CIRCE’S DAUGHTER
“La vie est un instrument qui on commence toujours par jouer faux.”
Circe’s Daughter
BY
PRISCILLA CRAVEN
Author of
“A Lighted Candle,” “The School of Love,” etc.
NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
1913
Copyright, 1913
By DUFFIELD & COMPANY
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| [PART I] | ||
| I. | —The Game | [3] |
| II. | —Circe’s Daughter | [15] |
| III. | —The World, the Flesh—— | [24] |
| IV. | —A Toy Mother | [34] |
| V. | —Green Bay-leaves | [47] |
| VI. | —A Mothers’ Meeting | [63] |
| VII. | —“Love is the only Convention” | [75] |
| [PART II] | ||
| I. | —En Route | [91] |
| II. | —“Live! live! live!” | [105] |
| III. | —“Ich liebe Dich” | [114] |
| IV. | —“Not satisfied” | [130] |
| V. | —The Girlie Girl | [141] |
| VI. | —Une Chambre à Louer | [151] |
| VII. | —“Miss Fay Morris that was” | [165] |
| VIII. | —“Two in a Studio” | [177] |
| IX. | —“Melton Green” | [193] |
| X. | —“The Star Turn” | [207] |
| XI. | —“Out at Sea” | [214] |
| XII. | —“Ashes” | [219] |
| XIII. | —A Danger Signal | [232] |
| XIV. | —An Unemotional Fish | [237] |
| XV. | —Why not? | [247] |
| XVI. | —Nature’s Fault | [264] |
| XVII. | —The Great Threshold | [274] |
| XVIII. | —Drunk and Disorderly | [290] |
| XIX. | —An Amiable Stuffed Animal | [299] |
| XX. | —Back to “The Game” | [311] |
| XXI. | —The Meaning of Life | [322] |
| XXII. | —A Sick Man’s Fancy | [332] |
| XXIII. | —Around the Corner | [342] |
| XXIV. | —The Strike | [360] |
| XXV. | —“Come” | [370] |