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, 1914-15_. Of the remaining essays, some have appeared in various English and American periodicals; others are now printed in translation for the first time. I have also had M. Maeterlinck's leave to include in this volume his first published work, _The Massacre of the Innocents_. This powerful sketch in the Flemish manner saw the light originally in the _Pleiade_, in 1886, and may at the present time, to use the author's own words in a note to myself, be regarded as "a sort of vague symbolic prophecy." An English version by Mrs. Edith Wingate Rinder was printed in the _Dome_ in 1899; another has since been issued by an English and by an American firm of publishers; but the only authorized translation to appear in book form is that now added as an epilogue to _The Wrack of the Storm_. ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS. CHELSEA, 1916. CONTENTS PAGE AUTHOR'S PREFACE 5 TRANSLATOR'S NOTE 7 I AFTER THE VICTORY 11 II KING ALBERT 21 III THE HOSTAGE CITIES 31 IV TO SAVE FOUR CITIES 37 V PRO PATRIA: I 45 VI HEROISM 59 VII PRO PATRIA: II 75 VIII PRO PATRIA: III 89 IX BELGIUM'S FLAG DAY 109 X ON THE DEATH OF A LITTLE SOLDIER 117 XI THE HOUR OF DESTINY 131 XII IN ITALY 147 XIII ON REREADING THUCYDIDES 161 XIV THE DEAD DO NOT DIE 179 XV IN MEMORIAM 191 XVI SUPERNATURAL COMMUNICATIONS IN WAR-TIME 197 XVII EDITH CAVELL 217 XVIII THE LIFE OF THE DEAD 229 XIX THE WAR AND THE PROPHETS 241 XX THE WILL OF EARTH 257 XXI FOR POLAND 271 XXII THE MIGHT OF THE DEAD 279 XXIII WHEN THE WAR IS OVER 291 XXIV THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS
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