Front matter
Reading edition
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BY EDITH WHARTON
A SON AT THE FRONT
THE GREATER INCLINATION
THE TOUCHSTONE
CRUCIAL INSTANCES
THE VALLEY OF DECISION
SANCTUARY
THE DESCENT OF MAN
THE HOUSE OF MIRTH
THE FRUIT OF THE TREE
THE HERMIT AND THE WILD WOMAN
TALES OF MEN AND GHOSTS
ETHAN FROME
THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY
XINGU
IN MOROCCO
FIGHTING FRANCE
ITALIAN BACKGROUNDS
A MOTOR FLIGHT THROUGH FRANCE
ARTEMIS TO ACTÆON
THE DECORATION OF HOUSES
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
A SON AT THE FRONT
BY
EDITH WHARTON
Something veil’d and abstracted is often a part of the manners of these beings.—Walt Whitman
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
MCMXXIII
Copyright, 1922, 1923, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Printed in the United States of America
Published September, 1923
IN MEMORY
OF
RONALD SIMMONS