Flower of the Dusk At the Sign of the Jack-O’Lantern A Spinner in the Sun Later Love Letters of a Musician Love Affairs of Literary Men This edition is issued under arrangement with the publishers G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York and London G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York and London GEORGE WASHINGTON AND MARTHA CURTIS. From a drawing by Clara M. Burd. (Page 34) To the Readers of To the Readers of THE ROMANCES OF MYRTLE REED. —A world-wide circle comprising probably not less than two million sympathetic admirers— This volume, which presents some of the writer’s most typical utterances—utterances characterised by the combination of wisdom, humour, and sentiment that belongs to all the writings of the gifted author, IS DEDICATED BY THE EDITOR. THE EDITOR. Chicago, January, 1913. Chicago, Chicago January, 1913.