PROTEUS
Reading edition
OR
THE FUTURE OF INTELLIGENCE
BY
VERNON LEE, LITT.D.
Author of Vital Lies, Satan the Waster, The Handling of Words, etc.

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Copyright 1925 By E. P. Dutton & Company
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To my dear friend BELLA DUFFY with thanks for a lifetime of intelligent talk. 1880–1925