A Romance of To-day
BY
HARRIET STARK
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
Book I: The Broken Chrysalis:
I. THE METAMORPHOSIS
II. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD
III. THE HORNETS' NEST
IV. THE GODDESS AND THE MOB
V. A HIGH-CLASS CONCERT
Book II: The Birth of the Butterfly:
I. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT
II. A SUNDAY-SCHOOL LESSON
III. THE QUEST OF KNOWLEDGE
IV. GIRL BACHELOR AND BIOLOGIST
V. THE FINDING OF THE BACILLUS
VI. THE GREAT CHANGE
VII. THE COMING OF THE LOVER
Book III: The Joy of the Sunshine:
I. CHRISTMAS
II. A LOOKING OVER BY THE PACK
III. SNARLING AT THE COUNCIL ROCK
IV. IN THE INTERESTS OF MUSIC
V. A PLAGUE OF REPORTERS
VI. LOVE IS NOTHING
VII. LOVE IS ALL
VIII. A LITTLE BELTED EARL
BOOK IV: The Bruising of the Wings:
I. THE KISS THAT LIED
II. THE IRONY OF LIFE
III. THE SUDDENNESS OF DEATH
IV. SOME REMARKS ABOUT CATS
V. THE LOVE OF LORD STRATHAY
VI. LITTLE BROWN PARTRIDGES
VII. LETTERS AND SCIENCE
VIII. A CHAPERON ON A CATTLE TRAIN
IX. A BURST OF SUNLIGHT
X. PLIGHTED TROTH
BOOK V: The End of the Beginning:
I. THE DEEDS OF THE FARM
II. CADGE'S ASSIGNMENT
III. "P.P.C."
(From the Shorthand Notes of John Burke.)
THE BACILLUS OF BEAUTY
NEW YORK, Sunday, Dec. 16.
I am going to set down as calmly and fully as I can a plai