Whipperginny
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1. AUTHOR’S NOTE2. WHIPPERGINNY (“A card game, obsolete.”—Standard Dictionary.)3. THE BEDPOST4. A LOVER SINCE CHILDHOOD5. SONG OF CONTRARIETY6. THE RIDGE-TOP7. SONG IN WINTER8. UNICORN AND THE WHITE DOE9. SULLEN MOODS10. A FALSE REPORT11. CHILDREN OF DARKNESS (“In their generation wiser than the children of Light.”)12. RICHARD ROE AND JOHN DOE13. THE DIALECTICIANS14. THE LANDS OF WHIPPERGINNY (“Heaven or Hell or the Lands of Whipperginny.”—Nashe’s Jack Wilton.)15. “THE GENERAL ELLIOTT”16. A FIGHT TO THE DEATH17. OLD WIVES’ TALES18. CHRISTMAS EVE19. THE SNAKE AND THE BULL20. THE RED RIBBON DREAM21. IN PROCESSION22. HENRY AND MARY23. AN ENGLISH WOOD24. MIRROR, MIRROR!25. WHAT DID I DREAM?26. INTERLUDE: ON PRESERVING A POETICAL FORMULA27. A HISTORY OF PEACE (Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant)28. THE ROCK BELOW29. AN IDYLL OF OLD AGE30. THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN TELLS OF A FAMOUS MEETING31. THE SEWING BASKET (Accompanying a wedding present from Jenny Nicholson to Winifred Roberts)32. AGAINST CLOCK AND COMPASSES33. THE AVENGERS34. ON THE POET’S BIRTH35. THE TECHNIQUE OF PERFECTION36. THE SIBYL37. A CRUSADER38. A NEW PORTRAIT OF JUDITH OF BETHULIA39. A REVERSAL40. THE MARTYRED DECADENTS: A SYMPATHETIC SATIRE41. EPIGRAMS42. THE BOWL AND RIM43. A FORCED MUSIC44. THE TURN OF A PAGE45. THE MANIFESTATION IN THE TEMPLE46. TO ANY SAINT47. A DEWDROP48. A VALENTINE