Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive Transcriber's Note: Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=sF8qAAAAYAAJ&dq * * * * * BOOKS BY HERMANN SUDERMANN Published By CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS The Joy of Living (_Es Lebe das Leben_). A Play in Five Acts. Translated from the German by Edith Wharton. _net_ $1.25 Roses. Four One-Act Plays. Translated from the German by Grace Frank. _net_ $1.25 Morituri. Three One-Act Plays. Translated from the German by Archibald Alexander. _net_ $1.25 * * * * * ROSES ROSES FOUR ONE-ACT PLAYS STREAKS OF LIGHT--THE LAST VISIT --MARGOT--THE FAR-AWAY PRINCESS BY HERMANN SUDERMANN TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY GRACE FRANK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK:::::::::::::::::::::::: 1909 Copyright, 1909, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Published September, 1909 CONTENTS Streaks Of Light Margot The Last Visit The Far-away Princess I STREAKS OF LIGHT A PLAY IN ONE ACT CHARACTERS Julia. Pierre. Wittich. The Present Day _The action takes place at a small pavilion situated in the park belonging to an old castle_. STREAKS OF LIGHT _An octagonal pavilion of the Rococo period, the three front walls of which are cut off by the proscenium. Ceiling and walls are cracked and spotted by rain, and bear the marks of long disuse. At the back, in the centre, a large doorway. The glass door is thrown wide open; the shutters behind are closed. On the right and left, in the oblique walls of the room, are windows, the shutters of which are also closed. Through the blinds at the door and the right window, sunbeams in streaks of light penetrate the semi-darkness of the room._