More TriviaFront matterReading editionChapter navigation134 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterLOGAN PEARSALL SMITHCONTENTSA GREETINGREASSURANCETHE GREAT ADVENTURETHE BEATIFIC VISIONFACESTHE OBSERVERCHAOSTHE GHOSTTHE HOUR-GLASSTHE LATCHKEYGOOD PRACTICEEVASIONDINING OUTWHAT'S WRONGAT SOLEMN MUSICTHE GOATSELF-CONTROLTHE COMMUNION OF SOULSWAXWORKSADJECTIVESWHERE?IN THE STREETTHE ABBEY AT NIGHTDESPERANCECHAIRSA GRIEVANCETHE MOONLONGEVITYIN THE BUSJUSTIFICATIONTHE SAYING OF A PERSIAN POETMONOTONYDAYDREAMPROVIDENCEACTIONWAITINGTHE WRONG WORDIONSA FIGURE OF SPEECHA SLANDERSYNTHESISTHE AGECOMFORTAPPEARANCE AND REALITYLONELINESSTHE WELSH HARPMISAPPREHENSIONTHE LIFTSLOANE STREETREGENT'S PARKTHE AVIARYST. JOHN'S WOODTHE GARDEN SUBURBSUNDAY CALLSAN ANOMALYTHE LISTENERABOVE THE CLOUDSTHE BUBBLECAUTIONDESIRESMOMENTSTHE EPITAPHINTERRUPTIONTHE EAR-TRUMPETGUILTCADOGAN GARDENSTHE RESCUECHARMCARAVANSTHE SUBURBSTHE CONCERTOSOMEWHERETHE PLATITUDETHE FETISHTHE ECHOTHE SCAVENGERTHE HOT-BEDAPHASIAMAGICMRS. BACKEWHISKERSTHE SPELLING LESSON.JEUNESSEHANGING ONSUPERANNUATIONAT THE CLUBDELAYSMILESTHE DAWNTHE PEARINSOMNIAREADING PHILOSOPHYMORAL TRIUMPHA VOWTHE SPRINGS OF ACTIONIN THE CAGESHRINKAGEVOICESEVANESCENCECOMPLACENCYMY PORTRAITTHE RATIONALISTTHOUGHTSPHRASESDISENCHANTMENTASK ME NO MOREFAMENEWS-ITEMSJOYIN ARCADYWORRIESTHINGS TO WRITEPROPERTYIN A FIXVERTIGOTHE EVIL EYETHE EPITHETTHE GARDEN PARTYWELTSCHMERZBOGEYSLIFE-ENHANCEMENTECLIPSETHE PYRAMIDTHE FULL MOONLUTONTHE DANGER OF GOING TO CHURCHTHE SONNETWELTANSCHAUUNGTHE ALIENHYPOTHESESTHE ARGUMENTBeginning of this editionNext chapter →LOGAN PEARSALL SMITHAll chapters and sections (134)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsLOGAN PEARSALL SMITHCONTENTSA GREETINGREASSURANCETHE GREAT ADVENTURETHE BEATIFIC VISIONFACESTHE OBSERVERCHAOSTHE GHOSTTHE HOUR-GLASSTHE LATCHKEYGOOD PRACTICEEVASIONDINING OUTWHAT'S WRONGAT SOLEMN MUSICTHE GOATSELF-CONTROLTHE COMMUNION OF SOULSWAXWORKSADJECTIVESWHERE?IN THE STREETTHE ABBEY AT NIGHTDESPERANCECHAIRSA GRIEVANCETHE MOONLONGEVITYIN THE BUSJUSTIFICATIONTHE SAYING OF A PERSIAN POETMONOTONYDAYDREAMPROVIDENCEACTIONWAITINGTHE WRONG WORDIONSA FIGURE OF SPEECHA SLANDERSYNTHESISTHE AGECOMFORTAPPEARANCE AND REALITYLONELINESSTHE WELSH HARPMISAPPREHENSIONTHE LIFTSLOANE STREETREGENT'S PARKTHE AVIARYST. JOHN'S WOODTHE GARDEN SUBURBSUNDAY CALLSAN ANOMALYTHE LISTENERABOVE THE CLOUDSTHE BUBBLECAUTIONDESIRESMOMENTSTHE EPITAPHINTERRUPTIONTHE EAR-TRUMPETGUILTCADOGAN GARDENSTHE RESCUECHARMCARAVANSTHE SUBURBSTHE CONCERTOSOMEWHERETHE PLATITUDETHE FETISHTHE ECHOTHE SCAVENGERTHE HOT-BEDAPHASIAMAGICMRS. BACKEWHISKERSTHE SPELLING LESSON.JEUNESSEHANGING ONSUPERANNUATIONAT THE CLUBDELAYSMILESTHE DAWNTHE PEARINSOMNIAREADING PHILOSOPHYMORAL TRIUMPHA VOWTHE SPRINGS OF ACTIONIN THE CAGESHRINKAGEVOICESEVANESCENCECOMPLACENCYMY PORTRAITTHE RATIONALISTTHOUGHTSPHRASESDISENCHANTMENTASK ME NO MOREFAMENEWS-ITEMSJOYIN ARCADYWORRIESTHINGS TO WRITEPROPERTYIN A FIXVERTIGOTHE EVIL EYETHE EPITHETTHE GARDEN PARTYWELTSCHMERZBOGEYSLIFE-ENHANCEMENTECLIPSETHE PYRAMIDTHE FULL MOONLUTONTHE DANGER OF GOING TO CHURCHTHE SONNETWELTANSCHAUUNGTHE ALIENHYPOTHESESTHE ARGUMENTByLOGAN PEARSALL SMITH →