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Title: Tales of Fantasy and Fact

Author: Brander Matthews

Release Date: December 2, 2007 [EBook #23678]

Language: English

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TALES OF FANTASY AND FACT

By

BRANDER MATTHEWS

NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1896

BOOKS BY BRANDER MATTHEWS.

THE THEATRES OF PARIS.
FRENCH DRAMATISTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
THE LAST MEETING, a Story.
A SECRET OF THE SEA, and Other Stories.
PEN AND INK: Essays on Subjects of More or Less Importance.
A FAMILY TREE, and Other Stories.
WITH MY FRIENDS: Tales Told in Partnership.
A TALE OF TWENTY-FIVE HOURS.
TOM PAULDING, a Story for Boys.
IN THE VESTIBULE LIMITED, a Story.
AMERICANISMS AND BRITICISMS, with Other Essays on Other Isms.
THE STORY OF A STORY, and Other Stories.
THE DECISION OF THE COURT, a Comedy.
STUDIES OF THE STAGE.
THIS PICTURE AND THAT, a Comedy.
VIGNETTES OF MANHATTAN.
THE ROYAL MARINE, an Idyl of Narragansett.
BOOK-BINDINGS, Old and New; Notes of a Book-Lover.
HIS FATHER'S SON, a Novel of New York.
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE.
TALES OF FANTASY AND FACT.
ASPECTS OF FICTION, and Other Ventures in Criticism. (In Press.)

Copyright, 1896, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
_All rights reserved._

TO
THE MEMORY OF MY FRIEND
H. C. BUNNER

CONTENTS

Page

A PRIMER OF IMAGINARY GEOGRAPHY 3

THE KINETOSCOPE OF TIME 27

THE DREAM-GOWN OF THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR 57

THE RIVAL GHOSTS 93

SIXTEEN YEARS WITHOUT A BIRTHDAY 131

THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE