Synopsis

“Happy far-off things / Lin Carter -- On reading Lord Dunsany / H.P. Lovecraft -- The journey of the king -- The fall of Babbulkund -- The bird of the difficult eye -- The secret of the sea -- The compromise of the King of the Golden Isles, a play -- The house of the sphinx -- Blagdaross -- The lonely idol -- The archive of the older mysteries -- The loot of Loma -- The last dream of Bwona Khubla -- The queen's enemies, a play -- How Plash-Goo came to the Land of None's Desire -- The prayer of Boob Aheera -- East and west -- How the gods avenged Meoul Ki Ning -- The man with the golden ear-rings -- Poor old Bill -- The bad old woman in black -- The field -- Where the tides ebb and flow -- The little city -- The highwayman -- In the twilight -- The ghosts -- The doom of La Traviata -- A narrow escape -- The lord of cities -- The unhappy body -- The gifts of the gods -- On the dry land -- The unpasturable fields -- The curse of the witch -- Hunting the unicorn -- The pale-green image -- The sacred city of Krakovlitz -- At sunset, a poem”