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Title: Flower of the Dusk

Author: Myrtle Reed

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FLOWER OF THE DUSK

by

MYRTLE REED

G. P. Putnam's Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press
1908
Copyright, 1908
by
Myrtle Reed McCullough
The Knickerbocker Press, New York

By MYRTLE REED.

FLOWER OF THE DUSK.
LOVE AFFAIRS OF LITERARY MEN.
A SPINNER IN THE SUN.
LOVE LETTERS OF A MUSICIAN.
LATER LOVE LETTERS OF A MUSICIAN.
THE SPINSTER BOOK.
LAVENDER AND OLD LACE.
THE MASTER'S VIOLIN.
AT THE SIGN OF THE JACK-O'-LANTERN.
THE SHADOW OF VICTORY.
THE BOOK OF CLEVER BEASTS.
PICKABACK SONGS.

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE

I--A MAKER OF SONGS 1

II--MISS MATTIE 15

III--THE TOWER OF COLOGNE 28

IV--THE SEVENTH OF JUNE 42

V--ELOISE 55

VI--A LETTER 68

VII--AN AFTERNOON CALL 83

VIII--A FAIRY GODMOTHER 98

IX--TAKING THE CHANCE 111

X--IN THE GARDEN 126

XI--BARBARA'S "TO-MORROW" 142

XII--MIRIAM 155

XIII--"WOMAN SUFFRAGE" 169

XIV--BARBARA'S BIRTHDAY 181

XV--THE SONG OF THE PINES 194

XVI--BETRAYAL 209

XVII--"NEVER AGAIN"