I. IN PRAISE OF UNICORNS 1 II. AN AMERICAN COMPOSER: THE PASSING OF EDWARD MACDOWELL 6 III. REMY DE GOURMONT: HIS IDEAS. THE COLOUR OF HIS MIND 18 IV. ARTZIBASHEF 33 V. A NOTE ON HENRY JAMES 53 VI. GEORGE SAND 67 VII. THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL 82 VIII. THE CASE OF PAUL CÉZANNE 96 IX. BRAHMSODY 106 X. THE OPINIONS OF J.-K. HUYSMANS 111 XI. STYLE AND RHYTHM IN ENGLISH PROSE 121 XII. THE QUEEREST YARN IN THE WORLD 139 XIII. ON REREADING MALLOCK 151 XIV. THE LOST MASTER 161 XV. THE GRAND MANNER IN PIANOFORTE PLAYING 171 XVI. JAMES JOYCE 187 XVII. CREATIVE INVOLUTION 195 XVIII. FOUR DIMENSIONAL VISTAS 203 XIX. O. W. 212 XX. A SYNTHESIS OF THE SEVEN ARTS 218 XXI. THE CLASSIC CHOPIN 228 XXII. LITTLE MIRRORS OF SINCERITY 241 XXIII. THE REFORMATION OF GEORGE MOORE 261 XXIV. PILLOWLAND 277 XXV. CROSS-CURRENTS IN MODERN FRENCH LITERATURE 283 XXVI. MORE ABOUT RICHARD WAGNER 300 XXVII. MY FIRST MUSICAL ADVENTURE 317 XXVIII. VIOLINISTS NOW AND YESTERYEAR 323 XXIX. RIDING THE WHIRLWIND 339 XXX. PRAYERS FOR THE LIVING 353 UNICORNS CHAPTER I IN PRAISE OF UNICORNS "The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown: The Lion beat the Unicorn all round the town." ...