H. 3D--THE REVIEW OF A CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE 81 SOUTHPAWS 123 MICHAEL 130 BUYING A FARM 133 ROMANCE AND RETICENCE 143 A ROBE FOR THE KING 147 TURNING THIRTY 159 MARGARET FULLER 163 HOLDING A BABY 168 RED MAGIC 176 THE LAST TRUMP 185 SPANKING MANNERS 189 PARK ROW AND FLEET STREET 194 MERRICK'S WOMEN 197 JUST AROUND THE CORNER 201 REFORM THROUGH READING 204 SHUSH! 207 A TEST FOR CRITICS 212 GRAY GODS AND GREEN GODDESSES 215 THE COSMIC KID 221 A JUNG MAN'S FANCY 225 DEBURAU 231 A REVIEWER'S NOTEBOOK 238 SEEING THINGS AT NIGHT The Fifty-first Dragon Of all the pupils at the knight school Gawaine le Coeur-Hardy was among the least promising. He was tall and sturdy, but his instructors soon discovered that he lacked spirit. He would hide in the woods when the jousting class was called, although his companions and members of the faculty sought to appeal to his better nature by shouting to him to come out and break his neck like a man. Even when they told him that the lances were padded, the horses no more than ponies and the field unusually soft for late autumn, Gawaine refused to grow enthusiastic. The Headmaster and the Assistant Professor of Pleasaunce were discussing the case one spring afternoon and the Assistant Professor could see no remedy but expulsion. "No," said the Headmaster, as he looked out at the purple hills which ringed the school, "I think I'll train him to slay dragons." "He might be killed," objected the Assistant Professor. "So he might," replied the Headmaster brightly, but he added, more soberly, "We must consider the greater good. We are responsible for the formation of this lad's character."