Chapter IV: Part 4

Sitting Blind by the Sea Ruth McEnery Stuart

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Transcriber's Notes

Advertisements were collected at the end of the text.

The table of contents on the title page was adjusted in order to reflect correctly the headings in this issue of THE LITTLE REVIEW.

The article THE NEW LOYALTY--in the print interrupted on page 31--was continued on page 66. Page 66 was therefore moved directly after page 31.

The original spelling was mostly preserved. A few obvious typographical errors were silently corrected. All other changes are shown here (before/after):

[p. 56]:
... Pas la coulem rien que la nuance!" has been mercilessly
crucified ...
... Pas la couleur, rien que la nuance!" has been mercilessly
crucified ...