 said1 ,i have been speaking to the     
,prince of thee4 ,thou knowest nothing  
of these things1 but the ,prince has    
lived for many years in ,italy1 a       
country where they do nothing but sing  
and dance4 ,he has come back1 as thou   
knowest1 and has married a wife1        
according to the traditions of his race4
 ,since he came back to ,germany he has 

taken a fancy to this forest-lodge1 for 
at first it was little more1 and has    
garnished it and enlarged it according  
to his southern fancies2 that is why he 
likes it better than his princely       
cities4 ,he has two children--a boy and 
a girl--eight and nine1 or thereabouts4 
,the ,princess is not a good woman4 ,she
 neglects her children1 and she prefers 
the princely cities to her husband1 to  
her little ones1 and to the beautiful   
forests and hills4  ,the little         
schoolmaster listened with open eyes4   
,then he said1 beneath his breath3  ,how
 ,satanic that must be6  ,the ,prince1  
continued the ,court ,chaplain1 is a    
beautiful soul 'manque1' which means    
spoilt4 ,his sister1 the ,princess      
,isoline von ,isenberg-,wertheim1 is    
such a soul4 ,she has joined herself to 
a company of pious people who have taken
 an old manor-house belonging to the    
,prince on the farther side of the      
palace gardens1 where they devote       
themselves to prayer1 to good works1 and

 to the manufacture of half-silk stuffs1
 by which they maintain themselves and  
give to the poor4 ,the ,prince himself  
knows something of such feelings4 ,he   
indeed knows the way of piety1 though he
 does not follow it4 ,he acknowledges   
the grace of refinement which piety     
gives1 even to the most highly bred4 ,he
 is particularly desirous that his      
children should possess this supreme    
touch4 ,something that ,i told him of   
thee pleased his fancy4 ,thy strange way
 of keeping school seemed to him very   
new2 more especially was he delighted   
with that infancy story of thee and old 
,father ,stalher4 ,the old man1 ,i told 
the ,prince1 came into thy father's for 
his new coat and found thee reading4    
,reading1 in any one1 seemed to ,father 
,stalher little short of miraculous2 but
 in a child of eight it was more--it was
 elfish4  ',what are you doing there1   
child8' said ,father ,stalher4  ',i am  
reading4'  ',canst thou read already8'  
',that is a foolish question1 for ,i am 

a human being1' said the child1 and     
began to read with ease1 proper         
emphasis1 and due distinction4  ,stalher
 was amazed1 and said3  ',the devil     
fetch me1 ,i have never seen the like in
 all my life4'  ,then little ,mark      
jumped up and looked timidly and        
carefully round the room4 ,when he saw  
that the devil did not come1 he went    
down on his knees in the middle of the  
floor and said3  ',o ,god6 how gracious 
art thou4'  ,then1 standing up boldly   
before old ,stalher1 he said3  ',man1   
hast thou ever seen ,satan8'  ',no4'    
',then call upon him no more4'  ,and the
 child went quietly into another room4  
,and ,i told the ,prince what thy old   
grandfather used to say to me4  ',the   
lad is soaring away from us2 we must    
pray that ,god will guide him by ,his   
good ,spirit4'  ,when ,i told all this  
to the ,prince1 he said3  ',i will have 
this boy4 ,he shall teach my children as
 he does the village ones4 ,none can    
teach children as can such a child as   

this4'  ,the little schoolmaster had    
been looking before him all the time the
 ,chaplain had been speaking1 as though 
in something of a maze4 ,he evidently   
saw nothing to wonder at in the story of
 himself and old ,stalher4 ,it seemed to
 him commonplace and obvious enough4  ,i
 shall send up a tailor from ,joyeuse   
to-morrow1 said the ,chaplain2 a court  
tailor1 such as thou never saw'st1 nor  
thy father either4 ,he must measure thee
 for a court-suit of black4 ,then we    
will go together1 and ,i will present   
thee to the ,prince4     ,,ii4   ,a     
,,few days after this conversation there
 was a melancholy procession down the   
village street4 ,the ,court ,chaplain   
and the schoolmaster walked first2 the  
boy was crying bitterly4 ,then followed 
all the children of the school1 all     
weeping1 and many peasant women1 and two
 or three old men4 ,the ,rector stood in
 a corner of the churchyard under a     
great walnut tree and looked on4 ,he did
 not weep4 ,the ,court ,chaplain looked 

ashamed1 for all the people took this   
misfortune to be of his causing4  ,when 
they had gone some way out of the       
village the children stopped1 and1      
collecting into a little crowd1 they    
wept more than ever4 ,the ,chaplain     
turned round and waved his hand1 but the
 little schoolmaster was too troubled to
 take any farewell4 ,he covered his face
 with his hands and went on1 weeping    
bitterly4 ,at last they passed away out 
of sight4  ,when they had gone on some  
distance1 the boy became calmer2 he took
 his hands from his face1 and looked up 
at the ,chaplain through his tears4     
,what am ,i to do when ,i come to the   
,prince1 your ,reverence8 he said4      
,thou must make a bow as best thou      
canst1 said the other2 thou must not    
speak till the ,prince speaks to thee1  
and thou must say ',highness' sometimes1
 but not too often4  ,how am ,i to tell 
when to say ',highness' and when to     
forbear8 said the boy4  ,ah6 that ,i    
cannot tell thee4 ,thou must trust in   

,god2 ,he will show thee when to say    
',highness' and when not4  ,they went   
forward in this way across the meadows1 
and through the scattered forest for two
 leagues or more1 in the mid-day heat4  
,the boy was not used to labour1 and he 
grew very tired and unhappy4 ,it seemed 
to him that he was leaving behind all   
that was fair and true and beautiful1   
and going to that which was false and   
garish and unkind4 ,at last they came to
 an open drive1 or avenue of the forest1
 where great oaks were growing4 ,some   
distance up the avenue they saw a high  
park pale stretching away on either     
hand1 and in the centre of the drive    
were iron gates covered with gilt       
scrolls and letters4 ,the ,court        
,chaplain pushed the gates open1 and    
they went in4  ,inside1 the forest drive
 was planted with young trees in triple 
rows4 ,after walking for some distance  
they reached another gate1 similar to   
the first1 but provided with loges1 or  
guardrooms1 on either side4 ,one or two 

soldiers were standing listlessly about1
 but they took no heed4 ,here the drive 
entered the palace gardens1 laid out in 
grass plots and stone terraces1 and     
crossed by lofty hedges which shut out  
the view4 ,they approached the long     
facade of a house with pointed roofs and
 green shutter blinds to all the        
windows4 ,here the ,chaplain left the   
path1 and conducted his companion to a  
remote side entrance2 and1 after passing
 through many passages and small rooms1 
at last left him to the tender mercies  
of the court tailor and some domestics1 
at whose hands the little schoolmaster  
suffered what appeared to him to be     
unspeakable indignities4 ,he was washed 
from head to foot1 his hair was cut1    
curled1 and frizzled1 and he was finally
 arrayed in a plain suit of black silk1 
with silk stockings1 and delicate shoes 
with silver buckles1 and plain linen    
bands like a clergyman4 ,the worn       
homespun suit that had become dear to   
him was ruthlessly thrown upon a        

dust-heap1 and a message was sent to    
,herr ,chaplain that his protege was now
 fit to be presented to the ,prince4    
,the boy could scarcely restrain his    
tears2 he felt as though he were        
wandering through the paths of a        
miserable dream4 ,ah6 could he only     
awake and find himself again in the old 
schoolhouse1 narrating the adventures of
 the ,fair ,melusina to the attentive   
little ones4  ,the ,chaplain led him up 
some back stairs1 and through corridors 
and anterooms1 all full of wonderful    
things1 which the boy passed bewildered1
 till they reached a small room where   
were two boys apparently of his own age4
 ,they appeared to have been just       
engaged in punching each other's heads1 
for their hair was disordered1 their    
faces red1 and one was in tears4 ,they  
regarded the ,chaplain with a sullen    
suspicion1 and the schoolmaster with    
undisguised contempt4 ,the door at the  
farther side of the room was partly     
open1 the ,chaplain scratched upon it1  

and1 receiving some answer1 they went   
in4  ,the little schoolmaster dared     
scarcely breathe when he got into the   
room1 so surprising was all he saw4 ,to 
the left of the door1 as they came in1  
was placed a harpsichord1 before which  
was standing1 with her back towards     
them1 a young girl whose face they could
 not see2 by her side1 at the           
harpsichord1 was seated an elderly man  
upon whom the boy gazed with wonder1 so 
different was he from anything that he  
had ever seen before2 opposite to them1 
in the window1 hung a canary in a cage1 
and the boy perceived1 even in the      
surprise of the moment1 that the bird   
was agitated and troubled4 ,but the next
 moment all his attention was absorbed  
by the figure of the ,prince1 who was   
seated on a couch to the right of the   
room1 and almost facing them4 ,to say   
that this was the most wonderful sight  
that the little schoolmaster had ever   
seen would be to speak foolishly1 for he
 had seen no wonderful sights1 but it   

surpassed the wildest imagination of his
 dreams4 ,the ,prince was a very        
handsome man of about thirty-five1 of a 
slight and delicate figure1 and of      
foreign manners and pose4 ,he was       
dressed in a suit of what seemed to the 
boy a wonderful white cloth1 of a soft  
material1 embroidered in silk1 with     
flowers of the most lovely tints4 ,the  
coat was sparingly ornamented in this   
manner1 but the waistcoat1 which was    
only partly seen1 was a mass of these   
exquisite flowers4 ,at his throat and   
wrists were masses of costly lace1 and  
his hair was frizzled1 and slightly     
powdered1 which increased the delicate  
expression of his features1 which were  
perfectly cut4 ,he lay back on the      
couch1 caressing1 with his right hand1 a
 small monkey1 also gorgeously dressed1 
and armed with a toy sword1 who sat on  
the arm of the sofa cracking nuts1 and  
throwing the shells upon the carpet4    
,the ,prince looked up as the two came  
in1 and waved his disengaged hand for   

them to stand back1 and the next moment 
the strange phantasmagoria1 into which  
the boy's life was turned1 took another 
phase1 and he again lost all perception 
of what he had seen before2 for there   
burst into the little room the most     
wonderful voice1 which not only he and  
the ,chaplain1 but even the ,maestro and
 the ,prince1 had well-nigh ever heard4 
,the girl1 who was taking her music     
lesson1 had been discovered in ,italy by
 the old ,maestro1 who managed the music
 of the private theatre which the       
,prince had formed4 ,he had heard her1 a
 poor untaught girl1 in a coffee-house  
in ,venice1 and she afterwards became1  
in the opinion of some1 the most        
pathetic female actress and singer of   
the century4  ,the first chord of her   
voice penetrated into the boy's nature  
as nothing had ever done before2 he had 
never heard any singing save that of the
 peasants at church1 and of the boys and
 girls who sang hymns round the cottage 
hearths in the winter nights4  ,the     

solemn tramp of the ,lutheran measures1 
where the deep basses of the men drown  
the women's soft voices1 and the shrill 
unshaded singing of the children1 could 
hardly belong to this art1 which he     
heard now for the first time4 ,these    
sudden runs and trills1 so fantastic and
 difficult1 these chords and harmonies1 
so quaint and full of colour1 were      
messages from a world of sound1 as yet  
an unknown country to the boy4 ,he stood
 gazing upon the singer with open mouth4
 ,the ,prince moved his jewelled hand   
slightly in unison with the notes2 the  
monkey1 apparently rather scared1 left  
off cracking his nuts1 and1 creeping    
close to his master1 nestled against his
 beautiful coat close to the star upon  
his breast4  ,then suddenly1 in this    
world of wonders1 a still more wonderful
 thing occurred4 ,there entered into    
this bewitching1 this entrancing voice1 
a strange1 almost a discordant1 note4   
,through the fantasied gaiety of the    
theme1 to which the sustained whirr of  

the harpsichord was like the sigh of the
 wind through the long grass1 there was 
perceptible a strain1 a tremor of       
sadness1 almost of sobs4 ,it was as if1 
in the midst of festival1 some hidden   
grief1 known beforetime of all1 but     
forgotten or suppressed1 should at once 
and in a moment well up in the hearts of
 all1 turning the dance-measures into   
funeral chants1 the love-songs into the 
loveliest of chorales4 ,the ,maestro    
faltered in his accompaniment2 the      
,prince left off marking the time1 he   
swept the monkey from him with a        
movement of his hand1 and leaned forward
 eagerly in his seat3 the discarded     
favourite slunk into a corner1 where it 
leaned disconsolately against the wall4 
,the pathetic strain went on1 growing   
more tremulous and more intense1 when   
suddenly the singing stopped1 the girl  
buried her face in her hands and sank   
upon the floor in a passion of tears2   
the boy sprang forward1 he forgot where 
he was1 he forgot the ,prince--  ,it is 

the bird1 he cried1 the bird6  ,the     
canary1 whose dying struggles the singer
 had been watching through her song1    
gave a final shudder and fell lifeless  
from its perch4  ,the ,prince rose3 he  
lifted the singer from her knees1 and1  
taking her hands from the wet face1 he  
turned to the others with a smile4  ,ah1
 ,herr ,chaplain1 he said1 you come in a
 good hour4 ,this then is the           
angel-child4 ,they will console each    
other4  ,and1 picking up the monkey as  
he passed1 he left the room by another  
door4     ,,iii4   ,,when the ,prince   
was gone the ,maestro gathered up some  
music and turned to his pupil1 who was  
drying her eyes and looking somewhat    
curiously at the boy through her tears4 
,well1 ,signorina1 he said1 you truly   
sang that very well4 ,if you could bring
 some of that 'timbre' into your voice  
always1 you would indeed be a singer4   
,but you are too light1 too 'frivole4'  
,i wish we could have a canary always   
who would die2 and1 bowing very slightly

 to the ,chaplain1 he left the room4    
,then the ,chaplain looked kindly at the
 young people4  ,fraeulein1 he said1    
this is the young tutor to the little   
serene ,highnesses1 ,i will leave you   
together1 as the ,prince wished4  ,when 
they were alone the boy felt very       
uncomfortable4 ,he was very shy4 ,this  
perhaps was as well1 for there was no   
shyness at all on the part of his       
companion4  ,so1 she said1 looking at   
him with a smile1 and eyes that were    
again bright1 you are the new toy4 ,i   
have heard of you4 ,you are a wonderful 
holy child2 what they call 'pious' in   
this country4 ,how very funny6 come and 
give me a kiss4  ,no1 ,fraeulein1 said  
,mark1 blushing still more1 that would  
be improper in me4  ,would it8 said the 
girl lightly2 don't angels kiss8 ,how   
very stupid it must be to be an angel6  
,come and look at poor ',fifine' then6  
,i suppose she is quite dead4  ,and1    
opening the cage1 she took out the      
piteous heap of yellow feathers and held

 it in her delicate hand1 while the     
tears came again into her large dark    
eyes4  ,ah6 it was dreadful1 she said1  
to sing and see him die4  ,but1         
,fraeulein1 said the boy1 you sang most 
beautifully4 ,i never heard anything so 
wonderful4 ,it was heaven itself4  ,the 
girl looked at him very kindly4  ,oh1   
you like my singing1 she said1 ,i am    
glad of that4 ,do you know1 we shall be 
great friends4 ,i like you4 ,you are a  
very pretty boy4  ,and she tried to put 
her arm round his neck4 ,mark eluded her
 embrace4 ,fraeulein1 he said1 with a   
dignified air1 which made his companion 
laugh1 you must remember that ,i am     
tutor to their serene ,highnesses2 ,i   
shall be very glad to be friends with   
you1 and you will tell me something     
about the people in the palace4  ,oh6   
replied the girl1 there is no one but   
our own company1 but they are the       
greatest fun1 and better fun here than  
anywhere else4 ,it is delightful to see 
them among these stupid1 solemn1 heavy  

,germans1 with their terrible language4 
,i shall love to see you with them1 you 
will stare your pretty eyes out4        
,there's old ,carricchio--that's not his
 name1 you know1 but he is called so    
because of his part--that is the best of
 them1 they are always the same--off the
 stage or on it--always laughing1 always
 joking1 always kicking up their heels4 
,you will see the faces--such delicious 
grimaces1 old ,carricchio will make at  
you when he asks you for the salt4 ,but 
don't be frightened1 ,i'll take care of 
you4 ,they are all in love with me1 but 
,i like you already better than all of  
them4 ,you shall come on yourself       
sometime1 just as you are2 you will make
 a delightful part4  ,mark stared at her
 with amazement4  ,but what are these   
people8 he said2 what do they do8  ,oh1 
you will see1 she said1 laughing2 how   
can ,i tell you4 ,you never dreamt of   
such things2 you will stare your eyes   
out4 ,well1 there's the ,prince1 and the
 little ,highnesses1 and the old        

,barotin1 the governess1 and--here a    
change came over the girl's face--and   
the ,princess is coming soon1 ,i hear1  
with her 'servente4'  ,the ,princess6   
said the boy1 does she ever come8  ,yes1
 she comes1 sometimes1 said his         
companion4 ,i wish she didn't4 ,she is a
 bad woman4 ,i hate her4  ,why8 and what
 is her 'servente8'  ,i hate her1 said  
the girl2 her servente is the           
,count--,cavaliere-servente1 you        
know--and her face became quite hard and
 fierce--he is the devil himself4  ,the 
little schoolmaster's face became quite 
pale4  ,the devil6 he said1 staring with
 his large blue eyes4  ,oh6 you foolish 
boy6 she said1 laughing again1 ,i don't 
mean that devil4 ,the ,count is a much  
more real devil than he6  ,the boy      
looked so dreadfully shocked that she   
grew quite cheerful again4  ,what a     
strange boy you are6 she said1 laughing4
 ,do you think he will come and take you
 away8 ,i'll take care of you--come and 
sit on my lap2 and1 sitting down1 she   

spread out her lap for him with an      
inviting gesture4  ,mark rejected this  
attractive offer with disdain1 and      
looked so unspeakably miserable and     
ready to cry that his companion took    
pity upon him4  ,poor boy1 she said1 you
 shan't be teased any more4 ,come with  
me1 ,i will take you to the ,barotin1   
and present you to the little serene    
,highnesses4 ,they are nice             
children--for ,highnesses2 you will get 
on well with them4  ,taking the boy's   
unwilling hand1 she led him through     
several rooms1 lined with old           
marquetterie cabinets in the ,italian   
fashion1 till she found a page1 to whom 
she delivered ,mark1 telling him to take
 him to the ,baroness1 into whose       
presence she herself did not appear     
anxious to intrude1 that he might be    
presented to his future pupils4  ,the   
page promised to obey1 and1 giving him a
 box on the ear to ensure attention1 a  
familiarity which he took with the most 
cheerful and forgiving air1 she left the

 room4  ,the moment she was gone the    
page made a rush at ,mark1 and1 seizing 
him round the waist1 lifted him from the
 ground and ran with him through two or 
three rooms1 till he reached a door1    
where he deposited him upon his feet4   
,then throwing open the door1 he        
announced suddenly1 ,the ,herr ,tutor to
 the serene ,highnesses6 and shut ,mark 
into the room4  ,his breath taken away  
by this atrocious attack upon his person
 and dignity1 ,mark saw before him a    
stately1 but not unkindly-looking lady  
and two beautiful children1 a boy and   
girl1 of about eight and nine years of  
age4 ,the lady rose1 and1 looking at    
,mark with some curiosity1 as well she  
might1 said3  ,your serene ,highnesses1 
this is the tutor whom the ,prince1 your
 father1 has provided for you4 ,you will
 no doubt profit greatly by his         
instructions4  ,the little girl came    
forward at once1 and gave ,mark her     
hand1 which1 not knowing what to do     
with1 he held for a moment and then     

dropped4  ,my papa has spoken of you1   
she said4 ,he has told me that you are  
very good4  ,i shall try to be good1    
,princess1 said ,mark1 who by this time 
had recovered his breath4  ,the little  
girl seemed very much insulted4 ,she    
drew herself up and flushed all over her
 face4  ,you must not say ,princess to  
me1 she said1 that is what only the     
little ,princes say4 ,you must say1 'my 
most gracious and serene ,highness1'    
whenever you speak to me4  ,this was too
 much4 ,mark blushed with anger4  ,may  
,god forgive me1 he said1 if ,i do      
anything so foolish4 ,i am here to teach
 thee and thy brother1 and ,i will do it
 in my own way1 or not at all4  ,the    
little ,princess looked as if she were  
about to cry1 then1 apparently thinking 
better of it1 she said1 with a half sob1
 and dropping the stately you3  ,well1  
my papa says that thou art an angel4 ,i 
suppose thou must do as thou wilt4  ,the
 little boy1 meanwhile1 had been staring
 at ,mark with solemn eyes4 ,he said    

nothing1 but he came1 finally1 to the   
little schoolmaster and put his hand in 
his4  ,what more might have been said   
cannot be told1 for at this moment the  
page appeared again1 saying that dinner 
was served at the third table1 and that 
the ,herr ,tutor was to dine there4     
,the ,baroness seemed surprised at this4
  ,i should have supposed1 she said1    
that he would have dined with the       
,chaplain at the second table4  ,no1    
asserted the page boldly1 the ,prince   
has ordered it4  ,when alone1 the       
,prince seldom dined ostensibly in      
public2 but often appeared masqued at   
the third table1 which was that of the  
actors and singers4 ,he had given no    
orders at all about ,mark4 ,the         
arrangement was entirely of the         
,signorina's making1 who desired that he
 should dine with her4 ,it was a bold   
stroke2 and an hour afterwards1 when the
 ,court ,chaplain discovered it1        
measures were taken to prevent its      
recurrence--at least for a time4  ,in   

whatever way this arrangement came to be
 made1 however1 the result was very     
advantageous to ,mark4 ,in the first    
place1 it was not formidable4 ,the      
company took little notice of him4      
,signor ,carricchio made grotesque faces
 at others1 but not at him4 ,he sat     
quite safe and snug by the ,signorina1  
and certainly stared with all his eyes1 
as she had said4 ,the long1 dark1       
aquiline features of the men1 the mobile
 play of humorous farce upon their      
faces1 the constant chatter and         
sport--what could the ,german peasant   
boy do but stare8 ,his friend taught him
 how to hold his knife and fork1 and how
 to eat4 ,the ,italians were very nice  
in their eating1 and the boy picked up  
more in five minutes from the           
,signorina--he was very quick--than he  
would have done in weeks from the       
,chaplain4  ,he was so scared and       
frightened1 and the girl was so kind to 
him1 that his boy's heart went out to   
her4  ,what shall ,i call you1          

,signorina8 he said1 as dinner was over4
 ,you are so good to me4 ,he had already
 caught the ,italian word4  ,my name is 
,faustina ,banti1 she said1 looking at  
him with her great eyes2 but you may    
call me ',tina1' if you like4 ,i had a  
little brother once who called me that4 
,he died4  ,you are so very kind to me1 
,tina1 said the boy1 ,i am sure you must
 be very good4  ,she looked at him      
again1 smiling4     ,,iv4   ,,the next  
morning early ,mark was sent for to the 
,prince4 ,he was shown into the         
dressing-room1 but the ,prince was      
already dressed4 ,he was seated in an   
easy-chair reading a small              
closely-printed sheet of paper1 upon    
which the word ,wien was conspicuous to 
the boy4 ,the ,prince bade the little   
schoolmaster be seated on a fauteuil    
near him1 and looked so kindly that he  
felt quite at his ease4  ,well6 little  
one1 said the ,prince1 how findest thou 
thyself8 ,hast thou found any friends   
yet in this place8  ,the ,signorina has 

been very kind to me1 ,highness1 said   
the boy4  ,ah6 said the ,prince1        
smiling1 thou hast found that out       
already4 ,that is not so bad4 ,i thought
 you two would be friends4 ,what has the
 ,signorina told thee8  ,she has told me
 of the actors who are so clever and so 
strange4 ,she says that they are all in 
love with her4  ,that is not unlikely4  
,and what else8  ,she has told me of the
 ,princess and of her servente4         
,indeed6 said the ,prince1 with the     
slightest possible appearance of        
increased interest2 what does she say of
 the ,princess8  ,she says that she is a
 bad woman1 and that she hates her4     
,ah6 the ,signorina appears to have     
formed opinions of her own1 and to be   
able to express them4 ,what else8  ,she 
says that the servente is the devil     
himself6 ,but she does not mean the real
 devil4 ,she says that the servente is a
 much more real devil than he6 ,is not  
that horrible1 ,highness8  ,the ,prince 
looked at ,mark for two or three        

moments1 with a kindly but strange      
far-reaching look1 which struck the boy1
 though he did not in the least         
understand it4  ,i did well1 little one1
 he said at last1 when ,i sent for thee4
  ,there was a pause4 ,the ,prince      
seemed to have forgotten the presence of
 the boy1 who already was sufficiently  
of a courtier to hold his tongue4  ,at  
last the ,prince spoke4  ,and the       
children1 he said2 thou hast seen them8 
,yes1 said ,mark1 with a little shy     
smile1 ,i did badly there4 ,i insulted  
the gracious ,fraeulein by calling her  
',princess1' which she said only the    
little ,princes should do2 and ,i told  
her ,i was come to teach her and her    
little brother1 and that ,i should do it
 in my own way or not at all4  ,the     
,prince looked as though he feared that 
this unexpected amusement would be      
almost too delightful4  ,well1 little   
one1 he said1 thou hast begun well4     
,better than this none could have done4 
,only be careful that thou art not      

spoilt4 ,care nothing for what thou     
hearest here4 ,continue to hate and fear
 the devil2 for1 whether he be thy own  
devil or the servente1 he is more       
powerful than thou4 ,say nothing but    
what ,he whom thou rightly callest ,god 
teaches thee to say4 ,so all will be    
well4 ,better teacher than thou my      
daughter could not have4 ,i would wish  
her to be pious1 within reason2 not like
 her aunt1 that would not be well4 ,i   
should wish her to care for the poor4   
,nothing is so gracious in noble ladies 
as to care for the poor4 ,when they     
cease to do this they lose tone at once4
 ,the ,french noblesse have done so4 ,i 
should like her to visit the poor       
herself4 ,it will have the best effect  
upon her nature2 much better1 continued 
the ,prince with a half smile1 and      
seemingly speaking to himself1 much     
better1 ,i should imagine1 than on the  
poor themselves4 ,but what will you     
have8--some one must suffer1 and the    
final touch cannot be obtained without4 

,there was another pause4 ,this aspect  
of the necessary suffering the poor had 
to undergo was so new to ,mark that he  
required some time to grasp it4 ,the    
visits of noble ladies to his village   
had not been so frequent as to cause the
 malign effects to be deeply felt4      
99       99       99       99       99  
,acting upon this advice so far as he   
understood it1 ,mark pursued the same   
system of education with the little     
,highnesses as he had followed with the 
village children2 that is1 he set them  
to read such things as he was told they 
ought to learn1 and encouraged them to  
do so by promising to relate his        
histories and tales if they were good4  
,it is surprising how much the same     
human nature remains after generations  
of different breeding and culture4 ,it  
is true that these princely children had
 heard many tales before1 perhaps the   
very ones the little schoolmaster now   
related1 yet they delighted in nothing  
so much as hearing them again4 ,much of 

this pleasure1 no doubt1 was due to the 
intense faith and interest in them shown
 by ,mark himself4 ,he talked to them   
also much about ,god and the unseen     
world of angels1 and of the wicked one2 
and1 as they believed firmly that he was
 an angel1 they listened to these things
 with the more ready belief4 ,indeed1   
the affection which the little boy      
formed for his child-tutor was unusual4 
,he was a silent1 solemn child2 he said 
nothing1 but he attached himself to     
,mark with a persistent devotion4       
,every one in the palace1 indeed1 took  
to the boy3 the pages left off teasing  
him2 the ,signorina petted him in a     
manner sufficient to deprive her        
numerous lovers of their reason2 the    
servants waited on him for love and not 
for reward2 but the strangest thing of  
all was1 that in proportion as he was   
kindly treated--just as much as every   
one seemed to love him and delight in   
him--just so much did the boy become    
miserable and unhappy4 ,the kinder these

 people were1 the more he felt the abyss
 which lay between his soul and theirs2 
earnestness and solemn faith in         
his--sarcasm and lively farce1 and1 at  
the most1 kindly toleration of belief1  
in theirs4  ,had they ill-treated or    
wronged him1 he would not have felt it  
so much2 but kindness and security on   
their part1 seemed to intensify the     
sense of doubt and perplexity on his4   
,it is difficult to realise the effect  
which sarcasm and irony have upon such  
natures as his4 ,they look upon life    
with such a single eye4 ,it is so       
beautiful and solemn to them4 ,truth is 
so true2 they are so much in earnest    
that they cannot understand the complex 
feeling that finds relief in sarcasm and
 allegory1 that tolerates the frivolous 
and the vain1 as an ironic reading of   
the lesson of life4  ,the actors were   
particularly kind to him1 though their  
grotesque attempts to amuse him mostly  
added to his misery4 ,they were         
extremely anxious that he should appear 

upon the stage1 and indeed the boy's    
beauty and simplicity would have made an
 excellent foil4  ,herr ,tutor1 said old
 ,carricchio the arlecchino to him one  
day1 with mock gravity1 we are about to 
perform a comedy--what is called a      
masqued comedy1 not because we wear     
masques1 for we don't1 but because of   
our dresses4 ,it consists of music1     
dancing1 love-making1 joking1 and       
buffoonery2 you will see what a trifle  
it is all about4 ,the scene is in the   
garden of a country-house--during what  
in ,italy we call the ,villeggiatura1   
that is the month we spend in the       
country during the vintage4 ,a lady's   
fan is found by an ill-natured person in
 a curious place2 all the rest agree not
 to see the fan1 not to acknowledge that
 it is a fan4 ,it is all left to us at  
the moment1 all except the songs and the
 music1 and you know how delightful     
those are4 ,if you would take a part1   
and keep your own character throughout1 
it would be magnificent2 but we will    

wait1 if you once see it you will wish  
to act4  ,no one1 indeed1 was kinder to 
,mark1 or seemed more to delight in his 
society than the old arlecchino1 and the
 two made a most curious sight1 seated  
together on one of the terraces on a    
sunny afternoon4 ,nothing could be more 
diverse in appearance than this         
strangely assorted pair4 ,carricchio was
 tall1 with long limbs1 and large       
aquiline features4 ,he wore a set smile 
upon his large expressive mouth1 which  
seemed born of no sense of enjoyment1   
but of an infinite insight1 and of a    
mocking friendliness4 ,he seldom wore   
anything but the dress of his part2 but 
he wrapped himself mostly in a long     
cloak1 lined with fur1 for even the     
northern sunshine seemed chilly to the  
old clown4 ,wrapped in this ancient     
garment1 he would sit beside ,mark1     
listening to the boy's stories with his 
deep unfathomed smile2 and as he went on
 with his histories1 the boy used to    
look into his companion's face1         

wondering at the slow smile1 and at the 
deep wrinkles of the worn visage1 till  
at length1 fascinated at the sight1 he  
forgot his stories1 and looking into the
 old man's face appeared to ,mark1      
though the comparison seems             
preposterous1 like gazing at the fated  
story of the mystic tracings of the     
star-lit skies4  ,why the old man       
listened so patiently to these childish 
stories no one could tell2 perhaps he   
did not hear them4 ,he himself said that
 the presence of ,mark had the effect of
 music upon his jaded and worn sense4   
,but1 indeed1 there was beneath         
,carricchio's mechanical buffoonery and 
farce a sober and pathetic humour1 which
 was almost unconscious1 and which was  
now1 probably owing to advancing years1 
first becoming known either to himself  
or others4  ,the ,maestro has been      
talking to me this morning1 he said one 
day4 ,he says that life is a wretched   
masque1 a miserable apology for         
existence by the side of art2 what do   

you say to that8  ,i do not know what it
 means1 said ,mark2 ,i neither know life
 nor art1 how can ,i tell8  ,that is    
true1 but you know more than you think4 
,the ,maestro means that life is        
imperfect1 struggling1 a failure1 ugly  
most often2 art is perfect1 complete1   
beautiful1 and full of force and power4 
,but ,i tell him that some failure is   
better than success2 sometimes ugliness 
is a finer thing than beauty2 and that  
the best art is that which only         
reproduces life4 ,if life were fashioned
 after the most perfect art you would   
never be able to cry1 nor to make me    
cry1 as you do over your beautiful      
tales4  ,mark tried to understand this1 
but failed1 and was therefore silent4   
,indeed it is not certain whether       
,carricchio himself understood what he  
was saying4  ,he seemed to have some    
suspicion of this1 for he did not go on 
talking1 but was silent for some time4  
,these silences were common between the 
two4  ,at last he said3  ,i think where 

the ,maestro is wrong is in making the  
two quarrel4 ,they cannot quarrel4      
,there is no art without life1 and no   
life without art4 ,look at a            
puppet-play--the fantoccini--it means   
life and it means art4  ,i never saw a  
puppet-play1 said ,mark4  ,well1 you    
have seen us1 said ,carricchio2 we are  
much the same4 ,we move ourselves--they 
are moved by wires2 but we do just the  
same things--we are life and we are art1
 in the burletta we are both4 ,i often  
think which is which--which is the      
imposture and which is the masque4 ,then
 ,i think that somewhere there must be a
 higher art that surpasses the realism  
of life--a divine art which is not life 
but fashions life4  ,when ,i look at    
you1 little one1 ,carricchio went on1 ,i
 feel almost as ,i do when the violins  
break in upon the jar and fret of the   
wittiest dialogue4 ,jest and lively     
fancy--these are the sweets of life1 no 
doubt--and humorous thought and speech  
and gesture--but they are not this      

divine art1 they are not rest4 ,they    
shrivel and wither the brain4 ,the whole
 being is parched1 the heart is dry in  
this sultry1 piercing light4 ,but when  
the stringed melodies steal in1 and when
 the rippling1 surging arpeggios and    
crescendos sweep in upon the sense1 and 
the stilled cadences that lull and      
soothe--then1 indeed1 it is like        
moisture and the gracious dew4 ,it is   
like sleep2 the strained nerves relax2  
the overwrought frame1 which is like dry
 garden mould1 is softened1 and the     
flowers spring up again4  ,carricchio   
paused2 but as ,mark said nothing1 he   
went on again4  ,the other life is gay1 
lively1 bright1 full of excitement and  
interest1 of tender pity even1 and of   
love--but this is rest and peace4 ,the  
other is human life1 but what is this8  
,art8 ,ah6 but a divine art4 ,here is no
 struggle1 no selfish desire1 no        
striving1 no conflict of love or of     
hate4 ,it is like silence1 the most     
unselfish thing there is4 ,i have1      

indeed1 sometimes thought that music    
must be the silence of heaven4  ,the    
silence of heaven6 said ,mark1 with open
 eyes4 ,the silence of heaven6 ,what1   
then1 are its words8  ,ah6 that1 said   
the old clown1 smiling1 but with a sad  
slowness in his speech1 is beyond me to 
tell4 ,i can hear its silence1 but not  
its voice4     ,v4   ,,the private      
theatre in the palace was a room of very
 moderate size1 for the audience was    
necessarily very small2 in fact1 the    
stage was larger than the auditorium4   
,the play took place in the afternoon1  
and there was no artificial light2 many 
of the operatic performances in ,italy1 
indeed1 took place in the open air4     
,yet1 though the time of day and the    
natural light deprived the theatre of   
much of the strangeness and glamour with
 which it is usually associated1 and    
which so much impress a youth who sees  
it for the first time1 the effect of the
 first performance upon ,mark was very  
remarkable4 ,he was seated immediately  

behind the ,prince4 ,far from being     
delighted with the play1 he was         
overpowered as it went on by an intense 
melancholy horror4 ,when the violins1   
the flutes1 and the fifes began the     
overture1 a new sense seemed given to   
him1 which was not pleasure but the     
intensest dread4 ,if the singing of the 
,signorina had been a shock to him1     
accustomed as he was only to the solemn 
singing of his childhood1 what must this
 elfish1 weird1 melodious music have    
seemed1 full of gay and careless life1  
and of artless unconscious airs which   
yet were miracles of art8 ,he sat1      
terrified at these delicious sounds1 as 
though this world of music without      
thought or conscience were a wicked     
thing4 ,the shrill notes of the fifes1  
the long tremulous vibration of the     
strings1 seemed to draw his heart after 
them4 ,wherever this wizard call might  
lead him it seemed he would have to     
follow the alluring chords4  ,but when  
the acting began his terror became more 

intense4 ,the grotesque figures seemed  
to him those of devils1 or at the best  
of fantastic imps or gnomes4 ,he could  
understand nothing of the dialogue1 but 
the gestures1 the laughter1 the wild    
singing1 were shocking to him4 ,when the
 ,signorina appeared1 the strange       
intensity of her colour1 the brilliancy 
of her eyes1 and what seemed to him the 
freedom of her gestures and the boldness
 of her bewitching glances1 far from    
delighting1 as they seemed to do all the
 others1 made him ready to weep with    
shame and grief4 ,he sank back in his   
seat to avoid the notice of the ,prince1
 who1 indeed1 was too much absorbed in  
the music and the acting to remember    
him4  ,the beauty of the music only     
added to his despair2 had it been less  
lovely1 had the acting not forced now   
and then a glance of admiring wonder or 
struck a note of high-toned touching    
pathos even1 it would not all have      
seemed so much the work of evil4 ,when  
the comedy was over he crept silently   

away to his room2 and in the excitement 
of congratulation and praise1 as actors 
and audience mingled together1 and the  
,signorina was receiving the            
commendations of the ,prince1 he was not
 missed4  ,he could not stay in this    
place--that at least was clear to him4  
,he must escape4 ,he must return to     
nature1 to the woods and birds1 to      
children and to children's sports4      
,these gibing grimaces1 these endless   
bowings and scrapings and false         
compliments1 known of all to be false1  
would choke him if he stayed4 ,he must  
escape from the house of frivolity into 
the soft1 gracious outer air of         
sincerity and truth4  ,he cried himself 
to sleep3 all through the night1 amid   
fitful slumber1 the crowd of masques    
jostled and mocked at him2 the weird    
strains of unknown instruments reached  
his half-conscious bewildered sense4    
,early in the morning he awoke4 ,there  
had been rain in the night1 and the     
smiling morning beckoned him out4  ,he  

stole down some back stairs1 and found a
 door which opened on gardens and walks 
at the back of the palace4 ,this he     
managed to open1 and went out4  ,the    
path on which the door opened led him   
through rows of fruit-trees and young   
plantations4 ,a little forest of        
delicate boughs and young leaves lifted 
itself up against the blue sky1 and a   
myriad drops sparkled in the morning    
sun4 ,the fresh cool air1 the blue sky1 
the singing of the birds1 restored ,mark
 to himself4 ,he seemed to see again the
 possibility of escape from evil1 and   
the hope of righteousness and peace4    
,his whole spirit went out in prayer and
 love to the ,almighty1 who had made    
these lovely things4 ,he felt as he had 
been wont to do when1 on a fine ,sunday1
 he had walked home with his children in
 order1 relating to them the most       
beautiful tales of ,god4 ,he wandered   
slowly down the narrow paths4 ,the      
fresh-turned earth between the rows of  
saplings1 the beds of herbs1 the moist  

grass1 gave forth a scent at once       
delicate and searching4 ,the boy's      
cheerfulness began to return4 ,the past 
seemed to fade4 ,he almost thought      
himself the little schoolmaster again4  
,after wandering for some time through  
this delicious land of perfume1 of      
light1 and sweet sound1 he came to a    
very long but narrow avenue of old elm  
trees that led down a gradual slope1 as 
it seemed1 into the heart of the forest4
 ,beneath the avenue a well-kept path   
seemed to point with a guiding hand4    
,he followed the path for some distance1
 and had just perceived what seemed to  
be an old manor-house1 standing in a    
courtyard at the farther end1 when he   
was conscious of a figure advancing     
along the path to meet him3 as it       
approached he saw that it was that of a 
lady of tall and commanding appearance1 
and apparently of great beauty2 she wore
 the dress of some sisterhood4 ,when he 
was near enough to see her face he found
 that it was indeed beautiful1 with an  

expression of the purest sincerity and  
benevolence4 ,the lady stopped and spoke
 to ,mark at once4  ,you must be the new
 tutor to their ,highnesses1 she said2  
,i have heard of you4  ,mark said that  
he was4  ,you do not look well1 said the
 lady1 very kindly2 are you happy at the
 palace8  ,are you the ,princess        
,isoline8 said ,mark1 not answering the 
question2 ,i think you must be1 you are 
so beautiful4  ,i am the ,princess      
,isoline1 said the lady2 walk a little  
way with me4  ,mark turned with the lady
 and walked back towards the palace4    
,after a moment or two he said3 ,i am   
not happy at ,joyeuse1 ,i am very       
miserable1 ,i want to run away4  ,what  
makes you so unhappy8 ,are they not kind
 to you8 ,the ,prince is very kind1 and 
the children are good children--,i have 
always thought4  ,they are all very     
kind1 too kind to me1 said the boy4 ,i  
cannot make you understand why ,i am so 
miserable1 ,i cannot tell myself--the   
,prince is worse than all----  ,why is  

the ,prince the worst of all8 said the  
lady1 in a very gentle voice4  ,all the 
rest ,i know are wrong1 replied the boy1
 passionately--the actors1 the          
,signorina1 the pages1 and all2 but when
 the ,prince looks at me with his quiet 
smile--when the look comes into his eyes
 as though he could see through time    
even into eternity--when he looks at me 
in his kindly1 pitying way--,i begin to 
doubt4 ,oh1 ,highness1 it is terrible to
 doubt6 ,do you think that the ,prince  
is right8  ,the ,princess was silent for
 a moment or two2 it was not that she   
did not understand the boy1 for she     
understood him very well4  ,no1 ,i think
 you are right and not the ,prince1 she 
said at length1 in her quiet voice4     
,there was a pause3 neither seemed to   
know what to say next4 ,they had now    
nearly reached the end of the avenue    
next the palace2 the ,princess stopped4 
,come back with me1 she said1 ,i will   
show you my house4  ,they walked slowly 
along the narrow pathway towards the old

 house at the farther end4 ,the         
,princess was evidently considering what
 to say4  ,why do you know that they are
 all wrong8 she said at last4           
,highness1 said the boy after a pause1  
,i have never lived amongst1 or seen    
anything1 since ,i was born1 but what   
was natural and real--the forest1 the   
fruit-trees in blossom1 the gardens1 and
 the flowers4 ,i have never heard       
anything except of ,god--of the         
wretchedness of sin--of beautiful       
stories of good people4 ,my grandfather1
 when he was alive1 used to talk to me1 
as ,i sat with him at his               
charcoal-burning in the forest1 of my   
forefathers who were all honest and     
pious people4 ,there are not many       
,princes who can say that4  ,the        
,princess did not seem to notice this   
last uncourtly speech4  ',i shall then  
find all my forefathers in ,heaven1' ,i 
would say to him1 continued ,mark4      
',yes1 that thou wilt6 we shall then be 
of high nobility4 ,do not lose this     

privilege4' ,if ,i lose this privilege1 
how sad that will be6 ,but here1 in the 
palace1 they think nothing of these     
things--instead of hymns they sing the  
strangest1 wildest songs1 so strange and
 beautiful that ,i fear and tremble at  
them as if the sounds were wicked       
sounds4  ,so talking1 the ,princess and 
the boy went on through the lovely wood2
 at last they left the avenue and passed
 into the courtyard of a stately but    
decayed house4 ,the walls of the        
courtyard were overgrown with ivy1 and  
trees were growing up against the house 
and shading some of the windows4 ,the   
,princess passed on without speaking1   
and entered the hall by an open door4   
,as they entered1 ,mark could hear the  
sound of looms1 and inside were several 
men and women at different machines     
employed in weaving cloth4 ,the         
,princess spoke to several1 and leading 
,mark onward she ascended a wide        
staircase1 and reached at last a long   
gallery at the back of the house4 ,here 

were many looms1 and girls and men      
employed in weaving4 ,the long range of 
lofty windows faced the north1 and over 
the nearer woods could be seen the vast 
sweep of the great ,thuringian ,forest1 
where ,martin ,luther had lived and     
walked4 ,the risen sun was gilding the  
distant woods4 ,a sense of indescribable
 loveliness and peace seemed to ,mark to
 pervade the place4  ,how happy you must
 be here1 gracious ,highness6 he        
exclaimed4  ,they were standing apart in
 one of the windows towards the end of  
the long room1 and the noise of the     
looms made a continuous murmur that     
prevented their voices being heard by   
the others who were near4  ,the         
,princess looked at ,mark for some      
moments without reply4  ,i must speak   
the truth always1 she said at last1 but 
more than ever to such as thou art4 ,i  
am not happy4  ,the boy looked at her as
 though his heart would break4  ,not    
happy1 he said in a low voice1 and you  
so good4  ,the good are not happy1 said 

the ,princess1 and the happy are not    
good4  ,there was a pause2 then the     
,princess went on3  ,the people who are 
with me are good1 but they are not      
happy4 ,they have left the world and its
 pleasures1 but they regret them2 they  
live in the perpetual consciousness of  
this self-denial--this fancy that they  
are serving ,god better than others are2
 they are in danger of becoming jealous 
and hypocritical4 ,i warn you never to  
join a particular society which         
proposes1 as its object1 to serve ,god  
better than others4 ,you are safer1 more
 in the way of serving ,god in the      
palace1 even amid the singing and the   
music which seems to you so wicked4     
,they are happy2 they are thoughtless1  
gay1 like the birds4 ,they have at least
 no dark gloomy thoughts of ,god1 even  
if they have no thoughts of ,him at all4
 ,they may be won to ,him1 nay1 they may
 be nearer to ,him now than some who    
think themselves so good4 ,since ,i     
began this way of life ,i have heard of 

many such societies1 which have crumbled
 into the dust with derision1 and are   
remembered only with reproach4  ,mark   
stood gazing at the distant forest      
without seeing it4 ,he did not know what
 to think4  ,i do not know why ,i have  
told you this1 said the ,princess2 ,i   
had no thought of saying such words when
 ,i brought you here4 ,i seem to have   
spoken them without willing it4 ,perhaps
 it was the will of ,god4  ,why do you  
go on with this life1 said ,mark sadly1 
if it be not good8 ,the ,prince would be
 glad if you would come back to the     
palace4 ,he has told me so4  ,it seemed 
to the boy that life grew more and more 
sad4 ,it seemed that1 baffled and turned
 back at every turn1 there was no       
reality1 no sincere walk anywhere       
possible4 ,the worse seemed everywhere  
the better1 the children of this world  
everywhere wiser than the children of   
light4  ,i cannot go back now1 said the 
,princess4 ,when you are gone ,i shall  
forget this2 ,i shall think otherwise4  

,there is something in your look that   
has made me speak like this4  ,then are 
these people really not happy8 said     
,mark again4  ,why should they be happy8
 said the ,princess1 with some          
bitterness in her voice4 ,they have     
given up all that makes life            
pleasant--fine clothes1 delicate food1  
cunning harmonies1 love1 gay devices1   
and sports4 ,why should they be happy8  
,they have dull work1 none to amuse or  
enliven the long days4  ,i was very     
happy in my village outside the palace  
gates1 said ,mark quietly2 ,i had none  
of these things2 ,i only taught the     
little peasants1 yet ,i was happy4 ,from
 morning to night the path was straight 
before me1--a bright and easy path2 and 
the end was always light4 ,now all is   
difficult and strange4 ,since ,i passed 
through the gates with the golden       
scrolls1 which ,i thought were like the 
heavenly ,jerusalem1 all goes crooked   
and awry2 nothing seems plain and       
righteous as in the pleasant old days4  

,i have come into an enchanted palace1  
the air of which ,i cannot breathe and  
live2 ,i must go back4  ,no1 not so1    
said the ,princess1 you are wanted here4
 ,where you were you were of little     
good4 ,there were at least others who   
could do your work4 ,here none can do it
 but you4 ,they never saw any one like  
you before4 ,they know it and speak of  
it4 ,all are changed somewhat since you 
came2 you might1 it is true1 come to me1
 but ,i should not wish it4 ,the air of 
this house would be worse for you even  
than that of the palace which you fear  
so much4 ,besides1 the ,prince would not
 be pleased with me4  ,mark looked sadly
 before him for some moments before he  
said3  ,even if it be true what you say1
 still ,i must go4 ,it is killing me4 ,i
 wish to do right and good to all2 but  
what good shall ,i do if it takes all my
 strength and life8 ,i shall ask the    
,prince to let me go back4  ,no1 said   
the ,princess1 not that--never that4 ,it
 is impossible1 you cannot go back6     

,cannot go back6 cried ,mark4 ,why8 ,the
 ,prince is very kind4 ,he will not keep
 me here to die4  ,yes1 the ,prince is  
very kind1 but he cannot do that2 what  
is passed can never happen again4 ,it is
 the children's phrase1 ',do it again4' 
,it can never be done again4 ,you have  
passed1 as you say1 the golden gates    
into an enchanted world2 you have known 
good and evil2 you have tasted of the   
fruit of the so-called ,tree of ,life2  
you cannot go back to the village4      
,think4  ,mark was silent for a longer  
space this time4 ,his eyes were dim1 but
 he seemed to see afar off4  ,no1 he    
said at last1 it is true1 ,i cannot go  
back4 ,the village1 and the school1 and 
the children have passed away4 ,i should
 not find them there1 as they were      
before4 ,if ,i cannot come to you1 there
 is nothing for me but to die4  ,the    
,pagans1 said the ,princess1 the old    
,pagans1 that knew their gods but dimly1
 used to say--,the ,god-beloved die     
young4 ,it has been said since by       

,christian men4--,do not be afraid to   
die4 ,instead of your form and voice    
there will be remembrance and remorse2  
instead of indifference and sarcasm     
there will be contrition2 in place of   
thoughtless kindliness a tender love4   
,do not be afraid to die4 ,the charm is 
working now2 it will increase when sight
 is changed for memory1 and the         
changeful irritation of time for        
changeless recollection and regret4 ,the
 body of the sown grain is transfigured 
into the flower of a spiritual life1 and
 from the dust is raised a mystic       
presence which can never fade4 ,do not  
be afraid to die4  ,mark walked slowly  
back to the palace4 ,he could not think2
 he was stunned and bewildered4 ,he     
wished the ,princess ,isoline would have
 let him come to her4 ,then he thought  
all might yet be well4 ,when he reached 
the palace he found everything in       
confusion4 ,the ,princess and her friend
 the servente had suddenly arrived4     
,,vi4   ,,later on in the day ,mark was 

told that the ,princess wished to see   
him1 and that he must wait upon her in  
her own apartment4 ,he was taken to a   
part of the palace into which he had    
hitherto never been2 in which a         
luxurious suite of rooms was reserved   
for the ,princess when she condescended 
to occupy them4 ,the most easterly of   
the suite was a morning sitting-room1   
which opened upon a balcony or trellised
 verandah1 shaded with jasmine4 ,the    
room was furnished in a very different  
style from the rest of the palace4 ,the 
other rooms1 though rich1 were rather   
bare of garniture1 after the ,italian   
manner--their ornaments consisting of   
cabinets of inlaid wood and pictures on 
the walls1 with the centre of the room  
left clear4 ,these rooms on the         
contrary1 were full of small gilt       
furniture1 after the fashion of the     
,french court4 ,curious screens1        
depicting strange birds of gaudy        
plumage1 embarrassed ,mark as he entered
 the room4  ,the ,prince was seated near

 a lady who was reclining in the window1
 and opposite to them was a stranger    
whom ,mark knew must be the ,count4 ,the
 lady was beautiful1 but with a kind of 
beauty strange to the boy1 and her dress
 was more wonderful than any he had yet 
seen1 though it was a mere morning robe4
 ,she looked curiously at him as he     
entered the room4  ,this1 then1 she     
said1 is the clown who is to educate my 
children4  ,at this not very encouraging
 address the boy stopped1 and stood     
silently contemplating the group4  ,the 
,count was the first who came to his    
assistance4  ,the youth is not so bad1  
,princess1 he said4 ,he has an air of   
society about him1 in spite of his      
youth4  ,the ,prince looked at the      
,count with a pleased expression4  ,do  
not fear for the children1 ,adelaide1 he
 said2 they will fare very well4 ,their 
manners are improved already4 ,when they
 come to ,vienna you will see how fine  
their breeding will be thought to be4   
,leave them to me4 ,you do not care for 

them2 leave them to me and to the ,herr 
,tutor4  ,mark was looking at the       
,count4 ,this was another strange study 
for the boy4 ,he was older than the     
,prince--a man of about forty2 more     
firmly built1 and with well-cut but     
massive features4 ,he wore a peruke of  
very short1 curled hair2 his dress was  
rich1 but very simple2 and his whole    
appearance and manner suggested         
curiously that of a man who carried no  
more weight than he could possibly help1
 who encumbered himself with nothing    
that he could throw aside1 who offered  
in every action1 speech1 and gesture the
 least possible resistance to the       
atmosphere1 moral1 social1 or physical1 
in which he found himself4 ,his manner  
to the ,prince was deferential1 without 
being marked1 and he evidently wished to
 propitiate him4  ,thou art very pious1 
,i hear1 said the ,princess1 addressing 
,mark in a tone of unmitigated contempt4
  ,the boy only bowed4  ,is he dumb8    
said the ,princess1 still with          

undisguised disdain4  ,no1 said the     
,prince quietly4 ,he can speak when he  
thinks that what he says will be well   
received4  ,he is wise1 said the ,count4
  ,well1 said the ,princess sharply1 my 
wishes count for nothing2 of that we are
 well aware4 ,but ,i do not want my     
children to be infected with the        
superstitions of the past1 which still  
linger among the coarse and ignorant    
peasantry4 ,i suppose1 now1 this peasant
 schoolmaster believes in a ,god and a  
hell1 and in a heaven for such as he8   
and she threw herself back with a light 
laugh4  ,no1 surely1 said the ,count    
blandly1 that were too gross1 even for a
 peasant priest4  ,tell me1 ,herr       
,tutor1 said the ,princess2 and now she 
threw a nameless charm into her manner  
as she addressed the boy1 from whom she 
wished an answer2 tell me1 dost thou    
believe in a heaven8  ,yes1 gracious    
,highness1 said ,mark4  ,it has always  
struck me1 said the ,prince1 with a     
philosophic air1 that we might leave the

 poor their distant heaven4 ,its        
existence cannot injure us4 ,i have     
sometimes fancied that they might retort
 upon me3 ',you have everything here    
that life can wish3 we have nothing4    
,you have dainty food1 and fine clothes1
 and learning1 and music1 and all the   
fruition that your fastidious fancy     
craves3 we are cold and hungry1 and     
ignorant and miserable4 ,leave us our   
heaven6 ,at least1 if you do not believe
 in it1 keep silence before us4 ,our    
belief does not trouble you2 it takes   
nothing from the least of your          
pleasures2 it is all we have4'  ,when   
the ,prince begins to preach1 said the  
,princess1 with scarcely less contempt  
than she had shown for ,mark1 ,i always 
leave the room4  ,the ,count immediately
 rose and opened a small door leading to
 a boudoir4 ,the ,prince rose and bowed4
 ,the ,princess swept to the ground     
before him in an elaborate curtsey1 and1
 looking contemptuously1 yet with a     
certain amused interest1 at ,mark1 left 

the room4  ,the ,prince resumed his     
seat1 and1 leaning back1 looked from one
 to the other of his companions4 ,he was
 really thinking with amusement what a  
so strangely-assorted couple might be   
likely to say to each other2 but the    
,count1 misled by his desire to please  
the ,prince1 misunderstood him4 ,he     
supposed that he wished that the        
conversation which the ,princess had    
interrupted should be continued1 and1   
sitting down1 he began again4  ,i       
suppose1 ,herr ,tutor1 he said1 you     
propose to train your pupils so that    
they shall be best fitted to mingle with
 the world in which they will be called 
upon to play an important part8  ,the   
,prince motioned to ,mark to sit1 which 
he did1 upon the edge of an embroidered 
couch4  ,if the serene ,highness1 he    
said1 had wished for one to teach his   
children who knew the great world and   
the cities he would not have sent for   
me4  ,what do you teach them1 then8  ,i 
tell them beautiful histories1 said     

,mark1 of good people1 and of love1 and 
of ,god4  ,it has been proved1 said the 
,count1 that there is no ,god4  ,then   
there is still love1 said the boy4      
,yes1 there is still love1 said the     
,count1 with an amused glance at the    
,prince2 all the more that we have got  
rid of a cruel ,god4  ,the boy's face   
flushed4  ,how can you dare say that8 he
 said4  ,why1 said the ,count1 with a   
simulated warmth1 what is the ,god of   
you pious people but a cruel ,god8 ,he  
who condemns the weak and the           
ignorant--the weak whom ,he has ,himself
 made weak1 and the ignorant whom ,he   
keeps in darkness--to an eternity of    
torture for a trivial and temporary1 if 
not an unconscious1 fault8 ,what is that
 ,god but cruel who will not forgive    
till ,he has gratified ,his revenge upon
 ,his own ,son8 ,what is that ,god but  
cruel---- ,but ,i need not go on4 ,the  
whole thing is nothing but a figment and
 a dream1 hatched in the diseased       
fancies of half-starved monks dying by  

inches in caves and deserts1 terrified  
by the ghastly visions of a ruined body 
and a disordered mind--men so stupid and
 so wicked that they could not discern  
the nature of the man whom they         
professed to take for their ,god--a man1
 apparently1 one of those rare natures1 
in advance of their time1 whom friends  
and enemies alike misconceive and       
thwart2 and who die1 as ,he died1       
helpless and defeated1 with a despairing
 cry to a heedless or visionary ,god in 
whom they have believed in vain4  ,as   
the ,count went on1 a new and terrible  
phase of experience was passing through 
,mark's mind4 ,as the brain consists of 
two parts1 so the mind seems dual also4 
,thought seems at different times to    
consist of different phases1 each of    
which can only see itself--of a faith   
that can see no doubt--of a doubt that  
can conceive of no certainty2 one week  
exalted to the highest heaven1 the next 
plunged into the lowest hell4 ,for the  
first time in his life this latter phase

 was passing through ,mark's mind4 ,what
 had always looked to him as certain as 
the hills and fields1 seemed1 on a      
sudden1 shrunken and vanished away4 ,his
 mind felt emptied and vacant2 he could 
not even think of ,god4 ,it appeared    
even marvellous to him that anything    
could have filled this vast fathomless  
void1 much less such a lovely and       
populous world as that which now seemed 
vanished as a morning mist4 ,he tried to
 rouse his energies1 to grasp at and to 
recover his accustomed thoughts1 but he 
seemed fascinated2 the eyes of the      
,count rested on him1 as he thought1    
with an evil glance4 ,he turned faint4  
,but the ,prince came to his aid4 ,he   
was looking across at the ,count with a 
sort of lazy dislike2 as one looks at a 
stuffed reptile or at a foul but caged  
bird4  ,thou art soon put down1 little  
one1 he said1 with his kindly1 lofty    
air4 ,tell him all this is nothing to   
thee6 ,that disease and distraction     
never created anything4 ,that nothing   

lives without a germ of life4 ,tell the 
,count that thou art not careful to     
answer him--that it may be as he says4  
,tell him that even were it so--that ,he
 of whom he speaks died broken-hearted  
in that despairing cry to the ,father   
who ,he thought had deserted ,him--tell 
the ,count thou art still with ,him6    
,tell him that if ,his mission was      
misconceived and perverted1 it was      
because ,his spirit and method was      
,divine6 ,tell the ,count that in spite 
of failure and despair1 nay1            
perchance--who knows8--because even of  
that despair1 ,he has drawn all men to  
,him from that cross of ,his as ,he     
said4 ,tell the ,count that ,he has     
ascended to ,his ,father and to thy     
,father1 and1 alone among the           
personalities of the world's story1 sits
 at the right hand of ,god6 ,tell him   
this1 he will have nothing to reply4    
,and1 as if to render reply impossible1 
the ,prince rose and1 calling to his    
spaniel1 who came at his gesture from   

the sunshine in the window1 he struck a 
small ,indian gong upon the table1 and  
the pages drawing back the curtains of  
the antechamber1 he left the room4  ,the
 ,count looked at the boy with a smile4 
,mark's face was flushed1 his eyes      
sparkling and full of tears4  ,well1    
,herr ,tutor1 said the ,count not       
unkindly1 dost thou say all that8  ,yes1
 said the boy1 ,god helping me1 ,i say  
all that6  ,thou might'st do worse1     
,tutor1 said the ,count1 than follow the
 ,prince4  ,and he too left the room4   
,,vii4   ,,the arrival of the ,princess 
very much increased the gaiety and      
activity of life within the palace4     
,every one became impressed with the    
idea that the one thing necessary was to
 entertain her4 ,the actors set to work 
to prepare new plays1 new spectacles2   
the musicians to compose new            
combinations of quaint notes2 the poets 
new sonnets on strange and1 if possible1
 new conceits4 ,as the ,princess was    
very difficult to please1 and as it was 

almost impossible to conceive anything  
which appeared new to her jaded         
intellect1 the difficulty of the task   
caused any idea that promised novelty to
 be seized upon with a desperate        
determination4 ,the most favourite one  
still continued to be the proposition   
that ,mark should be induced1 by fair   
means or foul1 to take a part upon the  
stage4 ,his own character--the role     
which he instinctively played--was so   
absolutely original and fresh that the  
universal opinion was confident of the  
success of such a performance4  ,by some
 means or other1 said old ,carricchio1  
he must be got to act4  ,you may do what
 you will with him1 said the ,signorina 
sadly2 he will die4 ,he is too good to  
live4 ,like my little brother and the   
poor canary1 he will die4  ,in pursuit1 
then1 of this ingenious plan1 the       
,princess was requested to honour with  
her presence a performance of a hitherto
 unknown character1 to be given in the  
palace gardens4 ,she at first declined1 

saying that she had seen everything that
 could be performed so often that she   
was sick of such things1 and that each  
of their vaunted and promised novelties 
proved more stale and dull than its     
precursor4 ,it was therefore necessary  
to let her know something of what was   
proposed2 and no sooner did she         
understand that ,mark was to be the     
centre round which the play turned1 than
 she entered into the plot with the     
greatest zeal4  ,it is1 perhaps1 not    
strange that to such a woman ,mark's    
character and personality offered a     
singular novelty and even charm4 ,the   
thought of triumphing over this         
child-like innocence1 of contrasting it 
with the licence and riot which the play
 would offer1 struck her jaded curiosity
 with a sense of delicious freshness1   
and she took an eager delight in the    
arrangement and contrivance of the      
scenes4  ,in expansion of the idea      
suggested by some of the wonderful      
theatres in ,italy1 where the open-air  

stage extended into real avenues and    
thickets1 it was decided that the entire
 play should be represented in the      
palace gardens3 and that1 in fact1 the  
audience should take part in the action 
of the drama4 ,this1 where the whole    
household was theatrical1 and where the 
actors were trained in the ,italian     
comedy1 which left so much to the       
improvisatore--to the individual taste  
and skill of the actor--was a scheme not
 difficult to realise4  ,the palace     
garden1 which was very large1 was       
disposed in terraces and hedges2 it was 
planted with numerous thickets and      
groves1 and1 wherever the inequalities  
of the ground allowed it1 with lofty    
banks of thick shrubs crowned with young
 trees1 beneath which were arranged     
statues and fountains in the ,italian   
manner4 ,the hedges were cut into       
arcades and arches1 giving free access  
to the retired lawns and shady nooks2   
and these arcades1 and the lofty groves 
and terraces1 gave a constant sense of  

mystery and expectation to the scene4   
,the ample lawns and open spaces        
afforded more than one suitable stage1  
upon which the most important scenes of 
a play might be performed4  ,beneath one
 of the highest and most important      
banks1 which stretched in a perfectly   
straight line across the garden1 planted
 thickly with flowering shrubs and      
fringed at the top with a long line of  
young trees1 whose delicate foliage was 
distinct against the sky1 was placed the
 largest of the fountains4 ,it was      
copied from that in the ,piazza ,santa  
,maria in ,transtevere in ,rome1 and was
 ornamented with great shells1 fish1 and
 ,tritons4 ,on either side of the       
fountain1 and leading to the terrace at 
the back1 were flights of marble steps1 
with wide-stretching stone bases upon   
either side towering above the grass4   
,in front of the fountain and of the    
steps1 beyond a belt of greensward1 were
 long hedges planted in parallel rows1  
and connected in arches and arcades1    

crossing and re-crossing each other in  
an intricate maze1 so that a large      
company1 wandering through their paths1 
might suddenly appear and disappear4    
,beyond the hedges the lawn stretched   
out again1 broken by flowerbeds and     
statues1 and fringed by masses of       
foliage and lofty limes4 ,a sound of    
falling water was heard on all sides2   
and1 by mysterious contrivance of       
concealed mechanism1 flute and harp     
music sounded from the depths of the    
bosky groves4        ,mark knew little  
of what was going on4 ,he occupied      
himself mostly with his young pupils2   
but the conversation he had had with the
 ,princess ,isoline had troubled his    
mind1 and a sense of perplexity and of  
approaching evil weighed upon his       
spirits and affected his health4 ,he1   
who had never known sickness in his     
peasant life1 now1 when confined to a   
life so unnatural and artificial1 so out
 of harmony with his mind and soul1     
became listless and weak in body1 and   

haunted by fitful terrors and failings  
of consciousness4 ,he knew that some    
extraordinary preparations were being   
made2 but he was not spoken to upon the 
subject1 and paid little attention to   
what was going on4 ,indeed1 had he been 
in the least of a suspicious nature1 the
 entire absence of solicitation or      
interference might have led him to      
suspect some secret machination against 
his simplicity and peace1 some contrived
 treachery at work2 but no such idea    
crossed his mind1 he occupied himself   
with his own melancholy thoughts and    
with the histories and parables which he
 related to his pupils4  ,on the morning
 of the day fixed for the performance1  
then1 things being in this condition1   
,mark rose early4 ,he had been informed 
that it was necessary that he should    
wear his best court-suit1 which we have 
seen was of black silk with white bands 
and ruffles4 ,he gave his pupils a short
 lesson1 but their thoughts were so much
 occupied by the expectation of the     

coming festivity that he soon released  
them and wandered out into the gardens  
alone4 ,the performance of the play had 
been fixed for noon4  ,the day was      
bright and serene4 ,the gardens were    
brilliant with colour and sweet with the
 perfume of flowers and herbs4 ,strains 
of mysterious harmony from secret music 
startled the wanderer along the paths4  
,mark strayed listlessly through the    
more distant groves4 ,he was distressed 
and dissatisfied with himself4 ,his     
spirit seemed to have lost its happy    
elasticity1 his mind its active         
joyousness4 ,the things which formerly  
delighted him no longer seemed to       
please1 even the loveliness of nature   
was unable to arouse him4 ,he found     
himself envying those others who took so
 much real delight1 or seemed to him to 
do so1 in fantastic and frivolous music 
and jest and comic sport4 ,he began to  
wonder what this new surprising         
play--these elaborately prepared        
harmonies--these swells and runs and    

shakes--might prove to be4 ,then he     
hated himself for this envy--for this   
curiosity4 ,he wished to return to his  
old innocence--his old simplicity4  ,but
 he felt that this could never be4 ,as  
the ,princess had told him1 whatever in 
after years he might become1 never would
 he taste this delight of his child's   
nature again4 ,he was inexpressibly sad 
and depressed4  ,as he wandered on1 not 
knowing where he went1 and growing      
almost stupid1 and indifferent even to  
pain1 he found himself suddenly         
surrounded by a throng of dancing and   
laughing girls4 ,it was easy1 in this   
magic garden1 to steal unobserved upon  
any one amid the bosky hedges and       
arcades2 but to surprise one so         
abstracted as the dreamy and listless   
boy required no effort at all4 ,with    
hands clasped and mocking laughter they 
surrounded the unhappy ,mark4 ,they were
 masqued1 with delicate bits of fringed 
silk across the eyes1 but had they not  
been so he was too confused to have     

recognised them4 ,he tried in vain to   
escape4 ,then he was lifted from the    
ground by a score of hands and borne    
rapidly away4  ,the stories of          
swan-maidens and winged fairies of his  
old histories crossed his mind1 and he  
seemed to be flying through the air2    
suddenly this strange flight came to an 
end2 he was on his feet again1 and1 as  
he looked confusedly around1 he found   
that he was alone4  ,he was standing on 
a circular space of lawn1 surrounded by 
the lofty wood4 ,in the centre was an   
antique statue of a faun playing upon a 
flute4 ,he seemed to recognise the      
scene1 but could not in his confusion   
recall in what part of the vast garden  
it lay4  ,as he stood1 lost in wonder   
and expectation1 a fairy-like figure was
 suddenly present before him1 from      
whence coming he could not tell4 ,the   
slim and delicate form was dressed in a 
gossamer robe1 through which the lovely 
limbs might be seen4 ,she held a light  
masque in her hand1 and laughed at him  

with her dancing eyes and rosy mouth4   
,it was the little ,princess1 his pupil4
  ,even now no thought of plot or       
treachery entered the boy's mind2 he    
gazed at her in wondering amaze4  ,you  
must come with me1 said the             
girl-princess1 holding out her hand2 ,i 
am sent to fetch you to the under world4
  ,behind them as they stood1 and facing
 the statue of the faun1 was a cave or  
hollow in the wood1 half concealed by   
the pendant tendrils of creeping and    
flowering plants4 ,it seemed the opening
 of a subterranean passage4 ,the child  
pushed aside the hanging blossoms and   
drew ,mark1 still dazed and unresisting1
 after her4 ,they went down into the    
dark cave4         99       99       99 
99       99  ,meanwhile from early dawn 
the palace had been noisy with pattering
 feet4 ,for its bizarre population was  
augmented from many sources1 and the    
great performance of the day taxed the  
exertions of all4 ,as the morning       
advanced visitors began to arrive1 and  

were marshalled to certain parts of the 
gardens where positions were allotted   
them1 and refreshments served in tents4 
,they were mostly masqued4 ,then strange
 groups began to form themselves before 
the garden front of the palace1 and on  
the terraces4 ,these were all masqued1  
and dressed in variety of incongruous   
and fantastic costumes1 for though the  
play was supposed to be classical1 yet  
the necessity of entertaining the       
,princess with something startling and  
lively was more exacting than artistic  
congruity4 ,as we have seen1 the ,prince
 had always inclined more to the fairy  
and masqued comedy than to the serious  
opera1 and on this occasion the result  
was more original and fantastic than had
 ever before been achieved4  ,as the    
morning went on1 there gradually        
arranged itself1 as if by fortuitous    
incident1 as strange a medley of fairy  
mediaeval legend and of classic lore as 
eye ever looked upon4 ,as the ,prince   
and ,princess1 surrounded by their      

principal guests1 all masqued and       
attired in every shade of colour and    
diversity of form1 stood upon the steps 
before the palace1 the wide gardens     
seemed full of groups equally varied and
 equally brilliant with their own4 ,from
 behind the green screens of the hedges1
 and from beneath the arcades1 figures  
were constantly emerging and passing    
again out of sight1 apparently          
accidentally1 but in fact with a        
carefully-devised plan4 ,strains of     
delicate music filled the air4  ,then a 
group of girls in misty drapery1 and    
masqued across the eyes1 the same indeed
 that had carried off ,mark1 appeared   
suddenly before the princely group4     
,they had discovered in the deepest dell
 of their native mountain a deserted    
babe--the offspring doubtless of the    
loves of some wandering god4 ,they were 
become its nurses1 and fed it upon      
sacred honey and consecrated bread4 ,of 
immortal birth themselves1 and untouched
 by the passing years1 the boy became1  

as he grew up1 the plaything1 and       
finally the beloved of his beautiful    
friends4 ,but the boy himself is        
indifferent to their attractions1 and   
careless or averse to their caresses4   
,he is often lost to them1 and wanders  
in the mountain fastnesses with the     
fawns and kids4  ,all this and more was 
told in action1 in song1 and recitative1
 upon the palace lawns before this      
strange audience1 themselves partly     
actors in the pastoral drama4 ,rural    
dances1 and games and sacrifices were   
presented with delicately-conceived     
grouping and pictorial effect4 ,then the
 main action of the drama developed     
itself4 ,the most lovely of the nymphs1 
the queen and leader of the rest1       
inspires a devoted passion in the heart 
of the priest of ,apollo1 before whose  
altar they offer sacrifice1 and listen  
for guiding and response4 ,she rejects  
his love with cruel contempt1 pining    
always for the coy and errant boy-god1  
who thinks of nothing but the distant   

mountain summits and the divine whispers
 of the rustling woods4 ,the priest1    
insulted and enraged1 invokes the aid of
 his divinity1 and a change comes over  
the gay and magic scene4 ,a terrible    
pestilence strikes down the inhabitants 
of these sylvan lawns1 and gloomy       
funerals1 and the pathetic strains of   
dirges take the place of dances and     
lively songs4  ,the terrified people    
throw themselves before the altar of the
 incensed ,apollo1 and the god speaks   
again4 ,his anger can be appeased only  
by the sacrifice of the contemptuous    
nymph who has insulted his priest1 or of
 some one who is willing to perish in   
her place4 ,proclamation is made across 
the sunny lawns1 inviting a victim who  
will earn the wreath of self-sacrifice  
and of immortal consciousness of a great
 deed1 but there is no response4  ,the  
fatal day draws on2 the altar of        
sacrifice is prepared2 but there spreads
 a rumour among the crowd--fanned       
probably by hope--that at the last      

moment a god will interfere4 ,some even 
speak of the wandering boy1 if he could 
only be found4 ,surely he--so removed   
from earthly and selfish loves1 so      
strange in his simplicity1 in his       
purity--surely he would lay down his    
guileless life without a pang4 ,could he
 only be found6 or would he appear6     
,the herald's voice had died away for   
the third time amid a fanfare of        
trumpets4 ,at the foot of the steps of  
the long terrace1 by the ,roman         
fountain1 a delicate and lovely form    
stood on the grassy verge before the    
altar1 by the leaping and rushing       
water's side2 a little to the left1     
whence the road from ,hades was supposed
 to come1 stood the divine messenger1   
the lofty herald--clad in white1 with a 
white wand2 behind the altar stood the  
wretched priest1 on whom the fearful    
task devolved1 the passion of terror1 of
 pity1 and of love1 traced upon his     
face2 all sound of music had died away2 
a hush as of death itself fell upon the 

expectant crowd2 from green arch and    
trellised walk the throng of masques1   
actors and spectators alike1 pressed    
forward upon the lawn before the        
altar4444 ,the priest tore the fillet   
from his brow and threw down his knife4 
99       99       99       99       99  
,the darkness of the cave gave place to 
a burst of dazzling sunlight as ,mark   
and the little ,princess1 who in the    
darkness had resumed her masque1 came   
out suddenly from the unseen opening    
upon one of the great stone bases by the
 side of the steps4 ,to the boy's       
wonderstruck sense the flaring light1   
the mystic and awful forms1 the thronged
 masques1 the shock of surprise and     
terror1 fell with a stunning force4 ,he 
uttered a sharp cry like that of a      
snared and harmless creature of the     
woods4 ,he pressed his hands before his 
face to shut out the bewildering scene1 
and1 stepping suddenly backward in his  
surprise1 fell from the edge of the     
stone platform some eight feet to the   

ground4 ,a cry of natural terror broke  
from the victim1 in place of the        
death-song she was expected to utter1   
and she left her place and sprang       
forward towards the steps4 ,the crowd of
 masques which surrounded the ,prince   
came forward tumultuously1 and a hurried
 movement and cry ran through the       
people1 half of whom were uncertain     
whether the settled order of the play   
was interrupted or not4  ,mark lay quite
 still on the grass1 his eyes closed1   
the ,signorina bending over him2 but the
 herald1 who was in fact director of the
 play1 waved his wand imperiously before
 the masques1 and they fell back4       
,resume your place1 ,signorina1 he said1
 this part of the play has1 apparently1 
failed4 ,you will sing your death-song1 
and the priest will offer himself in    
your stead4  ,but the girl rose1 and1   
forcing her way to where the ,prince    
stood1 threw herself upon his arm4  ,oh1
 stop it1 ,highness1 stop it6 she cried1
 amid a passion of sobs2 he is dying1 do

 you not see6  ,the ,prince removed his 
masque2 those around him1 following the 
signal1 also unmasqued1 and the play was
 stopped4     ,,part ,,second4     ,i4  
,,there was no change in the bright     
sunlight or in the festive colours of   
the gay crowd4 ,the grass was as green1 
the sky as blue1 the rushing leaping    
water sparkled as before1 nevertheless a
 sudden change and deadness fell upon   
the garden and its throng of guests4    
,the hush that had preceded ,mark's     
appearance was of a far different kind4 
,that had been a silence of awe1 of     
expectation1 of excitement1 and of life2
 this was the scared silence of dismay4 
,those who were most distant from the   
,prince1 and who could do so with       
decency1 began to scatter like          
frightened children1 and were lost in   
the arcaded hedges and walks4 ,the      
,prince remained standing1 his masque in
 his hand1 the ,signorina still weeping 
on his arm2 she was too excited to admit
 of comfort1 he stroked her hand kindly1

 as he would that of a child4 ,the      
,herald1 who was evidently exceedingly  
disgusted at the turn things had taken1 
and the quite unnecessary stop that had 
been put to the play1 had retired a few 
paces1 and was in conference with       
,carricchio1 who was apparently trying  
to console him4 ,the ,princess1 scared  
and startled1 was drawing the ,count    
after her to leave the scene1 when a    
tall and beautiful woman emerged from a 
trellised walk and1 through the         
respectful crowd that fell back to give 
her passage1 advanced towards the       
,prince4  ,you may resume your play1    
,ferdinand1 she said1 and her voice was 
very sad but without a touch of scorn2  
you may resume your play4 ,it is not you
 who have killed this child2 it is ,i4  
,then1 stooping over the lifeless body1 
she raised it in her arms1 and1 in the  
midst of a yet more perfect stillness1  
as in the presence of a being of a      
holier and a loftier world1 the         
,princess ,isoline disappeared with her 

burden into the forest depths4  ,she    
followed the path under the narrow      
avenue1 where she had once walked with  
,mark1 till she reached her quiet and   
melancholy house2 and1 entering at once 
into the hall1 she deposited her burden 
upon the long table1 where the household
 was wont to dine4 ,she laid it with the
 feet at one end of the board1 and1     
straightening the stiffening limbs1 she 
knelt down before it and buried her face
 in her hands4  ,the good are not happy1
 and the happy are not good--was she    
then good because she was so miserable8 
,ah no6 ,or was this wretchedness a     
wicked thing8 ,again1 surely not6  ,as  
she lay thus1 crushed and beaten down1  
her form contorted with sobs1 a quiet   
footstep roused her1 and1 raising her   
eyes1 she saw the ,prince through her   
blinding tears4 ,he was standing by the 
table1 near the head of the child4 ,his 
face was very pale1 and the eyes had    
lost the habitual languor of their      
expression1 and were full of an earnest 

tender grief4 ,the ,princess rose1 and  
they looked each other straight in the  
eyes4 ,through the mist of tears the    
,prince's form became refined and       
purified1 and he stood there with a     
beauty hitherto altogether unknown1 even
 to her4  ,i told this child1 ,isoline1 
he said2 ,i told this child that ,i had 
done well to send for him4  ,ferdinand1 
she said again1 it is not you who have  
done this2 it is ,i4 ,she stopped for a 
moment to recover control1 and went on  
more passionately--,i1 who pretended to 
the devoted life6 in which alone he     
could breathe2 ,i1 to whom he looked for
 help and strength2 ,i1 who deserted him
 and gave a false report of the promised
 land4  ,the ,prince looked at her with 
eyes full of compassion1 but did not    
reply4  ,you did what you could1        
continued his sister2 your effort was   
surely a noble one4 ,more1 in fact2 you 
came to the help of his faith against   
evil4 ,it is always so6 ,the children of
 the world act always better than the   

children of light6  ,in her             
self-abasement and despair the ,princess
 did not remember ,mark's words1 that   
the greatest trial of his faith had been
 the ,prince3 a tolerance which is      
kindly and even appreciative1 and yet1  
as with a clearness of a farther insight
 stands indifferently aside1 must always
 be the great trial of simple faith4    
,it is easier1 ,isoline1 said her       
brother at last1 to maintain a low      
standard than a high4 ,it seems to me   
that we have both been wrong1 but yours 
is the nobler fault4 ,you attempted an  
impossible flight--a flight which human 
nature has no wings strong enough to    
achieve4 ,as for me1 this has been a    
terrible shock--more than ,i could have 
thought possible1 ,i who fancied myself 
so secure and so serene4 ,that such a   
terrible chance could happen shows how  
unstable are the most finished schemes  
of life4 ,i fancied that my life was an 
art1 and ,i dreamed that it might be    
perfected--as a religious art4 ,fool    

that ,i was6 ,how can life or religion  
be an art when the merest accident can  
dissolve the entire fabric at a blow8   
,no art can exist in the presence of an 
impalpable mystery1 of an unknown1      
inappeasable1 implacable ,force4  ,no1  
said the ,princess2 art is not          
enough6--morality1 virtue1 love even1 is
 not enough4 ,none of these can pierce  
the veil4 ,nothing profits1 save the    
,divine ,humanity1 which1 through the   
mystery of ,sacrifice1 has entered the  
unseen4 ,you know1 ,ferdinand1 and she  
looked up through her tears with a sad  
smile1 in your art there was always in  
old times a mystery4  ,she rose as she  
said this1 and stood more lovely than   
ever in her grief and in her faith2 and 
the ,prince moved a step forward1 and   
put his hand upon the breast of the     
child4 ,as they stood1 looking each     
other full in the eyes1 in the notorious
 beauty of their order and of their     
race1 it might have seemed to a sanguine
 fancy that1 over the piteous victim of 

earth's failure1 art and religion for   
the moment were at one4     ,,ii4       
,,the pleasure ,palace was deserted4    
,mark was buried in a shadowy graveyard 
behind the old manor-house1 where was a 
ruined chapel that had been a canonry4  
,the ,princess ,isoline gave up her     
house1 and dissolved her family4 ,they  
were scattered to their several homes4  
,she said that her place was by her     
brother's side4 ,it would seem that none
 were sorry for some excuse4 ,the       
,prince could no longer endure the      
place2 he said that he had neglected his
 princely cities1 and must visit them   
for a time4 ,the ,signorina was         
inconsolable1 but her singing improved  
day by day4 ,the ,maestro began to have 
hopes of her4 ,he wrote to ,vienna      
concerning an engagement for her at the 
,imperial ,theatre there1 without even  
consulting the ,prince1 who for the     
moment was disgusted with the very name 
of art4 ,old ,carricchio said that the  
northern sunshine was more intolerable  

than ever1 and that he should return to 
,italy1 but would take ,vienna in his   
way4 ,it might be supposed that this old
 man would have been much distressed1   
but1 if this were the case1 he concealed
 his feelings with his usual humorous   
eccentricity4 ,he spent most of his time
 listening to ,tina's singing4 ,even the
 ,maestro and the pages seemed to miss  
,mark more4  ,in the general            
disorganisation and confusion the       
,princess even was not entirely         
unaffected4 ,she was continually        
speaking of ,mark1 whose singular       
personality had struck her fancy1 and   
whose sudden and pathetic death had     
touched her with pity4 ,she appeared    
unusually affectionate to her husband   
and to his sister1 and she despatched   
the ,count to secure a residence in     
,vienna1 where she expressed her        
intention of taking the entire family as
 soon as the ,prince had satisfied his  
newly-awakened conscience by a sight of 
,wertheim4 ,the children were delighted 

with the thought1 and were apparently   
consoled for the absence of their tutor4
 ,perhaps already his tales had begun to
 tire4  ,the ,maestro and ,carricchio   
were walking side by side upon the      
terrace where ,mark was used to sit4  ,i
 shall make a sensation at ,vienna1 said
 the ,maestro2 that little girl is      
growing into an impassioned actress with
 a marvellous voice4 ,i have an idea4 ,i
 have already arranged the score4 ,i    
shall throw this story into the form of 
opera--a serious opera1 not one of your 
farcical things4 ,it is a charming      
story1 most pathetic1 and will make     
people cry4 ,that boy's character was   
exquisite3 ',ah1' they will say1 'that  
lovely child6'  ,i don't understand your
 pathos1 said ,carricchio crossly1--the 
pathos of composers and writers and     
imaginative men4 ,it is all ideal4 ,you 
talk of farce1 ,i prefer the jester's   
farce4 ,i never knew any of you to weep 
over any real misery--any starving      
people1 any loathsome1 sordid poor6  ,i 

should think not1 said the ,maestro2    
there is nothing delightful in real     
misery--it is loathsome1 as you say2 it 
is horrible1 it is disagreeable even6   
,art never contemplates the             
disagreeable2 it would cease to be true 
art if it did4 ,but when you are happy  
yourself1 when you are surrounded by    
comfort and luxury--then to contemplate 
misery1 sorrow1 woe6 ,ah6 this is the   
height of luxury3 this is art6 ,yes1    
true art6  ,it seems selfish1 to me1    
said the ,arlecchino surlily4  ,selfish6
 exclaimed the ,maestro2 of course it is
 selfish6 ,unless it is selfish it      
cannot be art4 ,art has an end1 an aim1 
an intention--if it deserts this aim it 
ceases to be art4 ,it must be selfish4  
,there was a slight pause1 then the     
,maestro1 who seemed to be in great     
spirits1 went on3  ,i always thought the
 ,prince a poor creature1 now ,i am sure
 of it4 ,he is neither one thing nor the
 other4 ,he will never be an artist1 in 
the true sense4  ,he is very sorry for  

that poor child1 said ,carricchio4      
,sorry6 exclaimed the ,maestro4 ,sorry6 
,i tell you when the canary died ,i was 
delighted1 but ,i am still more         
delighted now4 ,i predict to you a great
 future for the ,signorina4 ,she will be
 a great actress and singer4 ,the death 
of this child is everything to us2 it   
was just what was required to give her  
power1 to stir the depths of her nature4
 ,mio caro1 he continued caressingly1   
putting his hand on ,carricchio's arm1  
believe me1 this is life1 and this is   
art6  ,he is a cold-blooded old devil1  
muttered ,carricchio savagely1 as he    
turned away1 with his infernal talk of  
art4 ,i would not go to ,vienna with him
 but for the ,signorina4 ,i will see her
 once upon the stage there4 ,then the   
old worn-out ,arlecchino will go back   
into the sunshine1 and die1 and go to   
,mark4     ,,iii4   ,,the ,maestro's    
romantic opera was a success4 ,he was at
 least so far a genius that he knew     
where he was strong and where he was    

weak4  ,he reproduced with great        
exactness the play in the palace        
gardens1 but he kept the person and     
character of ,mark enshrouded in        
mystery1 allowing him to appear very    
seldom1 and trusting entirely to the    
singing of the principal performers1 and
 especially of the ,signorina1 to       
impress the audience with the idea of   
his purity and innocence4 ,he surpassed 
himself in the intense wistful music of 
the score2 never had he produced such   
pathetic airs1 such pleading sustained  
harmonies1 such quivering lingering     
chords and cadences4 ,at the supreme    
moment the boy appears1 and1 after      
singing with exquisite melody his       
hapless yet heroic fate1 offers his     
bosom to the sacrificial knife4 ,but a  
god intervenes4 ,veiled in cloud and    
recognised in thunders1 a divine and    
merciful hand is laid upon the child4   
,death comes to him as a sleep1 and over
 his dead and lovely form the anger of  
heaven is appeased4 ,incapable as the   

,maestro was of feeling much of the     
pathos and beauty of his own work1      
still1 with that wonderful instinct1 or 
art1 or genius1 which supplies the place
 of feeling1 he produced1 amid much that
 was grotesque and incongruous1 a work  
of delicate touch and thrilling and     
entrancing sound4 ,the little theatre   
near the ,kohl market1 where the piece  
was first produced1 was crowded nightly1
 and the narrow thoroughfares through   
private houses and courtyards1 called   
,durch-haeuser1 with which the          
extraordinary and otherwise impenetrable
 maze of building which formed old      
,vienna was pierced through and through1
 were filled with fine and delicate     
ladies and gay courtiers seeking        
admission4 ,so great1 indeed1 was the   
success that an arrangement was made    
with the conductors of the ,imperial    
,theatre for the opera to be performed  
there4 ,the ,empress-,queen and her     
husband were present1 the frigid silence
 of etiquette was broken more than once 

by applause1 and the ,abate ,metastasio 
wrote some lines for the ,signorina2    
indeed1 the success of the piece was    
caused by the girl's singing4  ,mark is 
better than the canary1 the ,maestro was
 continually repeating4  ,in his hour of
 triumph the old gentleman presented a  
quaint and attractive study to the      
observer of the by-ways of art4 ,amid   
the rococo surroundings among which he  
moved1 he was himself a singular example
 of the power of art to extract from    
bizarre and unpromising material        
somewhat at least of pure and lasting   
fruit4 ,he had attired his withered and 
lean figure in brilliant hues and the   
finest lace1 and in this attire he      
trained the girl1 also fantastically    
dressed1 to warble the most touching and
 delicious plaints4 ,the instinctive    
pathos of inanimate things1 of forms and
 colours1 was perceived in sound1 and   
much that hitherto seemed paltry and    
frivolous was refined and ennobled4     
,mark's death1 and even that of the poor

 canary1 was beginning to bear fruit4   
,nature and love were feeling out the   
enigma of existence by the aid of art4  
,the reference to the canary was not1   
indeed1 made in the presence of ,tina1  
for the ,maestro found that it was not  
acceptable4 ,nevertheless1 a strange    
fellowship and affection was springing  
up between these two4 ,the critics      
complained that the ,signorina varied   
her notes2 but1 in fact1 the score of   
the opera never remained the same--at   
least as regarded her parts4 ,as she    
sang1 with the ,maestro beside her at   
the harpsichord1 imagination and        
recollection1 instructed by the magic of
 sound1 touched her notes with an       
unconscious pathos and revealed to her  
master1 with his ready pencil in one    
hand and the other on the keys1 fresh   
heights and depths of cultured harmony1 
new combinations of fluttering1         
melodious notes4  ,this copartnership1  
this action and reaction1 had something 
wonderful and charming about it2 the    

power of nature in the girl's voice     
suggesting possibilities of more        
melodious1 more artistic pathos to the  
composer1 the girl's passionate instinct
 recognising the touch1 and confessing  
the help1 of the master's skill4 ,it    
seems a strange duet1 yet ,i do not know
 that we should think it strange4  ,the 
girl's nature1 pure and loving1 was     
supremely moved by the discovery of this
 power of realisation and expression    
which it had obtained2 but at times it  
frightened her4  ,i hate all this1 she  
would cry sometimes1 starting away from 
the harpsichord2 they are dead and cold1
 and ,i sing6  ,sing6 mia cara6 the old 
man would say1 with1 for him1 a soft and
 kindly tone2 you cannot help but sing3 
and when did love and sorrow feel so    
near and real to you as when1 just now1 
you sang that phrase in ,f minor8  ,it  
is wicked6 said the girl2 but she sang  
over again1 to the perfect satisfaction 
of her master1 the phrase in ,f minor4  
,it is true1 she said1 after a pause4 ,i

 knew not how to love--,i knew not what 
love was till ,i learned to sing from   
you4 ,every day ,i learn more what love 
is2 ,i feel every hour more able to     
love--,i love you more and more for     
teaching me the art of love4  ,ah1 mia  
cara1 said the ,maestro1 that was not   
difficult6 ,you were born with that     
gift4 ,but it is strange to me1 ,i      
confess it1 how pathetically you sing4  
,it is not in the music--at any rate1   
not in my music4 ,it is beyond my art   
and even strange to it1 but it touches  
even me4  ,and the old man shrugged his 
shoulders with an odd gesture1 in which 
something like self-contempt struggled  
with an unaccustomed emotion4  ,the girl
 had turned half round1 and was looking 
at him with her bright1 yet wistful     
eyes4  ,never mind1 ,maestro1 she said2 
,i shall love you always for your music1
 in spite of your contempt of love1 and 
your miserable1 cold----  ,and she gave 
a little shudder4 ,she was forming1     
indeed1 a passionate regard for the old 

man1 solely for the sake of his art4    
,it was not by any means the first time 
that such an event had occurred1 for    
unselfish love is much more common than 
cynical mankind believes4     ,,iv4     
,,the ,prince soon grew tired of        
,wertheim4 ,apart from other reasons1 of
 which perhaps we may learn something   
hereafter1 he felt lost without the     
accustomed entourage which he had       
attracted to ,joyeuse4 ,the death of    
,mark had made a profound impression    
upon his delicately strung temperament4 
,it disturbed the lofty serenity of his 
life1 it shocked his taste1 it was bad  
art4 ,that such a thing could have      
happened to him in the very citadel and 
arcanum of his carefully designed       
existence--and should have happened1    
too1 as the result of his own individual
 purpose and action--arrested him as    
with an archangel's sword2 showed him   
forcibly that his delicately woven mail 
was deficient in some important1 but as 
yet unperceived1 point2 that his        

fancifully conceived prince-life was    
liable to sudden catastrophe4 ,he had   
lived delicately1 but the bitterness of 
death was not passed4 ,he left          
,wertheim1 and1 travelling with his     
children and servants in several        
carriages and chaises de poste1 he      
journeyed to ,vienna1 whither the       
,princess had preceded him4  ,the       
,prince travelled alone in a            
carrosse-coupe1 or travelling chaise1 at
 the head of his party4 ,the ,barotin   
and the children followed him in the    
second carriage1 which was full of toys 
for their entertainment2 now and again  
one or the other would be promoted for a
 stage or two to their father's         
carriage1 to remain there as long as    
they entertained him4 ,after a time they
 entered upon the flat plains of the    
,danube and approached ,vienna4  ,as    
they crossed the flat waste of water    
meadows1 over the long bridges of boats1
 and through the rows of poplars1 a     
drive usually so dreary to travellers to

 ,vienna1 the sun broke out gloriously  
and the afternoon became very fine4 ,for
 many miles before him1 over the        
monotonous waste1 the great tower of    
,st4 ,stephen's ,church had confronted  
the ,prince1 crowned with its gigantic  
eagle and surrounded by wheeling flocks 
of birds--cranes and ravens and daws4   
,herons and storks rose now and again   
from the ditches and pools by the       
wayside and flitted across the road4    
,the brilliant light shone upon the     
mists of the river and upon the distant 
crags and woods4  ,the ,prince was      
alone2 the children were tired and      
restless from the long journey1 and were
 sent back to the long-suffering        
,barotin4 ,he lay back upon the rich    
furs which filled the carriage1 and kept
 his eyes listlessly fixed upon the     
distant tower4 ,the descending sun      
lighted up the weather-stains and the   
vari-coloured mosses that covered its   
sides2 a rainbow1 thrown across the     
black clouds of the north and east1     

spanned the heavens with a lofty arch4  
,the ,prince gazed wearily over the     
striking scene4 ,existence appeared to  
him1 at the moment1 extremely           
complicated4  ,it was a terrible        
mistake1 he said1 his thoughts still    
running on the old disaster2 a terrible 
mistake6 ,yet they cannot be            
right--,isoline and the people with     
her--who talk of nothing but sacrifice  
and self-denial1 and denounce everything
 by which life is not only made         
endurable1 but by which1 indeed1 it is  
actually maintained in being4 ,what     
would life be if every one were as they8
 ',ah6' she says1 'there is little      
chance of that6 ,so few think of aught  
save self6 ,so few deny themselves for  
the sake of others1 you need not grudge 
us few our self-chosen path4' ,that is  
where they make the fatal mistake4 ,each
 man should carve out his life1 as a    
whole1 as though the lives of all were  
perfect1 not as if it were a broken     
fragment of a fine statue2 each should  

be a perfect ,apollo of the ,belvedere  
,gardens1 not a mere torso2 not a strong
 arm only that can strike1 not a finger 
only that can beckon--even though it be 
to ,god4 ,because all cannot enjoy them1
 does that make assorted colour1 and    
sweet sound1 and delicate pottery less  
perfect1 less worthy to be sought8 ,he  
should aim at the complete life--should 
love1 and feel1 and enjoy4  ,the great  
tower rose higher and higher above the  
,prince as he thought these last words  
aloud2 the screaming kites and daws     
wheeled above his head2 the great eagle 
loomed larger and larger in the evening 
light4 ,they passed over the wide       
glacis1 threaded the drawbridges and    
barriers1 and entered the tortuous      
narrow streets4 ,a golden haze lighted  
the crowded thoroughfares and beautified
 the carving and gables of the lofty    
houses4 ,a motley crowd of people1 from 
east and west alike1 in strange variety 
of costume1 thronged the causeways1 and 
hardly escaped the carriage-wheels in   

their reckless course4 ,the sight roused
 the ,prince from his melancholy1 and he
 gazed with an amused and even delighted
 air from his carriage-windows4 ,his    
nature1 pleasure-loving and imaginative1
 found this moving life a source of     
never-tiring interest and               
suggestiveness4 ,the fate1 the          
interests1 the aims1 and sorrows of     
every human figure that passed across   
his vision1 even for a second1 formed   
itself in some infinitely slight1 yet   
perfectly real and tangible1 degree in  
his mind2 and he conceived the stir and 
tremor of a great city's life with a    
perfect grasp of all the little details 
that make up the dramatic1 the graphic  
whole4  ,the carriage swept through the 
,place ,st4 ,michael1 past the ,imperial
 ,palace1 and1 pursuing its course      
through the winding streets to the      
imminent peril of the populace of       
,croats1 ,servians1 ,germans1 and a     
mixed people of no nation under heaven1 
reached the ,hotel which had been       

selected for the ,prince in the ,tein   
quarter4  ,though this quiet quarter is 
in close neighbourhood to the most busy 
and noisy parts of the city1 the        
contrast was striking4 ,the ,prince saw 
nothing here but quaint palaces crowded 
together within a space of a few hundred
 yards4 ,here were the palaces of the   
,lichtensteins1 the ,festetics1 the     
,esterhazys1 the ,schoenbornes4 ,antique
 escutcheons were hanging before the    
houses1 and strange devices of the      
golden fleece1 and other crests and     
bearings were erected on the gables and 
roofs4 ,vienna was emphatically the city
 of heraldry1 and a tendency towards    
,oriental taste in noble and burgher    
produced a fantastic architecture of    
gables and minarets1 breaking the       
massive lines of fortress-like mediaeval
 palace and hotel4 ,here and there a    
carriage was standing in the quiet      
street1 and servants in gaudy liveries  
stood in the sunshine about the steps   
and gates4  ,the next morning the       

,prince was seated at his toilette1 in  
the hands of his dresser1 who was       
frizzling and powdering his hair4 ,by   
his side was standing his valet or      
body-servant1 as he would be called in  
,england--,chasseur or ,jager1 as he was
 called in ,north or ,south ,germany4   
,this man was one of the most competent 
of his order1 and devoted to his master4
  ,well1 ,karl1 the ,prince was saying1 
with his kindly air1 thou breathest     
again here1 ,i doubt not4 ,this place is
 more to thy mind than ,joyeuse--n'est  
ce pas8 ,there is life here and         
intrigue4 ,it is better even than ,rome8
 ,is it so8  ,wherever the ,serene      
,highness is1 replied ,karl graciously1 
,i am content and happy4 ,i was happy in
 ,rome1 in ,joyeuse1 at ,wertheim2 but  
,i confess that ,i like ,wien4 ,there is
 colour here1 and quaintness1 and       
esprit4  ,karl had picked up many art   
terms with the rest of the princely     
household4  ,ah6 ,wertheim6 said the    
,prince1 rather sadly as it seemed4 ,i  

like ,wertheim1 ah6 so much--for a day  
or two4 ,one is so great a man there4 ,i
 know every one1 and every one knows me4
 ,i feel almost like a beneficent       
,providence1 and as though ,i had       
discovered the perfection of art in     
life4 ,when ,i walk in the garden avenue
 after dinner1 between the statues1 and 
every one has right of audience and     
petition1 and one old woman begs that   
her only son may be excused from        
military service1 and another that her  
stall in the market may not be taken    
away2 and one old man's house is burnt  
down1 and he wants help to rebuild it1  
and another craves right of             
wood-gathering in the princely forests1 
and another begs that his son may be    
enrolled among the under-keepers and    
beaters of the game1 with right of      
snaring a hare1--and all these things   
are so easy to grant1 and seem to these 
poor folks so gracious1 and like the    
gifts of heaven1 that one thinks for the
 moment that this must be the perfection

 of life4 ,but it palls1 ,karl2 in a day
 or two it palls6 ,the wants and        
sufferings of the poor are so much      
alike2 they want variety1 they are so   
deficient in shade1 they are such poor  
art6 and the ,prince sighed wearily4    
,that is natural for the ,serene        
,highness1 said ,karl1 with a           
sympathising pity which was amusing2    
that is natural to the ,serene          
,highness1 who does not see below the   
surface1 and to whom all speak with     
bated breath4 ,there is plenty of light 
and shade in the lives of the poor1 if  
you go deep enough4  ,ah6 said the      
,prince with interest1 is it so8        
,doubtless now1 within a few yards of   
us1 there are art-scenes enacted1       
tragedies and comedies going on1 of     
which you know the different roles--one 
of which1 maybe1 you fill yourself4 ,eh1
 ,karl8  ,it is a great city1 ,highness1
 said ,karl4 ,they are all alike1 good  
and ill1 love and hatred1 the knave and 
the fool4 ,all the world over1 it is    

much the same4  ,at this moment1 the    
hair-powdering being over1 the ,prince  
rose4  ,well1 he said1 to-night the     
,signorina sings at the ,imperial       
,theatre4 ,she and the ,maestro sup with
 me afterwards4 ,the ,princess sups at  
the ,palace4     ,v4   ,,it is difficult
 at the present day to realise such     
scenes as that presented by the         
,imperial ,theatre during the           
performance that evening4 ,the          
comparative smallness of the interior   
and dimness of the lights1 combined with
 the incomparable splendour and richness
 in the appearance of the audience which
 filled every portion of the theatre1   
even to the gallery of the servants1    
with undiminished brilliancy1 produced  
an effect of subdued splendour and of a 
mystic glow of colour which we should   
look for in vain in any theatre in      
,europe now4  ,the ,empress-,queen and  
her husband occupied a central box1 and 
the ,court1 graduated according to rank1
 and radiating from this centre1 filled 

boxes1 pit1 and gallery4 ,the ,prince's 
box was on the royal tier1 not far from 
the ,empress4 ,he was accompanied by the
 ,princess and his sister4  ,i am       
delighted with ,isoline1 the ,princess  
said2 that poor child's death has worked
 wonders upon her in a way no one would 
have expected4 ,she seems to have thrown
 off her singular fancies1 and behaves  
as other people do4  ,isoline never was 
very easy to understand1 said the       
,prince4  ,whether or not she were      
inspired by the presence of the ,prince1
 the ,signorina had never sung so       
wonderfully as she did that night4 ,the 
frigid silence of ,imperial etiquette1  
so discouraging and chilling to southern
 artists1 gave place1 now and again1 to 
an irrepressible murmur of emotion and  
applause4 ,the passionate yearning of   
the purest love1 the pathos of unselfish
 grief1 found a fit utterance in notes  
of an inimitable sweetness1 and in      
melodies whose dainty phrases were      
ennobled and mellowed at once by        

delicate art and loftiest feeling4 ,the 
house gave way at last to an            
uncontrollable enthusiasm1 and1         
regardless of ,court etiquette1 the     
entire assembly rose to its feet amid a 
tumult of applause4  ,not far from the  
,maestro1 who was conducting the music  
from the centre of the orchestra1 was   
seated ,carricchio4 ,he had1 of course1 
discarded his professional dress1 and   
had attired himself1 according to the   
genius of his countrymen1 in rich but   
dark and plain attire4 ,any one who     
could have watched his face--that face  
which the little ,schoolmaster was used 
to wonder at--and could have marked the 
quaint mingling1 on the large worn      
features1 of the old humorous movement  
with the new emotions of wonder and of  
love1 would not have spent his moments  
in vain4  ,but the success was too      
complete4 ,the ,empress-,queen was      
shocked at the breach of decorum4 ,she  
was not in the least touched by the     
,signorina's singing1 and the story of  

the opera was unintelligible to her4 ,it
 was suggested by those who were        
offended and injured by the success of  
the piece1 and by the displacement of   
other operas1 that this arrangement     
entailed increased expense upon the     
royal treasury1 and1 amid the penurious 
and pettifogging instincts of the ,court
 of ,vienna in those days1 this was a   
fatal thrust4 ,the theatre1 it was said1
 was required for other pieces1 notably 
for a new opera by ,metastasio himself4 
,it was very beautiful1 ,ferdinand1 said
 the ,princess1 as they left the box2   
and1 struck by her tone and by the      
unaccustomed use of his name1 the       
,prince looked at her with surprise1 for
 it was years since he had seen the     
sweet1 softened1 well-remembered look in
 her eyes4 ,i liked that boy6  ,i will  
convey your approbation to the          
,signorina1 replied the ,prince2 it will
 complete the triumph of the night4     
,where do you sup to-night1 ,ferdinand8 
said the ,princess4  ,i--,i sup in      

private with the ,maestro and ,tina1    
said the ,prince4  ,ah6 said the        
,princess1 still with the same wistful1 
unaccustomed look4 ,there is a cover    
laid for me at the ,imperial table--,i  
must go4  ,it is absurd to talk of what 
would have happened had the threads of  
our lives been woven into different     
tissues1 else we might say that but for 
that ,imperial cover the issues of this 
story would have had a different close4 
,the ,maestro waited at the theatre till
 the ,signorina had changed her dress4  
,when she appeared she was radiant with 
triumph and delight1 but the old man was
 sad and depressed4 ,some intimation of 
the fatal resolution had been conveyed  
to him in the interval4  ,what is the   
matter with you1 ,maestro8 said the     
girl2 you ought to be delighted1 and you
 look as gloomy as a ghost4 ,what is it8
  ,it is nothing1 said the ,maestro4 ,i 
am an old man1 mia cara1 and the        
performance tires me4 ,let us go to the 
,prince4  ,they entered a fiacre1 and   

were driven to the courtyard of the     
,prince's ,hotel4  ,the supper1 though  
private1 was luxurious1 and was attended
 by all the servants of the ,prince4    
,inspired by the success of the night1  
the ,prince exerted himself to please2  
but1 apart from all other circumstances1
 the ,signorina would have delighted any
 man4 ,she was at that delightful age   
when the girl is passing into the woman2
 she was increasing daily in beauty1 she
 was perfectly dressed1 she was radiant 
that night with happiness1 and with the 
consciousness of success2 she was       
touched by the recollection of the past1
 and profoundly affected by the power of
 expression which she had found in song2
 more than this--much more--she was     
drawn irresistibly by a feeling of pity 
and sympathy towards the old man2 she   
could not understand his depression and 
gloom2 she paid little attention to the 
,prince1 but lavished a thousand pretty 
arts and delicate attentions on the vain
 endeavour to rouse her friend4 ,no     

other conduct could have rendered her so
 attractive in the eyes of the ,prince4 
,to his refined and really high-toned   
taste1 this pretty devotedness1 this    
manifestly pure affection and gratitude1
 as of a daughter1 commended by such    
loveliness and vivacity1 were           
irresistible4 ,it was exactly that      
combination of pathos and grace and art 
that suited his cultured fancy and the  
long habit of his trained life4 ,he was 
inexpressibly delighted and happy4      
,forgetful of past mistake and          
misfortune1 he congratulated himself on 
his success in attaching to his person  
and family so lively and dulcet a       
creature4 ,his scheme of life seemed    
complete and authorised to his          
conscience by success4  ,once more he   
uttered the fatal words1 ,i will have   
this girl4  ,you are the happiest man ,i
 know1 ,maestro1 he said2 you are truly 
a creative artist1 for you not only     
create melodious sounds and             
spirit-stirring ideas1 but you actually 

create flesh and blood sirens and human 
creatures as lovely as your sounds1 and 
far more real4 ,the ,signorina is your  
work1 and see1 as is natural1 how       
devoted she is to her maker4  ,every one
 thinks others happier than himself1    
,prince1 said the old man1 still gloomy4
 ,as for the ,signorina1 she has much   
more made me than ,i her4 ,i shall only 
injure and cripple her4  ,the girl      
looked at him with tears in her eyes4   
,the ,maestro is not well1 she said to  
the ,prince2 he will be more cheerful   
to-morrow4 ,success frightens him4 ,it  
is often more terrible than failure4    
,he fears that you will forsake him1    
when you are courted and praised so     
much1 said the ,prince in a low voice1  
for the old man seemed scarcely to      
notice what passed2 he fears you will   
forsake him1 and as he spoke the ,prince
 kept his eyes fixed inquiringly on the 
girl's face4  ,the ,signorina said      
nothing4 ,she turned her dark great eyes
 full on the old man1 and the ,prince   

wanted no more than what the eyes told  
him4  ,she is a glorious creature1 he   
said to himself4     ,,vi4   ,,the next 
morning the crash came4 ,the ,maestro   
was informed that only one more         
performance could be allowed at the     
,imperial ,theatre1 and that1 further1  
there were difficulties in the way of   
the performance being permitted in any  
theatre in ,vienna4 ,the old man was    
crushed3 he came to the ,signorina with 
the notice in his hand4  ,mia cara1 he  
said1 making great efforts to be calm1  
this is the end4 ,i am a broken and a   
ruined man4 ,i have been all my life    
waiting for this chance--this gift of   
inspiration4 ,i thought that it would   
never come2 it tarried so long1 and ,i  
grew so old4 ,at last it came1 but only 
just in time4 ,i have never written     
anything like this music1 and never     
shall again4 ,now it is stopped4 ,i must
 go4 ,i cannot stay where it must not be
 played2 ,i must go somewhere1 and take 
my music with me4 ,it will not be for   

long4 ,the ,prince will not leave       
,vienna4 ,he is pleased with the city   
and with his reception4 ,i must leave   
you all4  ,the girl was on her feet     
before him1 with flashing eyes which    
were full of tears4  ,maestro6 she said2
 what mean you to talk in this way8 ,do 
you suppose that ,i will ever leave you1
 that ,i will stay if you go8 ,i owe    
everything to you4 ,i cannot sing       
without you4 ,i will follow you to      
,paris--anywhere4 ,whatever fortune     
awaits you shall await us both4  ,ah1   
,tina1 said the old man1 you are very   
good1 but you mistake4 ,i am not the    
great master you suppose4 ,i know it too
 well4 ,there is always something       
wanting in my notes4 ,when you sing     
them1 well and good4 ,even as they are  
they never would have been scored but   
for you4 ,when ,i leave you the glamour 
will be taken out of them4 ,they will be
 cold and dead3 no one will think       
anything of them any more4  ,if this be 
true1 said the girl1 almost fiercely1 it

 is all the more reason why ,i will     
never leave you6 ,you have made me1 as  
the ,prince said2 ,i am yours for life4 
,wherever you go ,i will go2 whatever   
you write ,i will sing4 ,if we fail1 we 
fail together4 ,if we succeed1 the      
success is yours4  ,she paused for a    
moment1 and then1 with a deeper flush   
and a tender confidence which seemed    
inspired3  ,and we shall succeed6 ,i    
have not yet sung my best4 ,i1 too1 know
 it4 ,you have not yet made me all you  
may4 ,whatever you teach me ,i will     
sing6  ,the old man looked at her1 as   
well he might1 deeply moved1 but he     
shook his head4  ,tina1 he said1 ,i will
 not have it4 ,you must not be ruined   
for me4 ,you must not go4 ,other        
masters1 greater than ,i1 will finish   
what it is my happiness to have begun4  
,the world will ring with your name4    
,art will be enriched with your glorious
 singing4 ,i shall hear of it before ,i 
die4 ,the old ,maestro will say1 ',ah1  
that is the girl whom ,i taught4'  ,the 

girl was standing now quite calm1 all   
trace of emotion even had past away4    
,she looked at him with a serene smile  
that was sublime in its rest4 ,it was   
not worth while even to say a word4     
99       99       99       99       99  
,the decision of the ,maestro and the   
,signorina filled the princely household
 with distress4 ,tina had been1 at      
,joyeuse1 the light and joy of a joyful 
place2 and1 although the household saw  
much less of her at ,vienna1 yet the    
charm of her presence and of her        
triumphs was still their own4 ,the      
,prince heard the news with absolute    
dismay4 ,it was not only that he had    
begun to love the girl1 he conceived    
that she belonged to him of right4 ,the 
,maestro was his2 he had assisted1      
maintained1 and patronised him2 by his  
encouragement and in his service he had 
discovered the girl and trained her in  
music4 ,they were both part of his      
scheme1 of his art of life4 ,it was bad1
 doubtless1 that1 when he had attempted 

still higher flights1 when he had wished
 to bring1 and1 as he had once thought1 
succeeded in bringing1 religion1 faith1 
and piety1 with all their delicate      
loveliness1 to grace the abundance of   
his life's feast--it was bad1 doubtless1
 that1 at the moment of success1 a      
terrible catastrophe should have cruelly
 broken this lovely plaything1 and left 
him with a haunting conscience as of    
well-nigh a deliberate murderer4 ,all   
this was bad1 but now he seemed about to
 fail1 not only in these original and   
high efforts1 which perhaps had never   
been attempted before1 but in the       
simplest schemes of art2 and to fail1 to
 be foiled by the perversity of a girl6 
,he had great influence in ,vienna2 he  
doubted not but that he could soon      
overcome the opposition of interested   
rivals1 or1 if not exactly this1 there  
were other masters besides this one1    
there was other music for the ,signorina
 to sing4 ,he believed with him that her
 future would be brilliant1 and he      

considered himself the rightful         
possessor of her triumph and of her     
charm4 ,he imperiously ordered the      
,maestro to remain4  ,the old man begged
 to be excused4  ,he was old and broken 
down1 he said2 he had taught the        
,signorina all he knew4 ,henceforward he
 must pass her on to abler teachers4 ,it
 was no wish of his that she should     
accompany him1 he had urged her to      
remain4  ,in truth1 as was not          
wonderful1 his whole heart was in this  
last music of his2 as a matter of       
selfish pride and enjoyment even1 apart 
from his narrow1 though to some extent  
real1 conceptions of art1 he must hear  
it again performed in a great theatre1  
and that soon4  ,the vexation of the    
,prince became excessive4 ,he lost his  
habitual ease and serenity of tone4 ,he 
sent for ,carricchio4  ,the ,princess   
,isoline was with him4  ,let the girl   
go1 ,ferdinand1 she was saying4 ,let her
 go for a time4 ,she will improve by    
travel1 and by singing in other cities4 

,she is of a grateful and affectionate  
nature2 be sure that she will never     
forget you3 she will return when you    
send for her4  ,then1 as ,carricchio was
 announced1 the ,princess rose and left 
the room4  ,carricchio1 said the ,prince
 impetuously1 you must stop this        
nonsense of the ,banti's leaving        
,vienna4 ,if the ,maestro chooses to    
stay1 well and good4 ,if he chooses to  
go1 also good4 ,he will be a stupid old 
fool6 ,but it is his own business4 ,i   
have nothing to do with it2 but ,tina   
shall not go4 ,she belongs to me4 ,i    
will not have it4 ,you have influence   
with her1 and must stop it4  ,highness1 
said ,carricchio1 she will not go for   
long4 ,the ,maestro is old and broken2  
he will be helpless among strangers1    
hostile or indifferent4 ,she will be    
friendless2 she will be glad to come    
back2 and there passed over             
,carricchio's face an unconscious       
habitual grimace4  ,i tell you1 said the
 ,prince1 she shall not go at all4 ,she 

belongs to me3 voice and body and soul1 
she belongs to me4  ,he was flushed with
 excitement4 ,in spite of the habitual  
dignity of manner and of gesture which  
he could not wholly lose1 his           
appearance1 as he stood in the centre of
 the room before ,carricchio1 was so    
strange1 so different from its usual    
lofty quiet1 that the latter looked at  
him with surprise1 and even             
apprehension4  ,mon ,prince1 he said at 
last1 beware6 ,take the warning of an   
old man4 ,let her alone4 ,god warns     
every man once--sometimes twice--seldom 
a third time4 ,my ,prince1 let her      
alone6  ,what1 ,carricchio6 said the    
,prince lightly4 ,are you also one of   
us8 ,are we all in love with a little   
singing-girl8  ,my ,prince1 said        
,carricchio1 it matters little what an  
old fool like me loves or does not love4
 ,i am a broken old ,arlecchino1 you a  
,prince4 ,she will have none of us4 ,she
 alone of all of us--,prince and        
,princess and clown alike--has solved   

the riddle which that boy1 whom we      
killed1 was sent to teach us4 ,she alone
 has made her life an art1 for she alone
 has found that art is capable of       
sacrifice4 ,she alone of all of us has  
based her art upon nature and upon love4
 ,she is passionately devoted to her    
master--her father in art and life1 for 
he rescued her from poverty and shame4  
,she will follow him through the world4 
,mon ,prince1 let her alone4  ,to let   
her go1 said the ,prince1 would be to   
spoil everything4 ,shall ,i give up a   
deliberate plan of life1 finely         
conceived and carefully carried out1 to 
gratify the whims of a foolish girl8    
,why is religion to interfere always    
with art8 ,why is sacrifice always to be
 preached to us8 ,life is not sacrifice3
 it is a morbid1 monkish idea4 ,life is 
success1 fruition1 enjoyment4 ,life is  
an art--religion also should be an art4 
,where there is love1 said ,carricchio1 
there must be sacrifice1 and no life is 
perfect without love4 ,there are only   

two things capable of sacrifice--nature 
and love4 ,when art is saturated with   
nature and elevated by love1 it becomes 
a religion1 but religion never becomes  
an art2 for art without nature and      
without love is partial and selfish1 and
 cannot include the whole of life4 ,you 
will find1 believe me1 that if you      
follow art apart from these two1 you    
have indeed only been following a       
deception1 for it has not only been     
irreligion1 it has been bad art4  ,the  
sphere of religion1 said the ,prince1 is
 the present1 and its scope the whole of
 human life4 ,it is1 therefore1 an art4 
,if art is selfish1 so is religion4 ,the
 most disinterested martyr is selfish1  
for he is following the dictates of his 
higher self4 ,i tell you ,tina is mine1 
,i want her4 ,she shall not go6  ,you   
said the same of the boy1 ,highness1    
said ,carricchio gravely2 yet he        
went--went a long journey from us all4  
,mon ,prince1 beware6     ,,vii4        
,,failing with the old ,arlecchino1 the 

,prince determined to try his own       
influence with the girl2 but he had no  
intention of acting in a blundering and 
inartistic manner4 ,he was too good an  
artist not to prepare the way4 ,having  
failed with ,carricchio1 he resolved to 
try the ,maestro once more4  ,he sent   
for the old man4 ,maestro1 he said1 ,i  
regret exceedingly what has happened4 ,i
 do not wish to make a disturbance      
immediately after coming to ,court after
 so long an absence4 ,it would not be   
well4 ,but we shall soon put things     
right4 ,meanwhile1 if you like to travel
 for a few months you can do so4 ,there 
is no necessity for it that ,i know of1 
but it will be an entertainment for you1
 and you will gather ideas for your     
music1 and1 no doubt1 fame also4 ,if the
 ,signorina remains here1 you shall have
 letters of credit on ,paris or any     
other city4 ,as you will not be         
dependent on your music1 it probably    
will be a great success4 ,as the        
,scripture says1 ',to him that hath     

shall be given4' ,when you are tired of 
wandering you can return4 ,but ,tina    
remains here--you understand4  ,i have  
already tried to persuade her1          
,highness1 said the old man4  ,well1 you
 must try again4 ,you shall sup with her
 to-night1 as you are neither of you    
wanted at the opera4 ,i will order      
supper for you in la petite ,salle      
beyond the salon4 ,when ,i return at    
night ,i shall find everything arranged4
  ,the ,prince himself went to the      
opera4 ,he did not care to be seen1 as  
he was supposed to have received a      
slight1 but he had nothing else to do1  
and was interested in the performance1  
which was a new opera by ,metastasio4   
,indeed1 he was restless1 and wanted    
diversion of any kind4  ,he sat well    
back in his box1 across the front of    
which the delicate lace curtains were   
partly drawn4 ,karl the ,jager1 and the 
valet who attended1 had left the box and
 retired to their own gallery1 where    
they criticised the play and the music  

with more interest than did their       
master4 ,the ,prince lay back in his    
chair1 watching the piece listlessly    
through the gauzy screen1 and listening 
half heedlessly to the music--the       
wonderful music of ,pergolesi4  ,the    
fairy world of song and harmony1 peopled
 by fantastic and impossible creatures  
who exist only for the sake of the      
melodies which give them birth1 was not 
devoid of powerful and pathetic phases  
of passion and of character2 but what   
made its lesson particularly adapted to 
the ,prince's frame of mind1 and        
gradually aroused his languid interest1 
was the subordination of passion and    
character to the nicest art4 ,the       
deepest sorrow warbled to exquisite     
airs2 passion1 despairing and           
bewildered1 flinging itself as an evil  
thing across the devious paths of       
,romance1 yet never for a second        
forgetful of the nicest harmony or      
capable of a jarring note4 ,this ideal  
musical world--bizarre and rococo as1 in

 some respects1 it was--seemed to the   
,prince in some sort an allegory1 or    
even parody1 on the art-life he had set 
himself to create or to perfect4 ,he    
thought he saw that even its faults were
 instinct with1 and revealed1 the secret
 of which he was in search4 ,faultiness 
and feebleness1 folly and littleness1   
seemed restrained1 corrected1           
transformed1 when presented in solemn1  
noble1 and pure melodies4 ,everything in
 this parody of life was ruled by art   
just as1 in the so-called reality1 he   
had wished4 ,the lesson was not         
altogether a noble one4 ,passion1       
ennobled by art1 lost its fatal1        
repellent aspect1 and became perfect as 
an artistic whole4 ,here the poison     
worked readily in the ,prince's mind4   
,to sacrifice the least portion of this 
art-life to any narrow illiterate       
scruples was to sin against its         
perfection1 without which the whole     
structure were worthless4 ,better1 far  
better1 throw the entire scheme to the  

winds4 ,imperfect art is worse than none
 at all4 ,he had already forgotten1 if  
he had ever listened to it1             
,carricchio's warning against unreal and
 loveless art4  ,moreover1 as the play  
went on1 and the fantastic adventures   
and fortunes of its strange actors      
gradually won the ,prince's attention   
and attracted his interest1 through the 
gauzy veil of the curtains and the haze 
of delicious melody1 his desire was     
excited and he longed to play out his   
own part on a real stage1 and with      
tangible1 no longer ideal1 delights and 
success4 ,why did he sit there gazing at
 a mere show of life1 when life itself1 
in a form strangely attractive and      
prepared--life which he himself had in  
some sort formed and created--awaited   
him1 with parts and scenes1 ready for   
the playing1 compared to which all the  
glamour of the piece before him was a   
mere dream-shade8 ,fortune had been kind
 to him2 or rather1 he thought1 his     
patient loyalty to art had wrought the  

usual result4 ,as he had followed his   
steadfast course1 nature1 chance1 the   
confusions and spite of men1 had all    
tended to co-operate with him1 had each 
supplied a thread of gold to perfect his
 brilliant woof of coloured existence4  
,the moment seemed at hand2 let him no  
longer dally with shadows1 but play his 
own part1 compared with which the piece 
before him was poor and tame4         99
       99       99       99       99    
,la petite ,salle1 as the ,prince had   
called it--in which supper had been laid
 for ,tina and the ,maestro--was        
situated at the end of a splendid       
apartement1 which contained the salon   
and the other reception-rooms of the    
,hotel4 ,it communicated with other     
rooms and private staircases1 and was   
therefore peculiarly suitable for       
purposes of retirement4 ,it was         
decorated1 with the picturesque         
daintiness of the ,french ,court1 in    
panels painted in imitation of ,watteau1
 festooned with silk1 embroidered with  

flowers4 ,one or two cabinets supporting
 plate1 and chairs richly embroidered in
 vari-coloured silk1 completed the      
furniture4 ,the supper was served on a  
small round table1 with a costly service
 of china and ,venetian glass4  ,tina   
had accepted the invitation with        
pleasure4 ,she had feared that this     
evening1 when the work of another was   
being performed at the ,imperial        
,theatre1 to the exclusion of his great 
masterpiece1 would have been a time of  
great depression with the ,maestro1 and 
she resolved to endeavour to cheer him4 
,she had dressed herself with the       
greatest care1 and without thought of   
cost4 ,she had never looked so          
charming--every day seemed to mature her
 beauty4 ,the supper was all that could 
have been expected or wished2           
nevertheless the ,maestro was distrait  
and even sulky4 ,tina lavished her      
bewitching wiles and enchantments upon  
him in vain4  ,after the first course or
 two1 which1 it must be admitted1 were  

served by the attendants in a somewhat  
perfunctory manner1 the ,maestro        
dismissed the servants1 saying that the 
,signorina and he would prefer waiting  
upon themselves3 dumb waiters1          
containing wines and other accessories1 
were placed by the table's side1 and the
 servants left the room4  ,still the    
,maestro seemed ill at ease4 ,tina1     
finding that her sallies were received  
with a morose indifference1 relapsed    
into silence1 and sat furtively glancing
 at her companion1 with a pouting1      
disconsolate air which1 it might have   
been thought1 would have been found     
irresistible even by an ascetic4  ,at   
last the ,maestro1 after several futile 
attempts1 and with an awkward and       
embarrassed air1 began3  ,i have been   
thinking1 ,signora1 he said1 over my    
future plans1 and ,i have resolved not  
to try to get my music performed1 at    
present at any rate1 in any great city4 
,i am old and want rest4 ,i propose to  
travel for a few months4 ,it will       

therefore not be necessary to take you  
from ,vienna4  ,his manner was so       
constrained1 and his resolution so      
unexpected1 that the girl looked at him 
with perplexity4 ,it was1 of course1    
impossible for her1 in her ignorance1 to
 perceive that what was troubling the   
,maestro was the difficulty of          
concealing from himself that he had     
accepted a bribe to desert his art and  
his friend4  ,maestro1 she said at last1
 what can you mean8--you to whom it has 
been given to achieve such a success8   
,how can you talk of rest8 ,what rest   
can be more perfect than to listen to   
your own wonderful music8 ,to see1 to   
feel1 the power of your glorious art    
over others1 over yourself8  ,the       
,maestro hesitated and floundered worse 
than before4 ,he was1 as he had said    
himself1 when under the influence of as 
noble feeling as he was capable of1 a   
bad artist2 but he had sufficient of the
 true instinct to be conscious of his   
bad work4 ,he was ashamed of himself and

 of his faineantise4 ,he made a bungling
 business of it all round4  ,he had1    
before the ,prince had made his offer1  
begun to regret that in a moment of     
irritation he had been so precipitate in
 insisting upon leaving ,vienna2 but now
 that an offer of freedom1 of a sojourn 
in ,paris1 of independent means1 was    
made him1 the proposal was too          
attractive to be declined4 ,he felt1    
beside1 that there was so much truth in 
the ,prince's bitter phrase--when he was
 independent of his music1 he felt      
certain that his music would be a great 
success4  ,it will be better so1        
,faustina1 he said at last2 you will be 
happier here4 ,you will have plenty to  
sing1 plenty to teach you4 ,the ,prince 
will be pleased4  ,she was still looking
 at him wonderingly1 but a smile was    
slowly growing in her eyes4 ,she judged 
him by a nature as generous and         
unselfish as his was paltry and mean4   
,you are saying this1 she said1 for my  
sake4 ,you fear that ,i shall suffer    

hardship and want4 ,you sacrifice       
yourself--more than yourself--for me4   
,this turn in the conversation completed
 the vexation of the ,maestro4 ,when you
 are doing a particularly mean thing1   
nothing is more aggravating than to have
 noble and generous motives imputed to  
you2 and to have a very pretty woman    
offer herself to you1 unreservedly1 when
 motives of paltry selfishness render   
the offer unacceptable1 is enough to    
provoke any man4  ,the old man lost his 
temper completely4  ,faustina1 he said1 
you are a fool4 ,i have told you already
 that ,i intend to travel1 without      
thinking of work or of pay4 ,you must   
stay here4 ,i shall not want you4 ,you  
have everything here you can wish4 ,the 
,prince is your lover4 ,you have a      
brilliant future before you4 ,don't let 
me have any more trouble about you4     
,still the girl could not believe that  
her friend and teacher meant to cast her
 off4 ,she was looking at him           
wonderingly and sadly4  ,maestro1 she   

said1 you are not well4 ,you are cross  
and tired2 we will not speak of this any
 more to-night4 ,this worry has made you
 ill4 ,to-morrow you will see quite     
differently4 ,you can never leave your  
art--and ,tina4  ,this feminine         
persistency1 as it seemed to him--this  
leaving a discussion open which it was  
absolutely necessary should be closed   
that night--was too much for the        
,maestro4  ,i leave ,vienna1 he said    
brutally1 the day after to-morrow4 ,i   
suppose that you will not insist on     
following me uninvited4 ,if so1 ,i shall
 know what to do4  ,this tone and look  
revealed to the girl1 at last1 that she 
was cast off and discarded by the only  
man for whom she really cared4 ,she     
threw herself on her knees beside his   
chair1 and caught his hand4  ,maestro1  
she said passionately1 you will not be  
so cruel6 ,you will not leave me6 ,what 
can ,i do8 ,how can ,i live1 without    
you8 ,i cannot sing without you4 ,i am  
your child4 ,you took me out of the     

gutter2 you taught me all ,i know2 you  
made me all ,i am4 ,i will do anything  
you tell me4 ,i will not trouble you4 ,i
 will not speak even6 ,i care for no one
 except for you4 ,i know you better1 ,i 
can care for you1 can serve you better1 
than they all4 ,you will not be so      
cruel6 ,you will not send me away from  
you4  ,the more passionately she spoke1 
the more rapid and fervent her          
utterance1 the more fretful and         
irritated did the old man become4 ,he   
pushed her roughly from him4  ,tina1 he 
said again1 you are a fool4 ,get up from
 your knees4 ,i don't want any of this  
stage-acting here4  ,he rose himself1   
and began to wander about the room1     
muttering and grumbling4  ,as he pushed 
her rudely from him1 the girl rose and1 
retreating some steps from the table1   
gazed at him with a dazed1 wondering    
look1 as of one before whose eyes some  
strange unaccountable thing was         
happening4  ,she was standing1 in her   
brilliant beauty and in her delicate and

 fantastic dress1 her hands clasped     
before her4 ,the jewels on her fingers  
and on her breast paled before the      
solemn glow of her wonderful eyes1 which
 were dry1 only from the intensity of   
her thought4  ,no1 she said at last1 as 
it would seem in answer to some unspoken
 question4 ,no4 ,there is nothing       
strange in this4 ,a woman's heart is    
easily won4 ,i am not the first1 by     
many1 who has found that out1 too late4 
,it might have seemed impossible to one 
easily stirred1 easily wrought upon by a
 woman's beauty--it would surely have   
seemed impossible to such a one that any
 could gaze on a sight like this and    
harbour a selfish thought2 but the old  
man was perfectly unmoved4  ,it is      
always the way1 he said peevishly1      
always the way with women2 now we shall 
have a scene--tears--entreaties4 ,i     
shall be called all manner of hard names
 for giving sensible advice4  ,and he   
turned his back upon the girl1 and stood
 sullenly1 gazing apparently upon one of

 the painted panels of the wall4  ,for  
about a minute there was a terrible     
pause1 then the curtains that veiled the
 salon were drawn forcibly back1 and the
 groom of the chambers1 who was a       
,frenchman1 announced suddenly--        
,monseigneur le ,prince4     ,,viii4    
,,the ,prince came forward smiling4 ,the
 ,maestro made a gesture of             
inexpressible relief4 ,he shuffled off  
toward the still opened curtain1 and1   
turning as he reached it1 he bowed to   
the ground before his patron and his    
pupil1 and disappeared through the      
opening as the servant let the curtain  
drop4 ,we shall not care1 ,i think1 to  
see him again4  ,faustina looked still  
more scared and bewildered than before  
at this sudden change of actors and of  
parts4 ,she would gladly have left the  
room but she was incapable of anything  
of the kind--besides1 where should she  
go8 ,the scene seemed to swim before her
 eyes1 and the lights to flicker4 ,she  
sank down on her chair again4  ,the     

,prince had never looked so well4 ,he   
was flushed with excitement1 and the    
habitual insouciance of his manner had  
given place to a reality and earnestness
 of purpose which rendered eloquent his 
every gesture and look4 ,he was         
exquisitely dressed in silk1 embroidered
 with flowers4 ,the priceless lace at   
his wrists and throat accommodated      
itself1 with a delicate fulness1 to the 
soft outline of his dress and figure4   
,his expression was full of kindliness  
and protection1 but of kindliness       
delicate and refined4 ,the girl's eyes  
were fascinated in spite of herself4    
,have you quarrelled with the ,maestro1 
,tina8 said the ,prince4 ,he seemed in a
 marvellous hurry to be gone4  ,faustina
 made two or three ineffectual attempts 
to speak before she could find her      
voice4 ,she burst into tears4  ,he is   
cruel6 cruel6 she said4 ,he does not    
love me4 ,he will not have me any       
longer4 ,he throws me away4  ,poor      
child6 said the ,prince1 you will not be

 deserted4 ,i am your friend2 we are all
 your friends4 ,the ,maestro even will  
come back to you4 ,he is cross and      
angry4 ,when he finds how lost he is    
without you and your lovely voice1 he   
will come back to you2 you and he will  
carry all before you again4  ,speak to  
him1 ,highness6 cried the girl          
passionately4 ,you are kind and good to 
all--kinder than any one to me4 ,speak  
to him6 do not let him go without me6   
,he cannot live without his music1 and  
no one surely can know his music so well
 as ,i1 whom he has taught6  ,she looked
 so indescribably attractive in her     
tears and her distress that the ,prince 
wondered at the sight4 ,let her go1     
indeed6  ,tina1 he said very kindly1 ,i 
fear that can hardly be4 ,the ,maestro  
is only going for a time4 ,there is1 in 
fact1 no need that he should go at all4 
,it is his own wish1 his own wish1      
,tina4 ,he is too old to make his way   
among strangers1 and will soon come     
back4 ,but you we cannot spare4 ,you are

 too much a favourite with us all4 ,we  
are too much accustomed to you3 every   
one would miss you--the ,princess and   
all2 you must stay with us4  ,i cannot  
stay1 said the girl1 looking earnestly  
and beseechingly at the ,prince4 ,i want
 to go with him4  ,the ,prince hesitated
 for a moment4 ,in an instantaneous     
flash of thought the two paths lay open 
before him1 plain and clear to be seen4 
,carricchio's warning struck him again  
with renewed force4 ,the more terrible  
presage of ,mark's death cast itself1   
ghostlike1 before his steps4 ,he could  
plead no excuse of self-deception3 he   
saw the beauty and the danger of the way
 which lay before him on either hand4   
,he hesitated for a moment1 then he     
deliberately chose the lower path4      
,tina1 he said1 ,i cannot spare you2 you
 must not go4 ,you are mine--,i love    
you2 you belong to me2 and he stepped   
forward1 as if to take her in his arms4 
,the girl sprang to her feet4 ,she drew 
herself up to her full height1 and her  

splendid eyes1 expanded to their full   
orbit1 flashed upon the ,prince with a  
look of astonishment and reproach4 ,with
 the entire power of her trained voice1 
which1 magnificent as it was1 could     
still but imperfectly render the reality
 of remonstrance and pathetic regret1   
she uttered but one word--,prince6  ,the
 cadence of her voice1 trembling in the 
passionate intensity of musical tone1   
the whole power of her woman's nature1  
exerted to its full in expostulation and
 reproach--the magnetic force of her    
intense consciousness--struck upon the  
conscience and cultured taste of the    
,prince with crushing effect4 ,he lost  
the perfectly serene tone of pose and   
demeanour which distinguished him and   
became him so well4 ,he aged            
perceptibly1 incredible as it may seem1 
ten years4 ,the fatal step which he had 
taken was revealed to him in a moment as
 in a flash of light1 with all the stain
 and taint with which it had tarnished  
the fair dream of finished art which he 

had conceived it possible to perfect4   
,he was utterly demoralised and crushed4
 ,mark's death was nothing to this4     
,that had been a terrible mistake1 but  
his part in it had been indirect1 and   
his motive1 at least so he flattered    
himself1 comparatively high2 but this   
action1 so entirely his own1 revealed to
 him1 in its vulgar commonplaceness1 by 
the glorious perfection of the girl's   
action and tone1 withered him with a    
sense of irreparable failure and        
disgrace4 ,he made one or two           
ineffectual attempts to rally2 it was   
impossible--there was nothing for him   
but to leave the room4  ,faustina was   
unconscious of his going4 ,she found    
herself left alone4 ,the situation was  
still not without its difficulties4 ,she
 was alone1 unattended by servants1 she 
knew not where to go1 how to leave the  
,hotel4 ,she lay for some time in a sort
 of swoon2 then she rose and wandered   
from the room4  ,the only means of exit 
with which she was acquainted was       

through the curtains into the salon4    
,she parted them and went out1 hardly   
knowing what she did4  ,the vast salon  
was but dimly lighted1 and no servants  
were to be seen2 the whole house seemed 
silent and deserted--more especially    
these state apartments4 ,she passed     
slowly and with faltering steps down the
 slippery floor of the salon1 with its  
dimly-lighted candelabra of massive     
silver and its half-seen portraits1 and1
 opening the great door at the opposite 
end1 found herself in an antechamber    
which communicated with a grand         
staircase1 both ascending and           
descending4 ,to descend was evidently   
useless--she could not go out into the  
streets of ,vienna alone at night and in
 her fanciful dress4 ,she went up the   
wide staircase in the hope of finding   
some female domestics who would help    
her2 as she reached the next flight the 
sound of music1 subdued and solemn1 fell
 upon her ear4 ,she knew enough of      
,german music to know that it was the   

tune of a hymn4  ,the door of the room  
from which the sound seemed to come     
stood partly open4 ,she went in4        
,before an harpsichord1 with her hand   
carelessly passing over the keys1 and   
her head turned at the sound of         
footsteps1 stood the ,princess ,isoline4
 ,the light of a branched candelabra    
fell full upon her stately figure1      
revealing the compassionate1 lofty      
expression of her beautiful face4 ,the  
girl crossed the room towards her and   
fell on her knees at her feet4  ,child1 
said the ,princess1 what is it8 ,why are
 you here8  ,i cannot tell1 said the    
girl2 and now at last she found it      
possible to weep4 ,i do not know what   
has happened4 ,the ,maestro has forsaken
 me1 and ,i have insulted the ,prince4  
,gradually1 in a broken way1 she told   
her story1 kneeling by the ,princess1   
who stood serenely1 her fingers still   
wandering over the harpsichord keys1 her
 left hand caressing the girl's hair and
 cheek4  ,he was a wonderful child1 said

 the ,princess at last1 more to herself 
than to ,faustina1 for as she spoke she 
played again the simple notes of the    
,lutheran hymn4 ,he was truly a         
wonderful child4 ,a very ,christ-child1 
it seems to me1 in his simple life and  
sudden death2 for1 though what he did   
was little1 yet the lives of all of us  
seem different for his life--changed    
since his death4 ,as for me1 since his  
life crossed my path ,i have seen more1 
it seems to me1 of the mercy of ,god and
 of ,christ's working in paths and among
 lives where ,i never thought to look   
for it before4  ,faustina did not reply1
 and the ,princess played several bars  
of the hymn before she spoke again4  ,do
 you not see1 she said at last1 the     
blessing it has been also to my brother 
the ,prince8--for the desire that he    
felt1 surely a noble one1 to refine the 
life of art by the sacred touch of      
religion--the effort that he made1      
though it seemed a failure1 and was     
made--it may be1 ,i dare not judge      

him--blindly1 and in a mistaken fashion2
 yet this effort has to-night proved his
 own salvation1 through you4  ,she      
stopped1 and again the notes of the hymn
 sounded through the room4  ,carricchio 
was right1 she went on1 when he told the
 ,prince that you alone of all of us had
 solved the riddle1 for on you alone has
 art exercised its supreme1 its magic   
touch1 in drawing out and developing the
 emotions1 the powers of the soul4 ,you 
alone possessed the perfect gift of     
nature--the untainted well-spring of    
natural life--which assimilated ,mark's 
spirit with your spirit1 and reproduced 
his life within your own4  ,faustina    
dropped the ,princess's hand1 which she 
had taken1 and bent her head still      
lower1 as if shrinking from her kindly  
praise4  ,the ,prince also had something
 of this gift1 and1 in so far as he had1
 he built up by his own action what1 in 
his supreme need1 saved him from his    
lower self4 ,i have come to see that the
 world's virtues1 which1 in my          

self-righteous isolation1 ,i despised1  
are often1 as ,i blindly said to the    
boy1 nearer ,christ's than my vaunted   
ones2 that the world-spirit is often the
 ,christ-spirit1 and that1 when we begin
 to see that ,his footsteps may be      
traced in paths where we little expect  
to find them1 we shall no longer dare to
 talk of the secular life4 ,your little 
brother that died was not without his   
work1 and the canary even was the type  
of a nobler life1 even as ,mark's death 
was the type of a nobler death4 ,in     
strange and unlooked-for ways the       
mission of sacrifice and love fulfils   
itself1 and1 living in the full light of
 its influence1 we can never realise the
 blessing we have derived1 the changed  
aspect of the race we have inherited1   
from the ,cross of ,christ4     ,,ix4   
,,the next evening there was given1 at  
the ,imperial ,palace1 a ball and       
supper1 to which none but la haute      
noblesse were invited4 ,the dancing     
began with a brilliant ,polonaise1      

which1 headed by the ,empress-,queen and
 her husband1 passed through the rooms  
in stately procession1 in singular and  
picturesque contrast and harmony with   
another faded and more solemn procession
 and array of figures in antique armour 
and dainty ruffs and doublets1 and gold 
chains and princely mantles1 the        
ancestral portraits who watched the     
formal slow dance-movement from the     
walls4  ,after the ,polonaise came the  
supper1 which was somewhat prolonged4   
,the supper over1 a minuet was danced1  
and afterward1 the company being now    
happy and cheerful1 and being1 moreover1
 of sufficiently high and similar rank  
to dispense with somewhat of the rigid  
court etiquette1 began to wander through
 the rooms in an informal manner1 and to
 arrange contre-danses among themselves4
  ,in those days the contre-danse had   
not hardened itself into the quadrille4 
,it was danced1 not in fours1 but in    
sets of varying numbers1 and of         
characters and figures mostly undefined4

  ,in one of the great halls1 recently  
erected by the ,emperor-architect1      
,charles ,,vi41 in a different taste    
from the older rooms1 with marble floors
 and ceiling1 and lined with mirrors1 a 
very large set1 composed of guests of   
the highest rank1 was being watched by  
no inconsiderable number of their       
companions4  ,it is difficult to        
conceive a more magnificent or          
fascinating sight1 reflected and        
multiplied as it was by the mirrors on  
the walls4  ,the ,princess von          
,isenberg-,wertheim was dancing with a  
young noble1 a prince of the ,house of  
,colleredo1 a very handsome1 but gay and
 reckless1 young man4 ,the dance was    
drawing to a close1 the musicians1      
playing one of the last figures1 ,la    
,pastorelle1 to a very delicate and fine
 movement1 to which the dancers were    
devoting their utmost1 closest attention
 and skill4  ,as the ,princess was      
standing by her partner1 awaiting their 
turn to go down the dance1 a slight     

movement caused her to turn her head1   
and she found the ,count1 her friend1   
standing close to her4  ,i am sorry to  
interrupt1 ,princess1 he said1 in a low 
voice1 but ,i fear something serious has
 happened to the ,prince4 ,he cannot be 
found4  ,the ,princess turned very pale4
 ,she caught her breath for a moment1   
then she said1 in the same tone1 ,where 
is ,karl1 the ,jager8  ,i do not know1  
replied the ,count4 ,i never thought of 
him4  ,then he is not here1 said the    
,princess1 with a relieved air4 ,if     
,karl is with him the ,prince is safe4  
,the ,count made a very slight movement 
of his shoulders1 but the ,princess     
turned serenely to the young man4  ,we  
will finish the figure1 ,monseigneur1   
she said graciously2 then1 perhaps1 you 
will excuse me4  ,nothing has happened  
to the ,prince1 believe me1 said the    
young man kindly1 as they moved down the
 room4 ,he has doubtless gone on some   
private expedition with his servant4 ,he
 probably forgot to leave a message1 and

 will return to-morrow4  ,the ,princess 
was so reassured1 apparently1 by these  
reflections that she remained for the   
final figure of the dance4 ,then she    
left the palace1 and1 declining the     
,count's company1 drove to her ,hotel   
alone4  ,she was more strangely moved   
than she could have explained to        
herself4 ,she was1 indeed1 frightened   
and perplexed by her own feelings4 ,she 
felt herself influenced by an hitherto  
unrecognised power1 and1 as it were1    
driven onwards by an overpowering       
impulse1 not her own4  ,returning1 as   
she did1 at an unexpected hour1 her     
women were not in waiting for her1 and1 
leaving the servants who had accompanied
 her from the palace in the hall of the 
,hotel1 she wandered up the great       
staircase alone4 ,the corridors and     
rooms were dimly lighted1 and a perfect 
stillness reigned through the house4    
,the ,princess ascended slowly towards  
her own apartment1 where she expected to
 find some1 at least1 of her dressers1  

and in so doing1 in a dimly-lighted     
corridor1 she passed the rooms allotted 
to her children4 ,the thought of them   
was not1 indeed1 in her mind when1 as   
she passed a door1 she fancied that she 
heard a suppressed1 continued crying1 as
 of children in distress4 ,still more   
moved and troubled by this faint        
pathetic sound she opened the door and  
went in4 ,the room was an antechamber1  
and both it and the apartment beyond    
were dark4 ,the ,princess procured a    
small lamp from the corridor and entered
 the suite of rooms4  ,in the bedchamber
 beyond the antechamber she found the   
children1 both sitting up in one bed1   
clasped in each other's arms1 and crying
 quietly4 ,the little boy had evidently 
come for shelter and comfort to his     
sister's bed4  ,what is the matter1     
children8 said the ,princess1 in a tone 
which seemed to the little ones         
strangely soft and kind4 ,why are you   
not asleep8  ,the children had ceased   
crying1 and were looking at her         

wonderingly as she stood in her jewels  
and ball-dress1 a brilliant scarf of    
,indian work hanging from her arm1 the  
lamp in her hand4 ,they hardly knew     
whether it was their mother1 whom they  
saw so seldom1 or some serene ethereal  
visitant1 who resembled her in face and 
form4  ,the little ,princess1 however1  
with the self-possession of her class1  
apparently left this point undecided1   
and began in her quiet1 stately little  
way to explain4  ,it was dark1 she said1
 and we were asleep1 ,fritz and ,i1 and 
we both dreamed the same dream4 ,we     
thought that we were walking in a       
beautiful garden1 where there were      
trees1 and flowers1 and butterflies1 and
 wide cascades of water1 in which       
rainbows were shining2 and while we were
 playing there1 and were very happy     
chasing the butterflies1 the ,herr      
,tutor1 who was an angel1 and who went  
to heaven1 came and took us by the hand2
 and1 when we saw his face1 we knew that
 he is an angel now2 and he led us      

through the garden1 and talked to us of 
many things--of ,god1 and of angels1 and
 of heaven--just as he used to do4 ,but 
,i saw that1 though he talked so        
pleasantly1 he was leading us out of    
this pleasant garden1 and the flowers   
grew dim1 and the butterflies flew away1
 and the sky became very dark4 ,and he  
led us quite out of the garden into a   
burial-ground1 where there were tombs1  
and open graves1 and crosses1 and tall  
dark trees that bore no flower2 and the 
,herr ,tutor told us not to be afraid1  
and led us on through the graves without
 speaking any more4 ,he led us into the 
midst of the burial-ground1 and in the  
midst of the burial-ground there was a  
,calvary1 and at the foot of the        
,calvary there was a bier4 ,and on the  
bier we saw you and papa lying quite    
straight and still1 and we thought that 
you were dead4 ,and the ,herr ,tutor    
vanished away2 and we were so frightened
 that we cried4 ,and we knelt side by   
side1 and prayed to the ,christ that ,he

 would come down4 ,and the ,christ came 
down from the cross1 and came to the    
bier1 and touched it1 and you and papa  
stood up beautiful and smiling1 and came
 towards us with outstretched hands1 and
 the ,christ vanished away4 ,and we were
 so glad that we awoke2 and it was dark1
 and there was no ,christ1 and no ,herr 
,tutor1 who is an angel1 and no papa1   
and no one to tell us what to do or     
where to go4  ,as the little ,princess  
ceased some servants came in1 with      
whispered explanations and apologies4   
,the ,princess went to her own room4    
,she had not known what to say to the   
child2 indeed1 she hardly knew what had 
passed4 ,she allowed herself to be      
undressed1 and lay down4  ,but1 in the  
deep silence of the hours that preceded 
the dawn1 an overpowering restlessness  
took possession of her4 ,a sense of     
strange forces and influences1 to which 
she was utterly unaccustomed1 seemed    
present to her spirit3 a crowd of fair  
and heavenly existences1 which seemed to

 follow on the steps of that singular   
boy who had first attracted her wearied 
fancy1 the ,signorina's singing1 which  
had stamped this impression upon her    
mind1 the strange tenderness she had    
been conscious of1 the renewed sense of 
her husband's grace and beauty1 his     
alarming absence1 her children's        
mystical dream4 ,a new world seemed to  
open to her4 ,she felt how poor and bare
 her life had been1 how deserted by     
these gracious creatures of the         
imagination1 how unblessed by the       
purest1 the truest art--the art of      
pathos and of love4  ,with the streaks  
of dawn that stole into the chamber she 
was conscious of an irrepressible desire
 that took possession of her to rise and
 go forth4 ,an irresistible power seemed
 to draw her to follow3 she rose1 and1  
dressing herself in such clothes as were
 at hand1 she went out4  ,the house     
itself was quite still1 but faintly in  
the distance might be heard the sound of
 a bell4 ,in so religious a ,court as   

that of ,vienna there were private      
chapels attached to most of the houses  
of the nobility1 and there was one      
attached to a neighbouring palace1 to   
which there was a private communication 
with the ,hotel taken by the ,prince4   
,following the sound of the bell the    
,princess traversed several passages1   
and reached at last a staircase1 down   
which she turned4 ,as she reached the   
first landing two women came out from an
 open door4 ,they started at the sight  
of the ,princess4 ,they were the        
,princess ,isoline and ,faustina4  ,is  
it you1 ,princess8 said the former4     
,what has called you up so early8  ,are 
you going to the chapel1 ,isoline8 said 
the ,princess4 ,may ,i come with you8   
,the three ladies entered the chapel by 
a private door1 which led them to a pew 
behind the stalls4 ,upon the original   
,gothic stone-work and tracery of the   
chapel1 which was very old1 had been    
introduced rococo work in mahogany and  
brass1 angels and trumpets and scrolls4 

,the stalls and organs were covered with
 filigree work of this description1 the 
windows filled with paintings in the    
same florid and incongruous taste4      
,there were few persons in the chapel1  
most of them being ladies from the      
adjoining palaces1 together with a few  
musicians1 for the musical part of the  
service was carefully performed by a    
large and well-paid staff4  ,two of the 
ladies were ,protestant1 the third1     
,faustina1 a ,catholic of a very        
undeveloped type2 but the music of the  
,mass spoke a mysterious language1      
recognisable to hearts of every creed4  
,before the altar1 laden with gilded    
plate and lighted with candles in silver
 sconces1 the priest said ,mass4 ,above 
him1 in the window1 painted in a lovely 
,italian landscape full of figures1 with
 towns and castles and mountain ranges  
and market-people with horses and       
cattle1 were represented1 in careful and
 minute painting1 the three ,marys      
before the empty tomb4  ,the ,city of   

the ,sunlight1 sang the choir1 in an    
elaborate anthem1 with an allegro       
movement of the tenors that spoke of    
sunshine amid the grass and flowers and 
flashing sea1 of the breezy south wind  
upon rippling water and golden hair2 and
 after them the bass recitative1 with a 
positive assurance that knew no doubt1  
asserted ,the gates--the gates of it are
 many--many1 which the tenors and altos1
 with a sudden inspiration1 interpreted1
 ,god's purposes fulfilled--fulfilled in
 many ways2 and the whole choir1 in a   
minor key1 as with hushed and awe-struck
 voices1 completed the theme1 ,but the  
end is union in the heart--the heart of 
the ,crucifix2 in the ,city--the ,city  
of the ,saints4         99       99     
99       99       99  ,on her return    
from the chapel a note from the ,prince 
was put into the ,princess's hand4 ,it  
merely stated that he was gone to       
,hernhuth to the ,count ,zinzendorf4 ,it
 had been written at a tavern in the    
environs of the city1 after his sudden  

determination had been formed the day   
before1 and had been entrusted to a     
servant of the inn to deliver4 ,he had  
arrived at the ,hotel after the         
,princess had left1 and1 on asking for  
her ,highness1 had been told by a       
careless porter that she was at the     
,palace4 ,wandering about the ,palace   
courts late at night he had been        
arrested as a suspicious person1 and    
kept prisoner till the morning4         
,in course of time 7posts were slow in  
those days7 the ,princess received a    
long letter from her husband1 giving an 
account of ,hernhuth1 and of his        
conversations with the ,count1 and      
concluding with these words3--  ,from   
all this you will1 doubtless1 conclude  
that ,hernhuth does not suit me very    
well1 and that the ,count and ,i do not 
always agree4 ,it would be more after   
,isoline's taste4 ,i like the children's
 dream1 as you tell it1 best4 ,we have  
been dead1 and laid upon a bier2 but we 
will1 please ,god1 live hereafter for   

the children and the ,christ4   ,,the   
,,end4              ,printed by ,r4  ,r4
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#cs4 #f;d4 each4   ,,john ,,inglesant3  
,a ,romance4   ,,sir ,,percival3 ,a     
,story of the ,past and of the ,present4
  ,,the ,,literary ,,world4--,it is the 
work of a man who to great literary     
power unites a deep insight into the    
hidden mysteries of spiritual life4   ,a
 ,,teacher ,,of ,,the ,,violin1 and     
other ,tales4  ,,the ,,spectator4--,no  
one who takes up this volume will be    
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   ,,the ,,countess ,,eve4  ,,the       
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 so good as this little tale4444 ,it is 
a remarkable little story1 dealing with 
the mystical aspects of temptation in a 
manner which1 though perfectly pure and 
free from any kind of dangerous         
fascination1 produces a profound        

impression on the reader's mind4444 ,the
 story is quite worthy of the author of 
',john ,inglesant' in the same sense in 
which we may say that ',janet's         
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period may be mentioned the works of    

,charles ,kingsley1 ,frederick ,denison 
,maurice1 ,thomas ,hughes1 and ,dean    
,farrar2 and the novels and tales of    
,charlotte ,m4 ,yonge1 ,mrs4 ,craik1 and
 ,mrs4 ,oliphant4     ,,the ,,works ,,of
 ,,thackeray    ,reprints of the ,first 
,editions1 with all the ,original       
,illustrations1 and with ,facsimiles of 
,wrappers1 etc4  ,messrs4 ,,macmillan   
,,co41 ,limited1 beg leave to invite the
 attention of book buyers to the        
,edition of ,,the ,,works ,,of          
,,thackeray in their                    
,three-and-,sixpenny ,library1 which is 
the ,completest ,edition of the         
,author's ,works that has been placed on
 the market4  ,the ,publishers have been
 fortunate in securing the services of  
,mr4 ,,lewis ,,melville1 the well-known 
,thackeray ,expert4 ,with his assistance
 they have been able to include in this 
,edition a great number of scattered    
pieces from ,thackeray's pen1 and       
illustrations from his pencil which have
 not hitherto been contained in any     

collected edition of the works4 ,mr4    
,melville has read all the sheets as    
they passed through the press1 and      
collated them carefully with the        
original editions4 ,he has also provided
 ,bibliographical ,introductions and    
occasional ,footnotes4   ,list of the   
,series4            ,,vol4              
#a4 ,vanity ,fair4 ,with #aij           
,illustrations4            #b4 ,the     
,history of ,pendennis4 ,with #ahj      
,illustrations4            #c4 ,the     
,newcomes4 ,with #afg ,illustrations4   
#d4 ,the ,history of ,henry ,esmond4    
#e4 ,the ,virginians4 ,with #adh        
,illustrations4            #f4 ,barry   
,lyndon and ,catherine4 ,with #d        
,illustrations4            #g4 ,the     
,paris and ,irish ,sketch ,books4 ,with 
#fc           ,illustrations4           
#h4 ,christmas ,books--,,mrs4           
,,perkins',s ,,ball3 ,,our              
,,street3 ,,dr4 ,,birch ,,and ,,his     
,,young ,,friends3 ,,the                
,,kickleburys ,,on ,,the ,,rhine3 ,,the 

,,rose ,,and ,,the ,,ring4              
,with #abg ,illustrations4              
#i4 ,burlesques3 ,from ,cornhill to     
,grand ,cairo3 and           ,juvenilia4
 ,with #hd ,illustrations4              
#aj4 ,the ,book of ,snobs1 and other    
,contributions to           ,punch4     
,with #aei ,illustrations4              
#aa4 ,the ,yellowplush ,correspondence3 
,jeames's           ,diary3 ,the ,great 
,hoggarty ,diamond3 ,etc4 ,with #dg     
,illustrations4            #ab4         
,critical ,papers in ,literature4       
#ac4 ,critical ,papers in ,art2         
,stubbs's ,calendar3           ,barber  
,cox4 ,with #ii ,illustrations4         
#ad4 ,lovel the ,widower1 and other     
,stories4 ,with #dj                     
,illustrations4            #ae4 ,the    
,fitz-,boodle ,papers 7including ,men's 
,wives71 and various ,articles4 #h      
,illustrations4            #af4 ,the    
,english ,humourists of the #ahth       
,century3           ,the ,four ,georges3
 ,etc4 #de ,illustrations4              

#ag4 ,travels in ,london3 ,letters to a 
,young ,man           about ,town3 and  
other ,contributions to ,punch          
7#ahde--ahej74 ,with #gc ,illustrations4
            #ah4 ,ballads and ,verses1  
and ,miscellaneous                      
,contributions to ,punch4 ,with #gh     
,illustrations4            #ai4 ,a      
,shabby ,genteel ,story1 and ,the       
,adventures of           ,philip4 ,with 
,illustrations4            #bj4         
,roundabout ,papers and ,denis ,duval4  
,with           ,illustrations4         
,,macmillan',s  ,,edition ,,of          
,,thackeray  ,,some ,,opinions ,,of     
,,the ,,press   ,,expository            
,,times4--,an edition to do credit even 
to this publishing house1 and not likely
 to be surpassed until they surpass it  
with a cheaper and better themselves4   
,,whitehall ,,review4--,never before has
 such a cheap and excellent edition of  
,thackeray been seen4  ,,academy4--,a   
better one-volume edition at three      
shillings and sixpence could not be     

desired4  ,,graphic4--,in its plain but 
pretty blue binding is both serviceable 
and attractive4  ,,daily ,,graphic4--,an
 excellent1 cheap reprint4  ,,pall      
,,mall ,,gazette4--,the size of the     
books is handy1 paper and printing are  
good1 and the binding1 which is of blue 
cloth1 is simple but tasteful4          
,altogether the publishers are to be    
congratulated upon a reprint which ought
 to be popular4  ,,globe4--,the paper is
 thin but good1 the type used is clear  
to read1 and the binding is neat and    
effective4  ,,lady',s ,,pictorial4--,the
 paper is good1 the type clear and      
large1 and the binding tasteful4        
,messrs4 ,macmillan are to be thanked   
for so admirable and inexpensive an     
edition of our great satirist4          
,,world4--,nothing could be better than 
the new edition4  ,,black ,,and         
,,white4--,the more one sees of the     
edition the more enamoured of it he     
becomes4 ,it is so good and neat1       
immaculate as to print1 and admirably   

bound4  ,,scotsman4--,this admirable    
edition4  ,,literary ,,world4--,the     
paper and printing and general get up   
are everything that one could desire4   
,,st4 ,,james',s ,,gazette4--,a clear   
and pretty edition4     ,,the  ,,works  
,,of ,,dickens  ,reprints of the ,first 
,editions1 with all the original        
,illustrations1 and with ,introductions1
 ,biographical and ,bibliographical1 by 
,,charles ,,dickens the ,younger4       
#a4 ,,the ,,pickwick ,,papers4 ,with #ej
 ,illustrations4    #b4 ,,oliver        
,,twist4 ,with #bg ,illustrations4      
#c4 ,,nicholas ,,nickleby4 ,with #dd    
,illustrations4    #d4 ,,martin         
,,chuzzlewit4 ,with #da ,illustrations4 
#e4 ,,the ,,old ,,curiosity ,,shop4     
,with #ig ,illustrations4    #f4        
,,barnaby ,,rudge4 ,with #gf            
,illustrations4    #g4 ,,dombey ,,and   
,,son4 ,with #dj ,illustrations4    #h4 
,,christmas ,,books4 ,with #fe          
,illustrations4    #i4 ,,sketches ,,by  
,,boz4 ,with #dd ,illustrations4   #aj4 

,,david ,,copperfield4 ,with #dj        
,illustrations4   #aa4 ,,american       
,,notes ,,and ,,pictures ,,from ,,italy4
 ,with #d ,illustrations4   #ab4 ,,the  
,,letters ,,of ,,charles ,,dickens4     
#ac4 ,,bleak ,,house4 ,with #dc         
,illustrations4   #ad4 ,,little         
,,dorrit4 ,with #dj ,illustrations4     
#ae4 ,a ,,tale ,,of ,,two ,,cities4     
,with #ae ,illustrations4   #af4 ,,great
 ,,expectations2 ,,and ,,hard ,,times4  
#ag4 ,,our ,,mutual ,,friend4 ,with #dj 
,illustrations4     ,,macmillan',s      
,,edition ,,of ,,dickens  ,,some        
,,opinions ,,of ,,the ,,press           
,,athenaeum4--,handy in form1 well      
printed1 illustrated with reduced       
re-productions of the original plates1  
introduced with bibliographical notes by
 the novelist's son1 and above all      
issued at a most moderate price1 this   
edition will appeal successfully to a   
large number of readers4                
,,speaker4--,we do not think there      
exists a better edition4  ,,morning     

,,post4--,the edition will be highly    
appreciated4  ,,scotsman4--,this reprint
 offers peculiar attractions4 ,of a     
handy size1 in one volume1 of clear1    
good-sized print1 and with its capital  
comic illustrations1 it is a volume to  
be desired4  ,,newcastle                
,,chronicle4--,the most satisfactory    
edition of the book that has been       
issued4  ,,glasgow ,,herald4--,none of  
the recent editions of ,dickens can be  
compared with that which ,messrs4       
,macmillan inaugurate with the issue of 
,pickwick4444 ,printed in a large1 clear
 type1 very readable4  ,,globe4--,they  
have used an admirably clear type and   
good paper1 and the binding is          
unexceptionable4444 ,may be selected as 
the most desirable cheap edition of the 
immortal ',papers' that has ever been   
offered to the public4  ,,manchester    
,,examiner4--,these volumes have a      
unique interest1 for with each there is 
the story of its origin4  ,,queen4--,a  
specially pleasant and convenient form  

in which to re-read ,dickens4           
,,star4--,this new ',dickens ,series1'  
with its reproductions of the original  
illustrations1 is a joy to the          
possessor4       ,complete in           
,twenty-four ,volumes4 ,crown #hvo1     
tastefully bound in   green cloth1 gilt4
 ,price #cs4 #f;d4 each4    ,in special 
cloth binding1 flat backs1 gilt tops4   
,supplied in ,sets   only of #bd        
volumes4 ,price ,l#d #ds4    ,also an   
edition with all the #bej original      
etchings4 ,in #bd volumes4   ,crown     
#hvo1 gilt tops4 ,price #fs4 each4      
,,the ,,large ,,type  ,,border ,,edition
 ,,of ,,the  ,,waverley ,,novels        
,,edited ,,with                         
,,introductory ,,essays ,,and ,,notes   
,,by            ,,andrew ,,lang         
,,supplementing ,,those ,,of ,,the      
,,author4            ,with ,two ,hundred
 and ,fifty ,new and ,original          
,illustrations by           ,eminent    
,artists4  ,,by the kind permission of  
the ,hon4 ,mrs4 ,,maxwell-,,scott1 of   

,abbotsford1 the great-granddaughter of 
,sir ,,walter1 the ,,mss4 and other     
material at ,abbotsford were examined by
 ,mr4 ,,andrew ,,lang during the        
preparation of his ,introductory ,essays
 and ,notes to the ,series1 so that the 
,,border ,,edition may be said to       
contain all the results of the latest   
researches as to the composition of the 
,waverley ,novels4   ,the ,border       
,waverley            #a4 ,,waverley4    
,with #ab ,illustrations by ,sir ,h4    
,,raeburn1 ,r4,a41 ,r4 ,w4 ,,macbeth1   
,a4,r4,a41 ,,john ,,pettie1             
,r4,a41 ,h4 ,,macbeth-,,raeburn1 ,d4    
,,herdman1 ,w4 ,j4           ,,leitch1  
,,robert ,,herdman1 ,r4,s4,a41 and ,j4  
,,eckford           ,,lauder4           
#b4 ,,guy ,,mannering4 ,with #aj        
,illustrations by ,j4                   
,,macwhirter1 ,a4,r4,a41 ,r4 ,w4        
,,macbeth1 ,a4,r4,a41 ,c4 ,o4           
,,murray1 ,,clark ,,stanton1 ,r4,s4,a41 
,,gourlay ,,steell1           ,r4,s4,a41
 ,f4 ,s4 ,,walker1 ,r4 ,,herdman1       

,r4,s4,a41 and ,j4           ,b4        
,,macdonald1 ,a4,r4,s4,a4            #c4
 ,,the ,,antiquary4 ,with #aj           
,illustrations by ,j4                   
,,macwhirter1 ,a4,r4,a41 ,,sam ,,bough1 
,r4,s4,a41 ,r4 ,,herdman1               
,r4,s4,a41 ,w4 ,m',,taggart1            
,a4,r4,s4,a41 ,j4 ,b4 ,,macdonald1      
,a4,r4,s4,a41 and ,a4 ,h4 ,,tourrier4   
#d4 ,,rob ,,roy4 ,with #aj              
,illustrations by ,r4 ,w4               
,,macbeth1 ,a4,r4,a41 and ,,sam ,,bough1
 ,r4,s4,a4            #e4 ,,old         
,,mortality4 ,with #aj ,illustrations by
 ,j4           ,,macwhirter1 ,a4,r4,a41 
,r4 ,,herdman1 ,r4,s4,a41 ,,sam ,,bough1
           ,r4,s4,a41 ,m4 ,l4 ,,gow1 ,d4
 ,y4 ,,cameron1 ,,lockhart ,,bogle1     
and ,,alfred ,,hartley4            #f4  
,,the ,,heart ,,of ,,midlothian4 ,with  
#aj ,illustrations           by ,sir ,j4
 ,e4 ,,millais1 ,bart41 ,,hugh          
,,cameron1 ,r4,s4,a41           ,,sam   
,,bough1 ,r4,s4,a41 ,r4 ,,herdman1      
,r4,s4,a41 and ,,wal4           ,,paget4

            #g4 ,a ,,legend ,,of        
,,montrose and ,,the ,,black ,,dwarf4   
,with           #g ,illustrations by    
,sir ,,george ,,reid1 ,p4,r4,s4,a41     
,,george ,,hay1 ,r4,s4,a41 ,,horatio    
,,macculloch1 ,r4,s4,a41 ,w4            
,e4 ,,lockhart1 ,r4,s4,a41 ,h4          
,,macbeth-,,raeburn1 and ,t4            
,,scott4            #h4 ,,the ,,bride   
,,of ,,lammermoor4 ,with #h             
,illustrations           by ,sir ,j4 ,e4
 ,,millais1 ,bart41 ,,john ,,smart1     
,r4,s4,a41           ,,sam ,,bough1     
,r4,s4,a41 ,,george ,,hay1 ,r4,s4,a41   
and ,h4           ,,macbeth-,,raeburn4  
#i4 ,,ivanhoe4 ,with #ab ,illustrations 
by ,,ad4 ,,lalauze4            #aj4     
,,the ,,monastery4 ,with #aj            
,illustrations by ,,gordon              
,,browne4            #aa4 ,,the ,,abbot4
 ,with #aj ,illustrations by ,,gordon   
,,browne4            #ab4 ,,kenilworth4 
,with #ab ,illustrations by ,,ad4       
,,lalauze4            #ac4 ,,the        
,,pirate4 ,with #aj ,illustrations by   

,w4 ,e4           ,,lockhart1 ,r4,s4,a41
 ,,sam ,,bough1 ,r4,s4,a41 ,,herbert    
,,dicksee1 ,w4 ,,strang1 ,,lockhart     
,,bogle1 ,c4 ,j4 ,,holmes1           and
 ,f4 ,s4 ,,walker4            #ad4 ,,the
 ,,fortunes ,,of ,,nigel4 ,with #aj     
,illustrations           by ,,john      
,,pettie1 ,r4,a41 and ,r4 ,w4 ,,macbeth1
 ,a4,r4,a4            #ae4 ,,peveril    
,,of ,,the ,,peak4 ,with #ae            
,illustrations by           ,w4 ,q4     
,,orchardson1 ,r4,a41 ,,john ,,pettie1  
,r4,a41 ,f4           ,,dadd1 ,r4,i41   
,,arthur ,,hopkins1 ,a4,r4,w4,s41 and   
,s4 ,l4           ,,wood4               
#af4 ,,quentin ,,durward4 ,with #ab     
,illustrations by ,,ad4                 
,,lalauze4            #ag4 ,,st4        
,,ronan',s ,,well4 ,with #aj            
,illustrations by ,sir           ,g4    
,,reid1 ,p4,r4,s4,a41 ,r4 ,w4 ,,macbeth1
 ,a4,r4,a41 ,w4 ,,hole1                 
,r4,s4,a41 and ,a4 ,,forestier4         
#ah4 ,,redgauntlet4 ,with #ab           
,illustrations by ,sir           ,,james

 ,d4 ,,linton1 ,p4,r4,i41 ,,james       
,,orrock1 ,r4,i41 ,,sam                 
,,bough1 ,r4,s4,a41 ,w4 ,,hole1         
,r4,s4,a41 ,g4 ,,hay1 ,r4,s4,a41 ,t4    
,,scott1 ,a4,r4,s4,a41 ,w4 ,,boucher1   
and ,,frank ,,short4            #ai4    
,,the ,,betrothed ,,and ,,the           
,,talisman4 ,with #aj                   
,illustrations by ,,herbert ,,dicksee1  
,,wal4 ,,paget1 and           ,j4 ,,le  
,,blant4            #bj4 ,,woodstock4   
,with #aj ,illustrations by ,w4 ,,hole1 
,r4,s4,a4            #ba4 ,,the ,,fair  
,,maid ,,of ,,perth4 ,with #aj          
,illustrations           by ,sir ,g4    
,,reid1 ,p4,r4,s4,a41 ,,john ,,pettie1  
,r4,a41 ,r4 ,w4           ,,macbeth1    
,a4,r4,a41 and ,,robert ,,herdman1      
,r4,s4,a4            #bb4 ,,anne ,,of   
,,geierstein4 ,with #aj ,illustrations  
by           ,r4 ,,de ,,los ,,rios4     
#bc4 ,,count ,,robert ,,of ,,paris and  
,,the ,,surgeon',s           ,,daughter4
 ,with #aj ,illustrations by ,w4        
,,hatherell1           ,r4,i41 and ,w4  

,b4 ,,wollen1 ,r4,i4            #bd4    
,,castle ,,dangerous1 ,,chronicles ,,of 
,,the           ,,canon-,,gate1 ,,etc4  
,with #aj ,illustrations by ,h4         
,,macbeth-,,raeburn and ,g4 ,d4         
,,armour4     ,the ,border ,waverley    
,,some ,,opinions ,,of ,,the ,,press    
,,times4--,it would be difficult to find
 in these days a more competent and     
sympathetic editor of ,scott than his   
countryman1 the brilliant and versatile 
man of letters who has undertaken the   
task1 and if any proof were wanted      
either of his qualifications or of his  
skill and discretion in displaying them1
 ,mr4 ,lang has furnished it abundantly 
in his charming ,introduction to        
',waverley4' ,the editor's own notes are
 judiciously sparing1 but conspicuously 
to the point1 and they are very         
discreetly separated from those of the  
author1 ,mr4 ,lang's laudable purpose   
being to illustrate and explain ,scott1 
not to make the notes a pretext for     
displaying his own critical faculty and 

literary erudition4 ,the illustrations  
by various competent hands are beautiful
 in themselves and beautifully executed1
 and1 altogether1 the ',border ,edition'
 of the ,waverley ,novels bids fair to  
become the classical edition of the     
great ,scottish classic4                
,,spectator4--,we trust that this fine  
edition of our greatest and most        
poetical of novelists will attain1 if it
 has not already done so1 the high      
popularity it deserves4 ,to all ,scott's
 lovers it is a pleasure to know that1  
despite the daily and weekly inrush of  
ephemeral fiction1 the sale of his works
 is said by the booksellers to rank next
 below ,tennyson's in poetry1 and above 
that of everybody else in prose4        
,,athenaeum4--,the handsome ',border    
,edition' has been brought to a         
successful conclusion4 ,the publisher   
deserves to be complimented on the      
manner in which the edition has been    
printed and illustrated1 and ,mr4 ,lang 
on the way in which he has performed his

 portion of the work4 ,his introductions
 have been tasteful and readable2 he has
 not overdone his part2 and1 while he   
has supplied much useful information1 he
 has by no means overburdened the       
volumes with notes4  ,,notes ,,and      
,,queries4--,this spirited and ambitious
 enterprise has been conducted to a safe
 termination1 and the most ideal edition
 of the ,waverley ,novels in existence  
is now completed4  ,,saturday           
,,review4--,of all the many collections 
of the ,waverley ,novels1 the ',border  
,edition' is incomparably the most      
handsome and the most desirable4444     
,type1 paper1 illustrations1 are        
altogether admirable4  ,,magazine ,,of  
,,art4--,size1 type1 paper1 and         
printing1 to say nothing of the         
excessively liberal and charming        
introduction of the illustrations1 make 
this perhaps the most desirable edition 
of ,scott ever issued on this side of   
the ,border4  ,,daily                   
,,chronicle4--,there is absolutely no   

fault to be found with it1 as to paper1 
type1 or arrangement4     ,,the ,,works 
,,of  ,,thomas ,,hardy  ,collected      
,edition             #a4 ,,tess ,,of    
,,the ,d',,urbervilles4            #b4  
,,far ,,from ,,the ,,madding ,,crowd4   
#c4 ,,the ,,mayor ,,of ,,casterbridge4  
#d4 ,a ,,pair ,,of ,,blue ,,eyes4       
#e4 ,,two ,,on ,a ,,tower4              
#f4 ,,the ,,return ,,of ,,the ,,native4 
#g4 ,,the ,,woodlanders4            #h4 
,,jude ,,the ,,obscure4            #i4  
,,the ,,trumpet-,,major4           #aj4 
,,the ,,hand ,,of ,,ethelberta4         
#aa4 ,a ,,laodicean4           #ab4     
,,desperate ,,remedies4           #ac4  
,,wessex ,,tales4           #ad4        
,,life',s ,,little ,,ironies4           
#ae4 ,a ,,group ,,of ,,noble ,,dames4   
#af4 ,,under ,,the ,,greenwood ,,tree4  
#ag4 ,,the ,,well-,,beloved4            
#ah4 ,,wessex ,,poems1 and other        
,verses4           #ai4 ,,poems ,,of    
,,the ,,past ,,and ,,the ,,present4     
,,the ,,works ,,of  ,,charles ,,kingsley

            ,,westward ,,ho6            
,,hypatia2 or1 ,new ,foes with an old   
,face4            ,,two ,,years ,,ago4  
,,alton ,,locke1 ,tailor and ,poet4 ,an 
,autobiography4            ,,hereward   
,,the ,,wake1 ,last of the ,english4    
,,yeast3 ,a ,problem4                   
,,poems3 including ,the ,saint's        
,tragedy1 ,andromeda1           ,songs1 
,ballads1 etc4            ,,the         
,,water-,,babies3 ,a ,fairy ,tale for a 
,land-,baby4           ,with            
,illustrations by ,,linley ,,sambourne4 
,,the ,,heroes2 or1 ,greek ,fairy ,tales
 for my ,children4           ,with      
,illustrations by the ,author4          
,,glaucus2 or1 ,the ,wonders of the     
,shore4 ,with           ,illustrations4 
,,madam ,,how ,,and ,,lady ,,why2 or1   
,first ,lessons in ,earth               
,lore for ,children4 ,with              
,illustrations4            ,,at ,,last4 
,a ,christmas in the ,west ,indies4     
,with           ,illustrations4         
,,the ,,hermits4            ,,historical

 ,,lectures ,,and ,,essays4             
,,plays ,,and ,,puritans1 and other     
,historical ,essays4            ,,the   
,,roman ,,and ,,the ,,teuton4           
,,prose ,,idylls1 ,new and ,old4        
,,scientific ,,lectures ,,and ,,essays4 
,,sanitary ,,and ,,social ,,lectures    
,,and ,,essays4            ,,literary   
,,and ,,general ,,lectures ,,and        
,,essays4            ,,all ,,saints'    
,,day3 and other ,sermons4              
,,discipline3 and other ,sermons4       
,,the ,,good ,,news ,,of ,,god4         
,sermons4            ,,gospel ,,of ,,the
 ,,pentateuch4            ,,sermons     
,,for ,,the ,,times4                    
,,village ,,sermons1 ,,and ,,town ,,and 
,,country ,,sermons4            ,,the   
,,water ,,of ,,life3 and other ,sermons4
            ,,westminster ,,sermons4    
,,the ,,novels  ,,of  ,f4 ,,marion      
,,crawford          #a4 ,,mr4 ,,isaacs3 
,a ,tale of ,modern ,india4        #b4  
,,doctor ,,claudius3 ,a ,true ,story4   
#c4 ,a ,,roman ,,singer4        #d4     

,,zoroaster4        #e4 ,,marzio',s     
,,crucifix4        #f4 ,a ,,tale ,,of ,a
 ,,lonely ,,parish4        #g4 ,,paul   
,,patoff4        #h4 ,,with ,,the       
,,immortals4        #i4 ,,greifenstein4 
#aj4 ,,taquisara3 ,a ,novel4       #aa4 
,a ,,rose ,,of ,,yesterday4       #ab4  
,,sant' ,,ilario4       #ac4 ,a         
,,cigarette-,,maker',s ,,romance4       
#ad4 ,,khaled3 ,a ,tale of ,arabia4     
#ae4 ,,the ,,three ,,fates4       #af4  
,,the ,,witch ,,of ,,prague4       #ag4 
,,marion ,,darche3 ,a ,story without    
,comment4       #ah4 ,,katharine        
,,lauderdale4       #ai4 ,,the          
,,children ,,of ,,the ,,king4       #bj4
 ,,pietro ,,ghisleri4       #ba4 ,,don  
,,orsino4       #bb4 ,,casa ,,braccio4  
#bc4 ,,adam ,,johnstone',s ,,son4       
#bd4 ,,the ,,ralstons4       #be4       
,,corleone3 ,a ,tale of ,sicily4        
#bf4 ,,via ,,crucis3 ,a ,romance of the 
,second ,crusade4       #bg4 ,,in ,,the 
,,palace ,,of ,,the ,,king3 ,a ,love    
,story of ,old ,madrid4       #bh4      

,,cecilia3 ,a ,story of ,modern ,rome4  
#bi4 ,,marietta3 ,a ,maid of ,venice4   
#cj4 ,,the ,,heart ,,of ,,rome4         
#ca4 ,,soprano3 ,a ,portrait4       #cb4
 ,,whosoever ,,shall ,,offend----       
#cc4 ,a ,,lady ,,of ,,rome4       #cd4  
,,arethusa4     ,,the ,,novels  ,,of    
,,rolf ,,boldrewood             #a4     
,,robbery ,,under ,,arms3 ,a ,story of  
,life and           ,adventure in the   
,bush and in the ,gold-fields of        
,australia4            #b4 ,a ,,modern  
,,buccaneer4            #c4 ,,the       
,,miner',s ,,right3 ,a ,tale of the     
,australian           ,gold-fields4     
#d4 ,,the ,,squatter',s ,,dream4        
#e4 ,a ,,sydney-,,side ,,saxon4         
#f4 ,a ,,colonial ,,reformer4           
#g4 ,,nevermore4            #h4 ,,plain 
,,living3 ,a ,bush ,idyll4              
#i4 ,,my ,,run ,,home4            #aj4  
,,the ,,sealskin ,,cloak4               
#aa4 ,,the ,,crooked ,,stick2 or1       
,pollie's ,probation4            #ab4   
,,old ,,melbourne ,,memories4           

#ac4 ,a ,,romance ,,of ,,canvas ,,town1 
and other ,stories4            #ad4     
,,war ,,to ,,the ,,knife2 or1 ,tangata  
,maori4            #ae4 ,,babes ,,in    
,,the ,,bush4            #af4 ,,in ,,bad
 ,,company1 and other ,stories4   ,by   
,h4 ,g4 ,,wells      ,,the ,,plattner   
,,story3 and others4     ,,tales ,,of   
,,space ,,and ,,time4     ,,the ,,stolen
 ,,bacillus3 and other ,incidents4      
,,the ,,invisible ,,man4 ,a ,grotesque  
,romance4     ,,love ,,and ,,mr4        
,,lewisham4 ,a ,story of a very ,young  
,couple4     ,,when ,,the ,,sleeper     
,,wakes4     ,,the ,,first ,,men ,,in   
,,the ,,moon4     ,,twelve ,,stories    
,,and ,a ,,dream4     ,,the ,,food ,,of 
,,the ,,gods ,,and ,,how ,,it ,came to  
,earth4     ,,kipps3 ,the ,story of a   
,simple ,soul4   ,by ,a4 ,e4 ,w4 ,,mason
      ,,the ,,courtship ,,of ,,morrice  
,,buckler4     ,,the ,,philanderers4    
,,miranda ,,of ,,the ,,balcony4   ,by   
,,egerton ,,castle      ,,la ,,bella3   
and others4     ,,young ,,april4        

,,marshfield ,,the ,,observer4     ,by  
,,agnes and ,,egerton ,,castle     ,,the
 ,,bath ,,comedy4     ,,the ,,pride ,,of
 ,,jennico4 ,being a ,memoir of ,captain
 ,basil ,jennico4     ,,the ,,secret    
,,orchard4   ,by ,,maarten ,,maartens   
,,the ,,greater ,,glory4 ,a ,story of   
,high ,life4     ,,my ,,lady ,,nobody4  
,a ,novel4     ,,god',s ,,fool4 ,a      
,koopstad ,story4     ,,the ,,sin ,,of  
,,joost ,,avelingh4 ,a ,dutch ,story4   
,,her ,,memory4     ,,an ,,old ,,maid',s
 ,,love4     ,,the ,,novels ,,of  ,,rosa
 ,n4 ,,carey             ,,westminster  
,,gazette4--,a clever delineator of     
character1 possessed of a reserve of    
strength in a           quiet1 easy1    
flowing style1 ,miss ,carey never fails 
to please a large class of readers4     
,,standard4--,miss ,carey has the gift  
of writing           naturally and      
simply1 her pathos is true and          
unforced1 and her conversations are     
sprightly and           sharp4          
,,lady4--,miss ,carey's novels are      

always welcome2           they are out  
of the common run--immaculately pure1   
and very high in tone4            ,over 
#gjj1jjj of these works have been       
printed4       #a4 ,,nellie',s          
,,memories4 #ebnd ,thousand4      #b4   
,,wee ,,wifie4 #chth ,thousand4      #c4
 ,,barbara ,,heathcote',s ,,trial4 #ceth
 ,thousand4      #d4 ,,robert ,,ord',s  
,,atonement4 #bhth ,thousand4      #e4  
,,wooed ,,and ,,married4 #chth          
,thousand4      #f4 ,,heriot',s         
,,choice4 #bgth ,thousand4      #g4     
,,queenie',s ,,whim4 #cbnd ,thousand4   
#h4 ,,not ,,like ,,other ,,girls4 #dast 
,thousand4      #i4 ,,mary ,,st4 ,,john4
 #bgth ,thousand4     #aj4 ,,for        
,,lilias4 #bfth ,thousand4     #aa4     
,,uncle ,,max4 #cdth ,thousand4     #ab4
 ,,rue ,,with ,a ,,difference4 #bdth    
,thousand4     #ac4 ,,the ,,highway ,,of
 ,,fate4 #bcrd ,thousand4     #ad4      
,,only ,,the ,,governess4 #cgth         
,thousand4     #ae4 ,,lover ,,or        
,,friend8 #bgth ,thousand4     #af4     

,,basil ,,lyndhurst4 #bdth ,thousand4   
#ag4 ,,sir ,,godfrey',s                 
,,grand-,,daughters4 #beth ,thousand4   
#ah4 ,,the ,,old1 ,,old ,,story4 #bgth  
,thousand4     #ai4 ,,the ,,mistress    
,,of ,,brae ,,farm4 #cjth ,thousand4    
#bj4 ,,mrs4 ,,romney and ,,but ,,men    
,,must ,,work4 #adth ,thousand4     #ba4
 ,,other ,,people',s ,,lives4 #eth      
,thousand4     #bb4 ,,herb ,,of ,,grace4
 #beth ,thousand4     #bc4 ,a ,,passage 
,,perilous4 #bbnd ,thousand4     #bd4   
,,at ,,the ,,moorings4 #bast ,thousand4 
#be4 ,,the ,,household ,,of ,,peter4    
#bast ,thousand4     #bf4 ,,no ,,friend 
,,like ,a ,,sister4 #ahth ,thousand4    
#bg4 ,,the ,,angel ,,of ,,forgiveness4  
#agth ,thousand4     ,,the ,,novels     
,,and ,,tales ,,of  ,,charlotte ,m4     
,,yonge             ,,the ,,heir ,,of   
,,redclyffe4 ,with ,illustrations by    
,,kate           ,,greenaway4           
,,heartsease2 or1 the ,brother's ,wife4 
,new ,edition4           ,with          
,illustrations by ,,kate ,,greenaway4   

,,hopes ,,and ,,fears2 or1 ,scenes from 
the ,life of a           ,spinster4     
,with ,illustrations by ,,herbert       
,,gandy4            ,,dynevor ,,terrace2
 or1 the ,clue of ,life4 ,with          
,illustrations by ,,adrian ,,stokes4    
,,the ,,daisy ,,chain2 or1 ,aspirations4
 ,a ,family           ,chronicle ,with  
,illustrations by ,j4 ,p4 ,,atkinson4   
,,the ,,trial3 ,more ,links of the      
,daisy ,chain4 ,with                    
,illustrations by ,j4 ,p4 ,,atkinson4   
,,the ,,pillars ,,of ,,the ,,house2 or1 
,under ,wode1 under           ,rode4    
,two ,vols4 ,with ,illustrations by     
,,herbert           ,,gandy4            
,,the ,,young ,,stepmother2 or1 a       
,chronicle of ,mistakes4           ,with
 ,illustrations by ,,marian ,,huxley4   
,,the ,,clever ,,woman ,,of ,,the       
,,family4 ,with ,illustrations          
by ,,adrian ,,stokes4            ,,the  
,,three ,,brides4 ,with ,illustrations  
by ,,adrian           ,,stokes4         
,,my ,,young ,,alcides3 ,a ,faded       

,photograph4 ,with                      
,illustrations by ,,adrian ,,stokes4    
,,the ,,caged ,,lion4 ,with             
,illustrations by ,w4 ,j4               
,,hennessy4            ,,the ,,dove ,,in
 ,,the ,,eagle',s ,,nest4 ,with         
,illustrations           by ,w4 ,j4     
,,hennessy4            ,,the ,,chaplet  
,,of ,,pearls2 or1 the ,white and ,black
           ,ribaumont4 ,with            
,illustrations by ,w4 ,j4 ,,hennessy4   
,,lady ,,hester2 or1 ,ursula's          
,narrative2 and ,,the                   
,,danvers ,,papers4 ,with ,illustrations
 by ,,jane ,e4           ,,cook4        
,,magnum ,,bonum2 or1 ,mother ,carey's  
,brood4 ,with           ,illustrations  
by ,w4 ,j4 ,,hennessy4            ,,love
 ,,and ,,life3 an ,old ,story in        
,eighteenth ,century           ,costume4
 ,with ,illustrations by ,w4 ,j4        
,,hennessy4            ,,unknown ,,to   
,,history4 ,a ,story of the ,captivity  
of           ,mary of ,scotland4 ,with  
,illustrations by ,w4 ,j4               

,,hennessy4            ,,stray ,,pearls4
 ,memoirs of ,margaret de ,ribaumont1   
,viscountess of ,bellaise4 ,with        
,illustrations by ,w4           ,j4     
,,hennessy4            ,,the            
,,armourer',s ',,prentices4 ,with       
,illustrations by           ,w4 ,j4     
,,hennessy4            ,,scenes ,,and   
,,characters2 or1 ,eighteen ,months at  
,beechcroft4 ,with ,illustrations by ,w4
 ,j4 ,,hennessy4            ,,chantry   
,,house4 ,with ,illustrations by ,w4 ,j4
           ,,hennessy4            ,a    
,,modern ,,telemachus4 ,with            
,illustrations by ,w4 ,j4               
,,hennessy4            ,,bywords4 ,a    
collection of ,tales new and old4       
,,beechcroft ,,at ,,rockstone4          
,,more ,,bywords4            ,a         
,,reputed ,,changeling2 or1 ,three      
,seventh ,years ,two                    
,centuries ,ago4            ,,the       
,,little ,,duke1 ,,richard ,,the        
,,fearless4 ,with                       
,illustrations4            ,,the        

,,lances ,,of ,,lynwood4 ,with          
,illustrations by ,j4 ,b4               
,,the ,,prince ,,and ,,the ,,page3 ,a   
,story of the ,last           ,crusade4 
,with ,illustrations by ,,adrian        
,,stokes4            ,,two ,,penniless  
,,princesses4 ,with ,illustrations by   
,w4           ,j4 ,,hennessy4           
,,that ,,stick4            ,,an ,,old   
,,woman',s ,,outlook ,,in ,a ,,hampshire
 ,,village4            ,,grisly         
,,grisell2 or1 ,the ,laidly ,lady of    
,whitburn4 ,a           ,tale of the    
,wars of the ,roses4                    
,,henrietta',s ,,wish4 ,second ,edition4
            ,,the ,,long ,,vacation4    
,,the ,,release2 or1 ,caroline's ,french
 ,kindred4            ,,the ,,pilgrimage
 ,,of ,,the ,,ben ,,beriah4             
,,the ,,two ,,guardians2 or1 ,home in   
this ,world4 ,second           ,edition4
            ,,countess ,,kate ,,and     
,,the ,,stokesley ,,secret4             
,,modern ,,broods2 or1 ,developments    
,unlooked for4            ,,strolling   

,,players3 ,a ,harmony of ,contrasts4   
,by ,c4           ,m4 ,,yonge and ,c4   
,r4 ,,coleridge4     ,works by ,mrs4    
,craik     ,olive3 ,a ,novel4 ,with     
,illustrations by ,g4 ,,bowers4         
,agatha's ,husband3 ,a ,novel4 ,with    
,illustrations by ,,walter ,,crane4     
,the ,head of the ,family3 ,a ,novel4   
,with ,illustrations by ,,walter        
,,crane4   ,two ,marriages4   ,the      
,laurel ,bush4   ,king ,arthur3 ,not a  
,love ,story4   ,about ,money1 and other
 ,things4   ,concerning ,men1 and other 
,papers4     ,works by ,mrs4 ,oliphant  
,neighbours on the ,green4   ,kirsteen3 
the ,story of a ,scotch ,family ,seventy
 ,years ,ago4   ,a ,beleaguered ,city3  
,a ,story of the ,seen and the ,unseen4 
,hester3 a ,story of ,contemporary      
,life4   ,he that ,will ,not when ,he   
,may4   ,the ,railway ,man and his      
,children4   ,the ,marriage of ,elinor4 
,sir ,tom4   ,the ,heir-,presumptive and
 the ,heir-,apparent4   ,a ,country     
,gentleman and his ,family4   ,a ,son of

 the ,soil4   ,the ,second ,son4   ,the 
,wizard's ,son3 ,a ,novel4   ,lady      
,william4   ,young ,musgrave4     ,the  
,works of ,dean ,farrar                 
,,seekers ,,after ,,god4 ,the ,lives of 
,seneca1 ,epictetus1           and      
,marcus ,aurelius4            ,,eternal 
,,hope4 ,sermons preached in            
,westminster           ,abbey4          
,,the ,,fall ,,of ,,man3 and other      
,sermons4            ,,the ,,witness    
,,of ,,history ,,to ,,christ4           
,,the ,,silence ,,and ,,voices ,,of     
,,god1 with other ,sermons4             
,,in ,,the ,,days ,,of ,,thy ,,youth4   
,sermons on ,practical                  
,subjects4            ,,saintly         
,,workers4 ,five ,lenten ,lectures4     
,,ephphatha2 or1 the ,amelioration of   
the ,world4            ,,mercy ,,and    
,,judgment3 a few last words on         
,christian           ,eschatology4      
,,sermons  ,,addresses ,,delivered ,,in 
,,america4     ,,the ,,works ,,of       
,frederick ,denison ,maurice            

,,sermons ,,preached ,,in ,,lincoln',s  
,,inn ,,chapel4 ,in six           vols4 
,,sermons ,,preached ,,in ,,country     
,,churches4            ,,christmas      
,,day3 and other ,sermons4              
,,theological ,,essays4            ,,the
 ,,prophets ,,and ,,kings ,,of ,,the    
,,old ,,testament4            ,,the     
,,patriarchs ,,and ,,lawgivers ,,of     
,,the ,,old ,,testament4                
,,the ,,gospel ,,of ,,the ,,kingdom ,,of
 ,,heaven4            ,,the ,,gospel    
,,of ,,st4 ,,john4            ,,the     
,,epistles ,,of ,,st4 ,,john4           
,,the ,,friendship ,,of ,,books3 and    
other ,lectures4            ,,the       
,,prayer ,,book ,,and ,,the ,,lord',s   
,,prayer4            ,,the ,,doctrine   
,,of ,,sacrifice4 ,deduced from the     
,scriptures4            ,,the ,,acts    
,,of ,,the ,,apostles4            ,,the 
,,kingdom ,,of ,,christ2 or1 ,hints to a
 ,quaker           respecting the       
,principles1 ,constitution1 and         
,ordinances of the ,catholic ,church4 #b

 vols4   ,by ,j4 ,h4 ,,shorthouse       
,,john ,,inglesant3 ,a ,romance4        
,,sir ,,percival3 a ,story of the ,past 
and of the ,present4           ,,the    
,,little ,,schoolmaster ,,mark4         
,,the ,,countess ,,eve4           ,a    
,,teacher ,,of ,,the ,,violin4          
,,blanche1 ,,lady ,,falaise4   ,by      
,,gertrude ,,atherton            ,,the  
,,conqueror4           ,a ,,daughter    
,,of ,,the ,,vine4           ,,the      
,,californians4   ,by ,,hugh ,,conway   
,a ,,family ,,affair4   ,by ,w4 ,,clark 
,,russell            ,,marooned4   ,by  
,,annie ,,keary      ,a ,,york ,,and ,a 
,,lancaster ,,rose4      ,,castle       
,,daly3 the ,story of an ,irish ,home   
thirty years ago4      ,,janet',s       
,,home4      ,,oldbury4      ,a         
,,doubting ,,heart4      ,,the ,,nations
 ,,around ,,israel4   ,by ,,thomas      
,,hughes            ,,tom ,,brown',s    
,,schooldays4           ,,tom ,,brown   
,,at ,,oxford4           ,,the          
,,scouring ,,of ,,the ,,white ,,horse4  

,,alfred ,,the ,,great4   ,by           
,,archibald ,,forbes                    
,,barracks1 ,,bivouacs1 ,,and ,,battles4
           ,,souvenirs ,,of ,,some      
,,continents4   ,by ,,montagu ,,williams
            ,,leaves ,,of ,a ,,life4    
,,round ,,london4           ,,later     
,,leaves4   ,by ,e4 ,,werner            
,,fickle ,,fortune4   ,by ,w4 ,e4       
,,norris            ,,thirlby ,,hall4   
,a ,,bachelor',s ,,blunder4   ,the      
,works of ,,shakespeare    ,,victoria   
,,edition4 ,in ,three ,volumes4   ,vol4 
,i4 ,,comedies4 ,vol4 ,,ii4 ,,histories4
 ,vol4 ,,iii4 ,,tragedies4   ,,uniform  
,,edition ,,of ,,the  ,,novels ,,of     
,,charles ,,lever  ,with all the        
,original ,illustrations4            #a4
 ,,harry ,,lorrequer4 ,illustrated by   
,,phiz4            #b4 ,,charles        
,o',,malley4 ,illustrated by ,,phiz4    
#c4 ,,jack ,,hinton ,,the ,,guardsman4  
,illustrated by ,,phiz4            #d4  
,,tom ,,burke ,,of ,,ours4 ,illustrated 
by ,,phiz4            #e4 ,,arthur      

,o',,leary4 ,illustrated by ,g4         
,,cruikshank4            #f4 ,,lord     
,,kilgobbin4 ,illustrated by ,,luke     
,,fildes4   ,by ,w4 ,,warde ,,fowler    
,a ,,year ,,with ,,the ,,birds4         
,illustrated4           ,,tales ,,of    
,,the ,,birds4 ,illustrated4            
,,more ,,tales ,,of ,,the ,,birds4      
,illustrated4           ,,summer        
,,studies ,,of ,,birds ,,and ,,books4   
,by ,,frank ,,buckland                  
,,curiosities ,,of ,,natural ,,history4 
,illustrated4 ,in           four        
volumes3            ,,first             
,,series--,rats1 ,serpents1 ,fishes1    
,frogs1           ,monkeys1 etc4        
,,second ,,series--,fossils1 ,bears1    
,wolves1 ,cats1           ,eagles1      
,hedgehogs1 ,eels1 ,herrings1 ,whales4  
,,third ,,series--,wild ,ducks1         
,fishing1 ,lions1 ,tigers1              
,foxes1 ,porpoises4            ,,fourth 
,,series--,giants1 ,mummies1 ,mermaids1 
,wonderful ,people1 ,salmon1 etc4       
,works by ,various ,authors             

,hogan1 ,m4,p4            ,flitters1    
,tatters1 and the ,counsellor           
,the ,new ,antigone            ,memories
 of ,father ,healy            ,,canon   
,,atkinson4--,the ,last of the ,giant   
,killers            ---- ,playhours and 
,half-,holidays2 or1 further            
,experiences of ,two ,schoolboys        
,,sir ,s4 ,,baker4--,true ,tales for my 
,grandsons            ,r4 ,h4           
,,barham4--,the ,ingoldsby ,legends     
,,rev4 ,r4 ,h4 ,d4 ,,barham4--,life of  
,theodore ,hook                         
,,blennerhasset ,,and                   
,,sleeman4--,adventures in              
,mashonaland            ,,lanoe         
,,falconer4--,cecilia de ,noel          
,w4 ,,forbes-,,mitchell4--,reminiscences
 of the ,great           ,mutiny        
,,rev4 ,j4 ,,gilmore4--,storm ,warriors 
,,mary ,,linskill4--,tales of the ,north
 ,riding            ,s4 ,r4             
,,lysaght4--,the ,marplot               
---- ,one of the ,grenvilles            
,m4 ,m',,lennan4--,muckle ,jock1 and    

other ,stories            ,,lucas       
,,malet4--,mrs4 ,lorimer            ,g4 
,,masson4--,a ,compendious ,dictionary  
of the ,french           ,language      
,,major ,,gambier ,,parry4--,the ,story 
of ,dick            ,e4 ,c4             
,,price4--,in the ,lion's ,mouth        
,,lord ,,redesdale4--,tales of ,old     
,japan            ,w4 ,c4               
,,rhoades4--,john ,trevennick           
,,marchesa ,,theodoli4--,under ,pressure
            ,,anthony ,,trollope4--,the 
,three ,clerks            ,,charles     
,,whitehead4--,richard ,savage          
,,english ,,men ,,of ,,letters  ,,edited
 ,,by ,,john ,,morley4  ,arranged in #ac
 ,volumes1 each containing the ,lives of
 three ,authors4            ,i4         
,chaucer4 ,by ,dr4 ,a4 ,w4 ,,ward4      
,spenser4 ,by ,dean           ,,church4 
,dryden4 ,by ,prof4 ,,saintsbury4       
,,ii4 ,milton4 ,by ,,mark ,,pattison4   
,goldsmith4 ,by ,w4           ,,black4  
,cowper4 ,by ,,goldwin ,,smith4         
,,iii4 ,byron4 ,by ,professor ,,nichol4 

,shelley4 ,by ,j4 ,a4                   
,,symonds4 ,keats4 ,by ,,sidney         
,,colvin4            ,,iv4 ,wordsworth1 
,by ,f4 ,w4 ,h4 ,,myers4 ,southey4 ,by  
,prof4 ,,dowden4 ,landor4 ,by ,,sidney  
,,colvin4            ,v4 ,charles ,lamb4
 ,by ,canon ,,ainger4 ,addison4 ,by ,w4 
,j4 ,,courthope4 ,swift4 ,by ,sir       
,,leslie ,,stephen1 ,k4,c4,b4           
,,vi4 ,scott4 ,by ,r4 ,h4 ,,hutton4     
,burns4 ,by ,principal                  
,,shairp4 ,coleridge4 ,by ,h4 ,d4       
,,traill4            ,,vii4 ,hume4 ,by  
,prof4 ,,huxley1 ,f4,r4,s4 ,locke4 ,by  
,,thos4           ,,fowler4 ,burke4 ,by 
,,john ,,morley4            ,,viii4     
,defoe4 ,by ,w4 ,,minto4 ,sterne4 ,by   
,h4 ,d4 ,,traill4           ,hawthorne4 
,by ,,henry ,,james4            ,,ix4   
,fielding4 ,by ,,austin ,,dobson4       
,thackeray4 ,by           ,,anthony     
,,trollope4 ,dickens4 ,by ,dr4 ,a4 ,w4  
,,ward4            ,x4 ,gibbon4 ,by ,j4 
,c4 ,,morison4 ,carlyle4 ,by ,professor 
,,nichol4 ,macaulay4 ,by ,j4 ,c4        

,,morison4            ,,xi4 ,sydney4 ,by
 ,j4 ,a4 ,,symonds4 ,de ,quincey4 ,by   
,prof4           ,,masson4 ,sheridan4   
,by ,mrs4 ,,oliphant4            ,,xii4 
,pope4 ,by ,sir ,,leslie ,,stephen1     
,k4,c4,b4 ,johnson4           ,by ,sir  
,,leslie ,,stephen1 ,k4,c4,b4 ,gray4 ,by
 ,,edmund           ,,gosse4            
,,xiii4 ,bacon4 ,by ,dean ,,church4     
,bunyan4 ,by ,j4 ,a4           ,,froude4
 ,bentley4 ,by ,sir ,,richard ,,jebb4   
,,the ,,globe ,,library  ,crown #hvo4   
#cs4 #f;d4 each4  ,the volumes marked   
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99,boswell's ,life of ,johnson4 ,with an
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,,morris4            99,burns's         
,complete ,works4 ,edited from the best 
,printed and ,,ms4 ,authorities1 with   
,memoir and           ,glossarial       
,index4 ,by ,a4 ,,smith4                
99,the ,works of ,geoffrey ,chaucer4    
,edited by ,,alfred           ,w4       

,,pollard1 ,h4 ,f4 ,,heath1 ,m4 ,h4     
,,liddell1 and ,w4 ,s4                  
,,mccormick4            99,cowper's     
,poetical ,works4 ,edited1 with         
,biographical ,introduction and ,notes  
by ,w4 ,,benham1           ,b4,d4       
,robinson ,crusoe4 ,edited after the    
original           ,edition1 with a     
,biographical ,introduction by ,,henry  
,,kingsley1 ,f4,r4,g4,s4                
99,dryden's ,poetical ,works4 ,edited1  
with a ,memoir1           ,revised      
,texts1 and ,notes1 by ,w4 ,d4          
,,christie1 ,m4,a4            99,the    
,diary of ,john ,evelyn4 ,with an       
,introduction           and ,notes by   
,,austin ,,dobson1 ,hon4 ,,ll4,d4 ,edin4
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99,sir ,walter ,scott's ,poetical       
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,,pegram1 ,f4 ,h4     ,,townsend1 ,h4   
,r4 ,millar1 and ,e4 ,j4 ,,sullivan4    
,,japhet ,,in ,,search ,,of ,a ,,father4
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,whibley4            ,,tom ,,cringle',s 
,,log4 ,by ,,michael ,,scott4           
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,mowbray ,morris4            ,,annals   
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,brock4 ,with ,introduction by ,alfred  
,ainger4            ,,sybil1 ,,or ,,the 
,,two ,,nations1 ,,etc4 ,by ,,benjamin  
,,disraeli4 ,illustrated by ,f4 ,pegram4
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,d4 ,traill4            ,,lavengro4 ,by 
,,george ,,borrow4 ,illustrated by ,e4  
,j4           ,sullivan4 ,with          
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,,mary ,,russell ,,mitford4             
,introduction by ,anne ,thackeray       
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,heighway4            ,old ,christmas4  
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,bracebridge ,hall4 ,with ,illustrations
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,rip ,van ,winkle and the ,legend of    
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,the ,alhambra4 ,with ,illustrations by 
,j4 ,pennell           and ,introduction
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two different kinds of break in the     
text4 ,one was set off by extra white   
space between paragraphs and the other  
by a line of asterisks4 ,the break for  
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