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Title: Death

Author: Maurice Maeterlinck

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DEATH

by

MAURICE MAETERLINCK

Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

New York
Dodd, Mead & Company
1912

Copyright, 1911
By Maurice Maeterlinck
Published, January, 1912

All rights reserved

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THE WORKS OF MAURICE MAETERLINCK IN
UNIFORM STYLE AND BINDING

ESSAYS

THE TREASURE OF THE HUMBLE
WISDOM AND DESTINY
THE LIFE OF THE BEE
THE BURIED TEMPLE
THE DOUBLE GARDEN
THE MEASURE OF THE HOURS
DEATH

PLAYS

SISTER BEATRICE AND ARDIANE AND BARBE BLEUE
JOYZELLE AND MONNA VANNA
THE BLUE BIRD, A FAIRY PLAY
MARY MAGDALENE
PELLEAS AND MELISANDE, AND OTHER PLAYS
PRINCESS MALEINE
THE INTRUDER, AND OTHER PLAYS
AGLAVAINE AND SELYSETTE

HOLIDAY EDITIONS

The text in each case is an extract from one of the above mentioned
books.

OUR FRIEND THE DOG
OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS
THE SWARM
THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE FLOWERS
CHRYSANTHEMUMS
THE LEAF OF OLIVE
THOUGHTS FROM MAETERLINCK

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[Illustration: Camera Portrait by E. O. Hoppe, London]

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I OUR IDEA OF DEATH 3

II A PRIMITIVE IDEA 5

III WE MUST ENLIGHTEN AND ESTABLISH OUR
IDEA OF DEATH 10

IV WE MUST RID DEATH OF THAT WHICH