LETTERS FROM A LIVING DEAD MAN _BY ELSA BARKER_ WAR LETTERS FROM THE LIVING DEAD MAN LAST LETTERS FROM THE LIVING DEAD MAN SONGS OF A VAGROM ANGEL LETTERS FROM A LIVING DEAD MAN WRITTEN DOWN BY ELSA BARKER _WITH AN INTRODUCTION_ NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 681 FIFTH AVENUE COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY MITCHELL KENNERLEY COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY _All Rights Reserved_ Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS LETTER PAGE INTRODUCTION 5 I. THE RETURN 15 II. TELL NO MAN 16 III. GUARDING THE DOOR 18 IV. A CLOUD ON THE MIRROR 19 V. THE PROMISE OF THINGS UNTOLD 21 VI. THE WAND OF WILL 22 VII. A LIGHT BEHIND THE VEIL 24 VIII. THE IRON GRIP OF MATTER 26 IX. WHERE SOULS GO UP AND DOWN 28 X. A RENDEZVOUS IN THE FOURTH DIMENSION 30 XI. THE BOY--LIONEL 35 XII. THE PATTERN WORLD 40 XIII. FORMS REAL AND UNREAL 44 XIV. A FOLIO OF PARACELSUS 47 XV. A ROMAN TOGA 51 XVI. A THING TO BE FORGOTTEN 56 XVII. THE SECOND WIFE OVER THERE 64 XVIII. INDIVIDUAL HELLS 70 XIX. A LITTLE HOME IN HEAVEN 71 XX. THE MAN WHO FOUND GOD 78 XXI. THE LEISURE OF THE SOUL 84 XXII. THE SERPENT OF ETERNITY 90 XXIII. A BRIEF FOR THE DEFENDANT 97 XXIV. FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE 101 XXV. A SHADOWLESS WORLD 104 XXVI. CIRCLES IN THE SAND 109