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Title: Civilization
Tales of the Orient

Author: Ellen Newbold La Motte

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Language: English

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CIVILIZATION

Tales of the Orient

by

ELLEN N. LA MOTTE

Author of "The Backwash of War," Etc

New York
George H. Doran Company
Copyright, 1919,
by George H. Doran Company
Printed in the United States of America

The stories "Under A Wineglass," "Homesick" and "The Yellow
Streak" are published by courtesy of the _Century Magazine_.

CONTENTS

PAGE

I
THE YELLOW STREAK 11

II
ON THE HEIGHTS 33

III
HOMESICK 65

IV
CIV