| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: For each figure had its meaning,
Each its separate song recorded.
Nor forgotten was the Love-Song,
The most subtle of all medicines,
The most potent spell of magic,
Dangerous more than war or hunting!
Thus the Love-Song was recorded,
Symbol and interpretation.
First a human figure standing,
Painted in the brightest scarlet;
`T Is the lover, the musician,
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: knocked. together under the table.
'O, my gracious goodness!' exclaimed Miss Hazeltine, and sprang
to her feet. 'Mr Forsyth gone mad!'
'I am not mad,' said the gentleman ruefully, extricating himself
from his position. 'Dearest. Miss Hazeltine, I vow to you upon my
knees I am not mad!'
'You are not!' she cried, panting.
'I know,' he said, 'that to a superficial eye my conduct may
appear unconventional.'
'If you are not mad, it was no conduct at all,' cried the girl,
with a flash of colour, 'and showed you did not care one penny
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