Chapter I: Front Matter

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WORKS BY SIR RABINDRANATH TAGORE

=GITANJALI (Song Offerings).= Translated by the Author. With an Introduction by W. B. YEATS and a Portrait by W. ROTHENSTEIN. Cr. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.

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=ONE HUNDRED POEMS OF KABIR.= Translated by Sir RABINDRANATH TAGORE. Assisted by EVELYN UNDERHILL. Cr. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.

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MASHI
AND OTHER STORIES

MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited

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MASHI
AND OTHER STORIES

BY
Sir RABINDRANATH TAGORE

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL BENGALI
BY VARIOUS WRITERS

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
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1918

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CONTENTS

PAGE

Mashi 3

The Skeleton 31

The Auspicious Vision 49

The Supreme Night 61

Raja and Rani 77

The Trust Property 87

The Riddle solved 107

The Elder Sister 123

Subha 145

The Postmaster 159

The River Stairs 173

The Castaway 185

Saved 207

My Fair Neighbour 215

MASHI