The Winged Beetle

vii CONTENTS ROSA COELI. To my wife 1 ABJAD-I-AL’AIN. To the memory of “ Alain Lutiy ” 16 THE HERMIT. To Cecil Jones 22 THE WIZARD WAY. To J. F. C. Fuller 24 THE WINGS. To Dot 34 THE GARDEN OF JANUS To V. B. Neuburg 35 THE TWO SECRETS To Mary Waska 45 THE PRIESTESS OF PANORMITA. To Hilda Howard 47 THE HAWK AND THE BABE. To Raymond Radclyffe 55 THE DUELLISTS. To Norah Moore 57 ATHOR AND ASAR. To Frank Harris 60 AFTER JUDGMENT. To Ophelia L—— 61 THE FIVE ADORATIONS. To Gerald Pinsent 64 TELEPATHY. To Euphemia L—— 65 THE SWIMMER. To Norman Mudd 72 THE MUSE. To Kathleen —— 73 THE GOD AND THE GIRL. To Dorothy L—— 75 ROSEMARY. To the memory of “ Hippolytus ” 79 AU BAL. To Horace Sheridan-Bickers 82 DISAPPOINTMENT. To Sadie B—— 83 THE OCTOPUS. To my Mother 85 THE EYES OF DOROTHY. To Dot 86