Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. "The first edition of these tales was published in l888. It contained sixteen stories, to which twelve are added in the present impression. Many originally appeared in periodicals."--Notes, p. 301 The twilight of the gods.--The potion of Lao-Taze.--Abdallah the Adite.--Ananda the miracle worker.--The city of philosophers.--The demon pope.--The cupbearer.--The wisdom of the Indians.--The dumb oracle.--Duke Virgil.--The claw.--Alexander the ratcatcher.--The rewards of industry.--Madame Lucifer.--The talismans.--The elixir of life.--The poet of Panopolis.--The purple head.--The firefly.--Pan's wand.--A page from the book of folly.--The bell of Saint Euschemon.--Bishop Addo and Bishop Gaddo.--The philosopher and the butterflies.--Truth and her companions.--The three palaces.--New readings in biography.--The poison maid.--Notes