Whether subsequent exploration will confirm his assertions, only the future can show. For myself I will say candidly and without fear of derision that I believe that somewhere deep amid the mountain solitudes there _does_ exist that Navel of Light; that it is peopled by a race from whom the outer world has much to learn, not only in scientific ingenuity but in breadth and humanity of ideas; that it is ruled by a modern Greek of great personal beauty and strength of body and mind, whom the folk of Hellas believe, rightly or wrongly, to be the reincarnated personality of their great founder. Whether my belief is warranted or not, let the reader of this narrative decide. I have done my part in publishing, literally and without so much as the addition or removal of one comma, the manuscript which reached me from the representatives of Ronald Mirlees shortly after his lamented and most mysterious death. _Terminat hora diem: terminat auctor opus._ * * * * * DUCKWORTH'S FICTION. THE GREAT MOMENT BY ELINOR GLYN THE PRIMROSE PATH STORIES BY ARTHUR MILLS THE MARSDEN CASE BY F. M. FORD (FORD MADOX HUEFFER) OUT OF BONDAGE BY OLIVE MARY SALTER THE ROAD BY LADY DOROTHY MILLS BODIES AND SOULS BY SHAW DESMOND THE VALLEY OF EYES UNSEEN BY GILBERT COLLINS REVOLVING LIGHTS BY DOROTHY RICHARDSON BLOWING WEATHER BY JOHN T. MCINTYRE * * * * * THE VALLEY OF EYES UNSEEN _By the same Author._ FLOWER OF ASIA A NOVEL OF NIHON. 7s. 6d. net. "A glimpse of the real Japan."--_Field._ "A book of great beauty, deep thought, and fine feeling."--_Sketch._ "A story of intensely poignant charm and delicacy."--_Hindustan Review._ "A most sympathetic study of modern Japanese life."--_Daily Telegraph._ DUCKWORTH & CO., LONDON, W.C.2