CONTENTS

PREFACE
PROLOGUE: Conversation Piece 1
CHAPTER
One: Far Off Things 14
Two: The London Adventure 37
Three: The Weaver of Fantasy 58
Four: A Noble Profession 72
Five: The Legend of a Legend 90
Six: The Yellow Books 112
Seven: Machen’s Magic 128
Eight: The Pattern 144
Nine: The Veritable Realists 161
Ten: Things Near and Far 178
EPILOGUE 197
BIBLIOGRAPHY 199