THE
BRIARY-BUSH

A Novel

By

Floyd Dell

New York

Alfred · A · Knopf

1921


COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY

ALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


TO

S. A. TANNENBAUM, M.D.,

EXPLORER OF THE DARK

CONTINENT OF THE MIND


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