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  1. Table of Contents
  2. Introduction
  3. The Crystal Cup
  4. I. The Dream-Birth
  5. II. The Feast of Beauty
  6. III. The Story of the Moonbeam
  7. The Chain of Destiny
  8. I. A Warning
  9. II. More Links
  10. III. The Third To-morrow
  11. IV Afterwards
  12. The Castle of the King
  13. The Dualitists; or, the Death Doom of the Double Born
  14. Chapter I. Bis Dat Qui Non Cito Dat1
  15. Chapter II. Halcyon Days
  16. Chapter III. Rumours of Wars
  17. Chapter IV The Tucket Sounds
  18. Chapter V The First Crusade
  19. Chapter VI. “Let the Dead Past Bury Its Dead”
  20. Chapter VII. A Cloud with Golden Lining
  21. The Burial of the Rats
  22. The Judge’s House
  23. The Secret of the Growing Gold
  24. The Coming of Abel Behenna
  25. The Squaw
  26. A Dream of Red Hands
  27. Crooken Sands
  28. Dracula’s Guest
  29. A Star Trap
  30. A Gipsy Prophecy
  31. A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST

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RELATIVITY SIMPLY EXPLAINED, Martin Gardener. One of the subject’s clearest, most entertaining introductions offers lucid explanations of special and general theories of relativity, gravity, and spacetime, models of the universe, and more. 100 illustrations. 224pp. 5e9780486143217_img_8540.gif x 8½.

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REMBRANDT DRAWINGS: 116 Masterpieces in Original Color, Rembrandt van Rijn. This deluxe hardcover edition features drawings from throughout the Dutch master’s prolific career. Informative captions accompany these beautifully reproduced landscapes, biblical vignettes, figure studies, animal sketches, and portraits. 128pp. 8e9780486143217_img_8540.gif x 11.

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THE ROAD NOT TAKEN AND OTHER POEMS, Robert Frost. A treasury of Frost’s most expressive verse. In addition to the tide poem: “An Old Man’s Winter Night,” “In the Home Stretch,” “Meeting and Passing,” “Putting in the Seed,” many more. All complete and unabridged. 64pp. e9780486143217_i0069.jpg x 8¼.

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ROMEO AND JULIET, William Shakespeare. Tragic tale of star-crossed lovers, feuding families and timeless passion contains some of Shakespeare’s most beautiful and lyrical love poetry. Complete, unabridged text with explanatory footnotes. 96pp. e9780486143217_i0070.jpg x 8¼.

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SANDITON AND THE WATSONS: Austen’s Unfinished Novels, Jane Austen. Two tantalizing incomplete stories revisit Austen’s customary milieu of courtship and venture into new territory, amid guests at a seaside resort. Both are worth reading for pleasure and study. 112pp. 5e9780486143217_img_8540.gif x 8½.

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THE SCARLET LETTER, Nathaniel Hawthorne. With stark power and emotional depth, Hawthorne’s masterpiece explores sin, guilt, and redemption in a story of adultery in the early days of the Massachusetts Colony. 192pp. e9780486143217_i0071.jpg x 8¼.

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THE SEASONS OF AMERICA PAST, Eric Sloane. Seventy-five illustrations depict cider mills and presses, sleds, pumps, stump-pulling equipment, plows, and other elements of America’s rural heritage. A section of old recipes and household hints adds additional color. 160pp. 8e9780486143217_img_8540.gif x 11.

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SELECTED CANTERBURY TALES, Geoffrey Chaucer. Delightful collection includes the General Prologue plus three of the most popular tales: “The Knight’s Tale,” “The Miller’s Prologue and Tale,” and “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale.” In modern English. 144pp. e9780486143217_i0072.jpg x 8¼.

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SELECTED POEMS, Emily Dickinson. Over 100 best-known, best-loved poems by one of America’s foremost poets, reprinted from authoritative early editions. No comparable edition at this price. Index of first lines. 64pp. e9780486143217_i0073.jpg x 8¼.

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SIDDHARTHA, Hermann Hesse. Classic novel that has inspired generations of seekers. Blending Eastern mysticism and psychoanalysis, Hesse presents a strikingly original view of man and culture and the arduous process of self-discovery, reconciliation, harmony, and peace. 112pp. e9780486143217_i0074.jpg × 8¼.