THE WHITE KAMI
Reading edition
BY THE SAME AUTHOR:
THE CHARMED CIRCLE
“Possessed of unusual strength and intensity. His characters are all sharply individualized and fit competently into the picture. They are interesting people and alive to the point of giddiness. Mr. Jewell has touched them with the fresh, electric buoyancy that distinguishes his book throughout.”—The Literary Review
“The extraordinary plot is the plot of a melodrama, but its handling is the work of a literary artist and an authentic humourist.”—The Chicago Evening Post
“As sunny as ‘Seventeen’ and as subtle as ‘The Age of Innocence.’ There will be thousands to delight in it, with tears and chuckles.”—Wilson Follett
NEW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF
The White Kami
A NOVEL
BY Edward Alden Jewell
NEW YORK ALFRED · A · KNOPF MCMXXII
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY EDWARD ALDEN JEWELL
Published, April, 1922
Set up and printed by the Vail-Ballou Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Paper furnished by W. F. Etherington & Co., New York, N. Y. Bound by the H. Wolff Estate, New York, N. Y.
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To MY FATHER AND MOTHER
C’est un ordre des dieux qui jamais ne se rompt, De nous vendre un peu cher les grands biens qu’ils nous font.—Corneille