THE BRIARY-BUSH

A Novel

By

Floyd Dell

New York

Alfred · A · Knopf

1921

IICOPYRIGHT, 1921, BY

ALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IIITO

S. A. TANNENBAUM, M.D.,

EXPLORER OF THE DARK

CONTINENT OF THE MIND

IV“Oh, the briary-bush

That pricks my heart so sore!

If I ever get out of the briary-bush

I’ll never get in any more!”

—Old Song

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