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Introduction

Sources

Further Reading

The Dreamer

Call of the Night

Just Lately Drummer Boy

‘Six Carried Her Away’

Solitude

The Personal God

Jungle Jargon

This Much and More

From Fifth Avenue Up

In General

From Third Avenue On

Seen from the ‘L’

In Particular

Twilight of the Illicit

To a Cabaret Dancer

Suicide

Death

In Conclusion

Dust

Birth

The Yellow Jar

The Last Toast

To an Idol

Shadows

Love Song

Lines to a Lady

The Lament of Women

To the Hands of a Beloved

To One in Favour

To a Bird

To the Dead Favourite of Liu Ch’e v vii xv xviii

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