The Tree of Heaven (collection)

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The Tree of Heaven (1904)
by Robert W. Chambers
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Edition: New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1907. Illustrators: Henry Hutt, Howard Chandler Christy and Albert Beck Wenzell (frontispiece). Many of these "chapters" were previously published as individual short stories in various magazines.

The Tree of Heaven, is something of a treat. There is an attempt to give these tales a semblance of continuity by introducing in the opening one an Eastern traveller steeped in psychic science, who proceeds during the progress of a dinner to prophesy to each of the guests in a curious manner, and speaking in symbolic language, some crucial occurrence in their lives. —Frederic Taber Cooper, "The Hammock Novel and Some Recent Books," The Bookman 1907. [Full review on the Talk page]

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"'What's the use,' she said, 'of kissing a girl who is engaged?'"

The
Tree of Heaven

Robert W. Chambers

AUTHOR OF "THE FIGHTING CHANCE,"
"IOLE," "THE TRACER OF LOST PERSONS," ETC.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK MCMVII


Copyright, 1907, BY
ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

Published May, 1907

TO MY FRIEND

AUSTIN CORBIN


CONTENTS

  1. chapterpage
  2. I. The Carpet of Belshazzar 1
  3. II. The Sign of Venus 40
  4. III. The Case of Mr. Helmer 60
  5. IV. The Tree of Dreams 77
  6. V. The Bridal Pair 128
  7. VI. Ex Curia 153
  8. VII. The Golden Pool 176
  9. VIII. Out of the Depths 200
  10. IX. The Swastika 218
  11. X. The Ghost of Chance 258

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. FACING PAGE
  2. "'What's the use,' she said, 'of kissing a girl who is engaged?'" Frontispiece.
  3. "She dropped her head, striking chord on chord with nervous precision" 14
  4. "The girl in black stood motionless, watching him intently" 66
  5. "At the foot of the stairs she … made him a low reverence" 174

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1961, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 62 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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