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  "The little things," he continued, delicately perforating the atmosphere as though selecting a diatom. _Frontispiece_ From a drawing by J. C. Leyendecker.

  "Simplicity," breathed Guilford--"a single blossom against a background of nothing at all" 22 From a drawing by J. C. Leyendecker.

  He paused; his six tall and blooming daughters, two and two behind him 54 From a drawing by Karl Anderson.

  Aphrodite's slender fingers, barely resting on the harp-strings, suddenly contracted in a nervous tremor 106 From a drawing by Karl Anderson.

  _Decorative drawings by Arthur C. Becker._