XXXVII Strategy 43 XXXVIII A Work of Art 44 XXXIX Offspring 45 XL V. C. 46 XLI But-- 47 XLII Conjecture 48 XLIII The Judgment of Solomon 49 XLIV The Supernatural 50 XLV Curiosity 51 XLVI The Mirror 52 XLVII Patria 53 XLVIII The Lover 54 XLIX The Public 55 L The Scholar 56 LI Grotesquerie 57 LII Contretemps 58 LIII Dramatic Criticism 59 LIV Nepenthe 60 LV Ecce Homo 61 LVI The Actor 62 LVII Vade Mecum 63 LVIII Butterflies 64 LIX Boomerang 65 LX Advice 66 LXI Pastel 67 LXII Imitations 68 LXIII The Coquette 69 LXIV Moonlight 70 LXV The Eternal Masculine 71 LXVI Satire 72 LXVII Glory 73 LXVIII Romance 74 LXIX The Spider and the Fly 75 LXX Veritas 76 LXXI The Reformer 78 LXXII Fatalism 79 LXXIII Technique 80 LXXIV Finis 81 I THE ATHEIST "I worship no one," cried the atheist. "Divinities are senseless, useless, barriers to progress and ambition, a curse to man. Gods, fetiches, graven images, idols--faugh!" On the atheist's work-table stood the photograph of a beautiful girl. II ALLIES The Devil, finishing his seidel of Wuerzburger, eyed the young man quizzically. "What would you of me?" he said. "I would ask," bade the young man, "how one may know the women who serve you as allies?" "Find those who smile at themselves in their mirrors," said the Devil. III VIEWPOINT In a rapidly ascending balloon were two men. One watched the earth getting farther and farther away. One watched the stars getting nearer and nearer. IV THE MISTAKE