CONTENTS

Prelude

Book One: Spring

  I

My Garret
Julot the Apache

  II

L'Escargot D'Or
It Is Later Than You Think
Noctambule

  III

Insomnia
Moon Song
The Sewing-Girl

  IV

Lucille
On the Boulevard
Facility

  V

Golden Days
The Joy of Little Things
The Absinthe Drinkers

Book Two: Early Summer

  I

The Release
The Wee Shop
The Philistine and the Bohemian

  II

The Bohemian Dreams
A Domestic Tragedy
The Pencil Seller

  III

Fi-Fi in Bed
Gods in the Gutter
The Death of Marie Toro

  IV

The Bohemian
The Auction Sale
The Joy of Being Poor

  V

My Neighbors
  Room 4: The Painter Chap
  Room 6: The Little Workgirl
  Room 5: The Concert Singer
  Room 7: The Coco-Fiend

Book Three: Late Summer

  I

The Philanderer
The Petit Vieux
My Masterpiece
My Book
My Hour

  II

A Song of Sixty-Five
Teddy Bear
The Outlaw
The Walkers

  III

Poor Peter
The Wistful One
If You Had a Friend
The Contented Man
The Spirit of the Unborn Babe

  IV

Finistere
Old David Smail
The Wonderer
Oh, It Is Good

  V

I Have Some Friends
The Quest
The Comforter
The Other One
Catastrophe

Book Four: Winter

  I

Priscilla
A Casualty
The Blood-Red Fourragere
Jim

  II

Kelly of the Legion
The Three Tommies
The Twa Jocks

  III

His Boys
The Booby-Trap
Bonehead Bill

  IV

A Lapse of Time and a Word of Explanation
Michael
The Wife
Victory Stuff
Was It You?

  V

Les Grands Mutiles
  The Sightless Man
  The Legless Man
  The Faceless Man

L'Envoi

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