Translation: The New Spring 38 MRS. HUMPHRY WARD (MARY A. WARD) Wordsworth’s Valley in War-time 151 BARRETT WENDELL 1915. _Poem_ 40 EDITH WHARTON Preface xix The Tryst. _Poem_ 41 MARGARET L. WOODS Finisterre. _Poem_ 43 W. B. YEATS A Reason for Keeping Silent. _Poem_ 45 * * * * * _The French poems, except M. Rostand’s Sonnet are translated by Mrs. Wharton_ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CONTRIBUTIONS OF ARTISTS LÉON BAKST FOLLOWING PAGE Portrait of Jean Cocteau. _From an unpublished crayon sketch_ 8 Ménade. _From a water-colour sketch_ 126 MAX BEERBOHM A Gracious Act. (Caricature.) _From a water-colour sketch_ 104 JACQUES-ÉMILE BLANCHE Portrait of Thomas Hardy. _From a photograph of the painting_ 16 Portrait of George Moore. _From a photograph of the painting_ 138 Portrait of Igor Stravinsky. _From a study in oils_ 46 EDWIN HOWLAND BLASHFIELD A Woman’s Head. _From the original drawing_ 142 LÉON BONNAT Pegasus. _From a pencil and pen-and-ink sketch_ 70 P. A. J. DAGNAN-BOUVERET Brittany Woman. _From a drawing in coloured crayons_ 42 WALTER GAY Interior. _From an original water-colour sketch_ 32 J. L. GÉRÔME Turkish Soldier. _From the original pencil drawing made in 1857_ 108 CHARLES DANA GIBSON “The Girl he left behind Him.” _From a pen-and-ink sketch_ 26 ÉMILE-RENÉ MÉNARD Nude Figure. _From a sketch in coloured crayon_ 150 CLAUDE MONET Landscape. _From an early coloured pastel_ 22 Boats on a Beach. _From an early crayon drawing_ 100 PIERRE-AUGUSTE RÉNOIR Portrait of his Son, wounded in the War. _From a charcoal sketch_ 64 AUGUSTE RODIN Two Women. _From an original water-colour sketch_ 98 THÉO VAN RYSSELBERGHE Portrait of André Gide. _From a pencil drawing_ 4 Portrait of Émile Verhaeren. _From a pencil drawing_ 36 Portrait of Vincent d’Indy. _From a photograph of the painting_ 52 JOHN SINGER SARGENT, R.A. Portrait of Henry James. _From a photograph of the painting_ 114 Two Heads. _From a pencil drawing_ 132 PREFACE I THE HOSTELS