Scattered here and there through the stacks of unpublished
manuscript which constitute this formidable Biography and Diary
of mine, certain chapters wish in several distant futurity be found
which deal with "Claimants"--claimants historically notorious:
Satan, Claimant; the Golden Calf, Claimant; the Veiled Prophet of
Khorassan, Claimant; Gladiator XVII., Claimant; William Shakespeare,
Claimant; Arthur Orton, Claimant; Mary Baker G. Eddy, Claimant--and
the rest of them. Eminent Claimants, booming Claimants,
defeated Claimants, royal Claimants, plebeian Claimants, showy
Claimants, shabby Claimants, revered Claimants, detested Claimants,
twinkle starry here and there and yonder through the mists of
history and legend and tradition--and oh, all