Front matter
Reading edition
CARNIVAL
BY COMPTON MACKENZIE
AUTHOR OF "THE PASSIONATE ELOPEMENT"
NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1912
Copyright, 1912, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Published March, 1912 Printed in the United States of America
TO
MARTIN SECKER
"Put out the light; and then—put out the light."
Contents
Chapter Page
I.The Birth of Columbine1
II.Fairies at the Christening8
III.Dawn Shadows18
IV.The Ancient Mischief30
V.Pretty Apples in Eden40
VI.Shepherd's Calendar51
VII.Ambition Wakes61
VIII.Ambition Looks in the Glass71
IX.Life, Art, and Love89
X.Drury Lane and Covent Garden108
XI.The Orient Palace of Varieties120
XII.Growing Old131
XIII.The Ballet of Cupid140
XIV.Rain on the Roof152
XV.Cras Amet153
XVI.Love's Halcyon165
XVII.Columbine Asleep175
XVIII.Sweet and Twenty176
XIX.The Gift of Opals186
XX.Fête Galante199
XXI.Epilogue216
XXII.The Unfinished Statue221
XXIII.Two Letters234
XXIV.Journey's End241
XXV.Monotone249
XXVI.In Scyros255
XXVII.Quartette271
XXVIII.St. Valentine's Eve282
XXIX.Columbine at Dawn288
XXX.Lugete, O Veneres289
XXXI.A Document in Madness298
XXXII.Pageantry of Death303
XXXIII.Loose Ends310
XXXIV.Mr. Z. Trewhella317
XXXV.Marriage of Columbine332
XXXVI.The Tragic Loading341
XXXVII.Columbine in the Dark349
XXXVIII.The Alien Corn350
XXXIX.Intermezzo359
XL.Harvest Home367
XLI.Columbine Happy370
XLII.Shaded Sunlight371
XLIII.Bow Bells377
XLIV.Picking up Threads382
XLV.London Pride389
XLVI.May Morning394
XLVII.Nightlight Time399
XLVIII.Carni Vale404