ANDERBY WOLD

By WINIFRED HOLTBY

LONDON
JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD

First published 1923
Reprinted 1938
Reprinted 1939
Reprinted 1948

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reproduced by any process without written permission.
Inquiries should be addressed to the publisher.

Printed in Great Britain by
LOWE AND BRYDONE PRINTERS LTD., London, N.W.10
for JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD, LTD.
8 Bury Place, London, W.C.1

TO
DAVID AND ALICE HOLTBY
IS DEDICATED
THIS IMAGINARY STORY OF
IMAGINARY EVENTS ON AN
IMAGINARY FARM


CONTENTS

I.[Full Suzerainty]
II.[The Toast]
III.[The Kingdom]
IV.[The Queen]
V.[The Trees of the Valley]
VI.[The Perfect Guest]
VII.[The Salvation of Society]
VIII.[The Stranger at the Cross-Roads]
IX.[The Enemies of Society]
X.[The Prophet and the Moon]
XI.[A Definition of Felicity]
XII.[The Fruitful Ground]
XIII.[The Shadow on the Kingdom]
XIV.[The Shadow on the Wheat]
XV.[Before the Harvest]
XVI.[Harvest at Anderby]
XVII.[Ladies at Market Burton]
XVIII.[Gentlemen at Anderby]
XIX.[The Road to Anderby]
XX.[Abdication]