By Pierre Loti
By Pierre Loti
With a Preface by ALBERT SOREL, of the French Academy
CONTENTS
PIERRE LOTI
DEDICATION
INTRODUCTION
MME. CHRYSANTHEME
BOOK 1.
CHAPTER I. THE MYSTERIOUS LAND
CHAPTER II. STRANGE SCENES
CHAPTER III. THE GARDEN OF FLOWERS
CHAPTER IV. CHOOSING A BRIDE
CHAPTER V. A FANTASTIC MARRIAGE
CHAPTER VI. MY NEW MENAGE
CHAPTER VII. THE LADIES OF THE FANS
CHAPTER VIII. THE NECESSARY VEIL
CHAPTER IX. MY PLAYTHING
CHAPTER X. NOCTURNAL TERRORS
CHAPTER XI. A GAME OF ARCHERY
BOOK 2.
CHAPTER XII. HAPPY FAMILIES!
CHAPTER XIII. OUR “VERY TALL FRIEND”
CHAPTER XIV. OUR PIOUS HOSTS
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI. SLEEPING JAPAN
CHAPTER XVII. THE SONG OF THE CICALA
CHAPTER XVIII. MY FRIEND AND MY DOLL
CHAPTER XIX. MY JAPANESE RELATIVES
CHAPTER XX. A DEAD FAIRY
CHAPTER XXI. ANCIENT TOMBS
CHAPTER XXII. DAINTY DISHES FOR A DOLL
CHAPTER XXIII. A FANTASTIC FUNERAL
CHAPTER XXIV. SOCIABILITY
CHAPTER XXV. UNWELCOME GUESTS
CHAPTER XXVI. A QUIET SMOKE
CHAPTER XXVII. THE PRAYERFUL MADAME PRUNE
CHAPTER XXVIII. A DOLL’S CORRESPONDENCE
CHAPTER XXIX. SUDDEN SHOWERS
CHAPTER XXX. A LITTLE DOMESTIC DIFFICULTY
CHAPTER XXXI. BUTTERFLIES AND BEETLES
CHAPTER XXXII. STRANGE YEARNINGS
CHAPTER XXXIII. A GENEROUS HUSBAND
BOOK 3.
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE FEAST OF THE TEMPLE
CHAPTER XXXV. THROUGH A MICROSCOPE
CHAPTER XXXVI. MY NAUGHTY DOLL
CHAPTER XXXVII. COMPLICATIONS
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE HEIGHT OF SOCIABILITY!
CHAPTER XXXIX. A LADY OF JAPAN
CHAPTER XL. OUR FRIENDS THE BONZES
CHAPTER XLI. AN UNEXPECTED CALL
CHAPTER XLII. AN ORIENTAL VISION
CHAPTER XLIII. THE CATS AND THE DOLLS
CHAPTER XLIV. TENDER MINISTRATIONS
CHAPTER XLV. TWO FAIR ARISTOCRATS
CHAPTER XLVI. GRAVE SUSPICIONS
BOOK 4.
CHAPTER XLVII. A MIDNIGHT ALARM
CHAPTER XLVIII. UNUSUAL HOSPITALITY
CHAPTER XLIX. RUMORS OF DEPARTURE
CHAPTER L. A DOLLS’ DUET
CHAPTER LI. THE LAST DAY
CHAPTER LII. "FAREWELL!”
CHAPTER LIII. OFF FOR CHINA
CHAPTER LIV. A FADING PICTURE
CHAPTER LV. A WITHERED LOTUS-FLOWER