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DECADENCE

AND OTHER ESSAYS ON

THE CULTURE OF IDEAS

BY

REMY DE GOURMONT

AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY

WILLIAM ASPENWALL BRADLEY

LONDON

GRANT RICHARDS LTD.

ST MARTIN'S STREET

MDCCCCXXII

REMY DE GOURMONT
From a hitherto unpublished portrait by Hélène Dufau inthe possession of Miss Barney.

CONTENTS

Note.—The first, sixth, seventh, and eighth essays are translated fromLa Culture des Idées; the ninth is from the Promenades Philosophiques;and the remaining essays are from Le Chemin de Velours.

INTRODUCTION

When, more than ten years ago, I wrote the first article on Remy deGourmont which, so far as I know, appeared in America—North America,bien entendu, for the author of La Culture des Idées and Le Chemind