TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected. —Bold text has been rendered as =bold text=. The Treasure of the Humble _By_ Maurice Maeterlinck _Translated by_ Alfred Sutro With _Introduction by_ A. B. Walkley London: George Allen, _Ruskin House_ 156 Charing Cross Road mcmv _First Edition, March 1897. Reprinted October 1897; September 1901; January 1903; May 1904; November 1905._ Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. At the Ballantyne Press =_TO_= _MADAME GEORGETTE LEBLANC_ The Treasure of the Humble [Illustration: LOGO] CONTENTS INTRODUCTION _Page_ ix SILENCE 1 THE AWAKENING OF THE SOUL 23 THE PRE-DESTINED 43 MYSTIC MORALITY 59 ON WOMEN 75 THE TRAGICAL IN DAILY LIFE 95 THE STAR 121 THE INVISIBLE GOODNESS 147 THE DEEPER LIFE 169 THE INNER BEAUTY 197 INTRODUCTION