In this book, Barney explores her family tree, chronicles her friendships and associations through reprinted correspondence and recreated conversations, and evokes the golden age of her salon in gallery of literary portraits. Foreword / Karla Jay -- Introduction / Karla Jay -- 1. Forewarning -- 2. First Adventure: Oscar Wilde in the United States -- 3. Pierre Louys circa 1900: Literary Beginnings -- 4. Anatole France: Among the Amazons -- 5. Remy de Gourmont: The Amazon's Friend -- 6. Marcel Proust -- 7. Rainer Maria Rilke: Belated Appreciation -- 8. Fleg, Then Zangwill, Then Fleg -- 9. Gabriele D'Annunzio: At Home -- 10. Max Jacob -- 11. Doctor Jesus-Christ Mardrus -- 12. The Critical State of Andre Rouveyre -- 13. Paul Valery: The Dawn of an Academician: An Attempt at Clarification- 14. Legends and Anecdotes, Translators and Detractors -- 15. An Academy of Women: Foreword -- 16. Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, President -- 17. English Bohemian Life and Anna Wickham -- 18. Colette -- 19. Rachilde -- 20. Aurel: Festival in Return -- 21. Mina Loy -- 22. Elisabeth de Gramont -- 23. Djuna Barnes -- 24. Gertrude Stein -- 25. Romaine Brooks: The Case of a Great Painter of the Human Face -- 26. Renee Vivien -- 27. Retrospective of Marie Leneru by Magdeleine Marx Paz -- 28. P.P.C.: Leave-Taking.