Unicorns

Unicorns
By
James Huneker

“I would write on the lintels of the door-post, ‘Whim.’” --Emerson

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1917
COPYRIGHT, 1917, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Published September, 1917
COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY THE NEW YORK HERALD COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY THE RIDGEWAY COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1909, 1911, 1916, 1917, BY THE SUN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO. COPYRIGHT, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, BY THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1915, 1916, BY PUCK PUBLISHING CO. COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY NORTH AMERICAN COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY THE NEW YORK EVENING MAIL

CONTENTS
Dedication
Chapter 1. In Praise of Unicorns
Chapter 2. An American Composer: The Passing of Edward Macdowell
Chapter 3. Remy De Gourmont: His Ideas. The Colour of His Mind
Part 1.
Part 2.
Part 3.
Chapter 4. Artzibashef
Part 1.
Part 2.
Part 3.
Chapter 5. A Note on Henry James
Part 1.
Part 2.
Chapter 6. George Sand
Part 1.
Part 2.
Part 3.
Part 4.
Chapter 7. The Great American Novel
Part 1.
Part 2.
Part 3.
Part 4.
Chapter 8. The Case of Paul Cézanne
Chapter 9. Brahmsody
Chapter 10. The Opinions of J.-K. Huysmans
Chapter 11. Style and Rhythm in English Prose
Part 1.
Part 2.
Chapter 12. The Queerest Yarn in the World
Chapter 13. On Rereading Mallock
Chapter 14. The Lost Master
Chapter 15. The Grand Manner in Pianoforte Playing
Chapter 16. James Joyce
Chapter 17. Creative Involution
Chapter 18. Four Dimensional Vistas
Chapter 19. O. W.
Chapter 20. A Synthesis of the Seven Arts
Chapter 21. The Classic Chopin
Chapter 22. Little Mirrors of Sincerity
Chapter 23. The Reformation of George Moore
Part 1.
Part 2.
Chapter 24. Pillowland
Chapter 25. Cross-Currents in Modern French Literature
Part 1.
Part 2.
Part 3.
Chapter 26. More about Richard Wagner
Part 1.
Part 2.
Part 3.
Chapter 27. My First Musical Adventure
Chapter 28. Violinists Now and Yesteryear
Chapter 29. Riding the Whirlwind
Chapter 30. Prayers for the Living