WAR LETTERS FROM THE LIVING DEAD MAN _BY ELSA BARKER_ THE SON OF MARY BETHEL THE FROZEN GRAIL THE BOOK OF LOVE THE SONG OF SAVITRI STORIES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT FOR CHILDREN THE SCAB LETTERS FROM A LIVING DEAD MAN WAR LETTERS FROM THE LIVING DEAD MAN WAR LETTERS FROM THE LIVING DEAD MAN WRITTEN DOWN BY ELSA BARKER _WITH AN INTRODUCTION_ NEW YORK MITCHELL KENNERLEY 1915 COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY MITCHELL KENNERLEY CONTENTS LETTER PAGE I. THE RETURN OF “X” 17 II. A DWELLER ON THE THRESHOLD 22 III. AN ASSURANCE 27 IV. THE WAY OF UNDERSTANDING 28 V. ASTRAL MONSTERS 32 VI. THE ARCHDUKE 38 VII. THE “CHOSEN PEOPLE” 43 VIII. SPECTRES OF THE CONGO 49 IX. UNSEEN GUARDIANS 54 X. ONE DAY AS A THOUSAND YEARS 60 XI. MANY TONGUES 66 XII. THE BEAUTIFUL BEING 67 XIII. THE BODY OF HUMANITY 71 XIV. THE FOEMAN WITHIN 76 XV. LISTENING IN BRUSSELS 82 XVI. THE SIXTH RACE 88 XVII. AN AMERICAN ON GUARD 95 XVIII. A MASTER OF COMPASSION 100 XIX. THE ROSE-VEILED STRANGER 108 XX. ABOVE THE BATTLEFIELDS 118 XXI. A SOUL IN PURGATORY 125 XXII. PEACE PROPAGANDA 139 XXIII. THE MYSTERY OF DESIRE 143 XXIV. THE SCALES OF JUSTICE 148 XXV. FOR LOVE’S SAKE 155 XXVI. A MASTER OF MIND 164 XXVII. INVISIBLE ENEMIES 172 XXVIII. THE GLORY OF WAR 178 XXIX. A FRIEND OF “X” 181 XXX. THE ROSE AND THE CROSS 189