With his death the local legends increased and multiplied; the distorted, varied myths of the Ruin of Man and its causes showing an inevitable tendency to group themselves around one striking and mysterious figure, to make of that figure a cause and a personification of the Great Disaster. Theodore Savage, to those who came after, was Merlin, Frankenstein and Adam; the fool who tasted of forbidden fruit, the magician whose arts had brought ruin on a world, the devil-artisan whose unholy skill had created monsters that destroyed him. His grave was an awesome spot, apart from other graves, which the timorous avoided after dark; and, long after all trace of it had vanished, there clung to the neighbourhood a tradition of haunting and mystery.... To his children’s children his name was the symbol of a dead civilization; a civilization that had passed so completely from the ken of living man that its lost achievements, the manner of its ending, could only be expressed in symbol. PRINTED BY GARDEN CITY PRESS, LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] _A Complete Catalogue of Books Published by Leonard Parsons, Ltd. Autumn_ 1921 ⁘ ⁘ ⁘ ⁘ ⁘ _DEVONSHIRE STREET, BLOOMSBURY, LONDON_ _Telephone No.:_ _Telegraphic Address_: _Museum 964._ “_Erudite, Westcent, London_” CONTENTS PART I PAGE NEW AND FORTHCOMING WORKS 1003 PART II SUBJECT INDEX 1008 PART III INDEX TO TITLES AND AUTHORS 1014 _NOTE—All prices of books quoted in this Catalogue are net._ NEW & FORTHCOMING WORKS FICTION THE FRUIT OF THE TREE, by _Hamilton Fyfe_. Crown 8vo, 7/6. Mr. Hamilton Fyfe is an attentive social observer. He sees that the growing distaste of the more intellectual kind of women for motherhood is bound to have disturbing consequences. Just as in the past men sought in “gay” society distraction from aggravated domesticity, so now they are liable to crave for domestic joys as a relief from childless homes. Without taking sides Mr. Fyfe describes such a case with an ever-present humour. He does not plead or preach: he is content to set forth problems of personality which have a vivid application in the everyday lives of us all. WOMEN AND CHILDREN, by _Hugh de Sélincourt_. Crown 8vo, 7/6. MR. HAVELOCK ELLIS writes: “This novel seems to be, in some ways, his most notable achievement.”