FRONTISPIECE
BY
W. C. NIMS

GARDEN CITY, N. Y., AND TORONTO
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1921

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN

TO
ELIZABETH

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.Little Anne’s Calling[1]
II.The Oldest Anne[13]
III.The Quiet Room[23]
IV.Anne and Anne[33]
V.Small Furthering Breezes[45]
VI.“The Face That Lit the Fires,” etc.[56]
VII.The Poet’s Corner[68]
VIII.Candour[81]
IX.Soundings[93]
X.The Stray Page[104]
XI.Penitential[115]
XII.Making Alive[127]
XIII.The Ill Wind[139]
XIV.Adjustment[150]
XV.Opportunity[162]
XVI.Revelation[174]
XVII.Honour[187]
XVIII.Made in Heaven[199]
XIX.The End of the Play[210]
XX.Richard[222]
XXI.Wilberforce, the Painter[235]
XXII.Exits and Entrances[248]
XXIII.The Fall of the Curtain[261]

THE ANNES

CHAPTER I
Little Anne’s Calling