the
stars. But the house remains a vision out of a magical book; a thing
seen darkly as in a looking-glass; but lovely beyond the dreams of
mortals, and ineffably sad.

Transcriber's Notes:

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Significant
amendments, author's corrections and further notes have been recorded
below. American and British forms of typography, in addition to variant,
dialect and archaic spellings, have been retained except where obvious
errors exist.

Author's Corrections:

p. 14, see p. 30 for details:
'long' corrected to _longer_.

p. 49, see p. 60 for details:
'sublime' corrected to _sublimer_;
'star's' corrected to _stars_;
'father's' corrected to _fathers_;
'hollow'd' corrected to _hallow'd_.

Transcriber's Amendments:

p. 7, 'insanity' amended to _inanity_: 'triteness and inanity';
'permissable' amended to _permissible_: 'permissible clause';
'breath' amended to _breadth_: 'present moderate breadth'.

p. 8, 'woud' amended to _would_: 'would do much';
'editorials' amended to _editorial_: 'Mr Stokes' editorial';
'istincts' amended to _instincts_: 'in our instincts';
'amateurs' amended to _amateur_: 'in amateur circles'.

p. 9, 'from' amended to _form_: 'Credentials form the'.

p. 11, 'scacely' amended to _scarcely_: 'but scarcely equal';
'colums' amended to _columns_: 'Coyote's editorial columns'.

p. 12, 'Sappo' amended to _Sappho_: '"To Sappho", by Olive G. Owen'.

p. 13, 'Morrish' amended to _Moorish_: 'old Moorish Spain'.

p. 14, 'Houghton' amended to _Haughton_: 'Edna Mitchell Haughton's'.

p. 15, 'DERARTMENT' amended to _DEPARTMENT_: 'DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC';
'witheld' amended to _withheld_: 'merely withheld from'.

p. 16, added _is_: 'no praise is needed';
'Niagra' amended to _Niagara_: 'Visit to Niagara';
'wormth' amended to _warmth_: 'and genuine warmth';
'Weeks' amended to _Week_: 'History of an Eight-Week-Old'.

p. 17, 'advantage' amended to _advantages_: 'advantages ... are many'.

p. 18, 'pronounciation' amended to _pronunciation_: 'New York
pronunciation';
'Mrs.' amended to _Mr._, referring to Ricardo Santiago.

p. 19, 'phenomerally' amended to _phenomenally_: 'phenomenally pure';
'Hennesey' amended to _Hennessey_: 'James J. Hennessey'.

p. 20, 'bestrown' amended to _bestrewn_