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ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL

3. Adelphi Terrace House, London December 25, 1915

CONTENTS

I. DAYS: A WORD TO EXPLAIN 11

II. NIGHTS: IN ROME 27

III. NIGHTS: IN VENICE 71

IV. NIGHTS: IN LONDON 115

V. NIGHTS: IN PARIS 225

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

"J--" Frontispiece From the Painting by J. McLure Hamilton

OLD AND NEW ROME 35 From the Etching by Joseph Pennell

ELIHU VEDDER 56

FRANK DUVENECK 76 From the Painting by Joseph R. DeCamp

THE CAFE ORIENTALE, VENICE 82 From the Etching by Joseph Pennell

OUT OF OUR LONDON WINDOWS 122 From the Mezzotint by Joseph Pennell

W.E. HENLEY 125 From the Bust by Auguste Rodin

W.E. HENLEY 127 From the Painting by William Nicholson

IWAN-MUeLLER AND GEORGE W. STEEVENS 154 From a Photograph by Frederick Hollyer

"BOB" STEVENSON 160 From the Painting by Himself

HENRY HARLAND 172 From the Drawing by Aubrey Beardsley

AUBREY BEARDSLEY 178 From the Photograph by Frederick H. Evans

PHIL MAY IN CAP AND BELLS 193 From a previously unpublished Drawing by Himself

IN THE CHAMPS-ELYSEES, PARIS 235 From the Etching by Joseph Pennell

THE HALF HOUR BEFORE DINNER, PARIS 244 From the Etching by Joseph Pennell

ARISTIDE BRUANT OF THE CABARET DU MIRLITON, PARIS 290 From the Poster by Toulouse-Lautrec

DAYS

A WORD TO EXPLAIN

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