The Shining Pyramid (collection)

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The Shining Pyramid (1923)
by Arthur Machen, edited by Vincent Starrett

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A collection of one novelette (the title story) and several essays. The accompanying illustrations by Wallace Smith may be omitted.

Miscellany gathered from old files showing extraordinary versatility and the expected Machen artistry. —The Bookman July 1923.

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The

Shining

Pyramid

Arthur

Machen

Chicago
COVICI-M^cGEE
1923

Copyright 1923
Vincent Starett
Chicago

This is a limited edition of 875 copies of which
850 copies are for sale and this copy is

No. 462

CONTENTS (not listed in original)

Introduction

The Shining Pyramid, 1
Out of the Earth, 37
The Spagyric Quest of Beroaldus Cosmopolita, 47
The Priest and the Barber, 63
The Splendid Holiday, 73
The Lost Club, 77
A Wonderful Woman, 87
In Convertendo, 93
The Hidden Mystery, 103
The Martyr, 115
The Art of Dickens, 125
Unconscious Magic, 135
Happiness and Horror, 143
Ars Artium, 157
Realism and Symbol, 165
Paganism, 173
Education and the Uneducated, 183
New Lamps for Old, 195
Mandatum Novissimum, 203
"Sad Happy Race", 215
The Capital Levy, 229
Drake's Drum, 237

Edited

With an Introduction

by

Vincent Starrett

drawings by

Wallace Smith

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1930.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1947, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 77 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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