THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN 



X^ . {\ 



AVING alluded even m the most cursory way im- 

 aginable to the four winds of heaven at the time of 

 writing "The Garden Gate" the persistent Muse 

 Vould not let me rest until Aeolus and his four chief subjects 

 had taken substantial form in The Fragrant Note Book. 



It will of course be remembered that Aeolus, the wind god, 

 reigned over Boreas, the North Wind, Zephyrus, the West 

 Wind, Auster, the South Wind and Euros, the East Wind. 

 Aeolus made his home in a cave among the crags on Mount 

 Stromboli thereby giving his name to the group of islands 

 of which Stromboli is one and which are called the Aeolian ^ 

 Islands to this day. Aeolus' Lyre is of course the familiar 

 Aeolian Harp or string stretched to sing with the wind. The 

 assignment of seasons to the several winds as here adopted 

 is in accordance with mythological habit rather than local 

 conditions. In many climes the East Wind prevails in 

 spring and the West Wind in the autumn, but one would 

 hardly break in upon the old myths for an ephemeral whim, 

 nor would the truth be the same everywhere in any event. 



For the legendary order used we might find pretty confirma- 



55 



.\i2^ 



I ^ f X Nw 



I i 



