Round the Corner / Being the Life and Death of Francis Christopher Folyat, Bachelor of Divinity, and Father of a Large Family

by Gilbert Cannan

ROUND THE CORNER

On veut essayer de peindre à la postérité, non les actions d’un seul homme, mais l’esprit des hommes dans le siècle le plus éclairé qui fut jamais.

—SIÈCLE DE LOUIS XIV.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

PETER HOMUNCULUS

LITTLE BROTHER

ROUND THE CORNER

BEING THE LIFE AND DEATH OF FRANCIS CHRISTOPHER FOLYAT, BACHELOR OF DIVINITY AND FATHER OF A LARGE FAMILY

BY GILBERT CANNAN

NEW YORK

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

MCMXIII

TO MY MOTHER

We were happy, you and I, In the days so long gone by, When you gave me of the store Of rich legendary lore, Part saga, and part truth, Of the days of your own youth. Ah! The world was golden then! How we scorned the world of men In the days so long gone by! We were happy, you and I.

First published 1913