Produced by David T. Jones, Al Haines, Alex White & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net _NEW BORZOI NOVELS_ _FALL, 1920_ MOON-CALF _By Floyd Dell_ HUNGER _By Knut Hamsun_ Translated from the Norwegian by George Egerton, with an introduction by Edwin Björkman. SEVEN MEN _By Max Beerbohm_ YOUTH AND THE BRIGHT MEDUSA _By Willa Cather_ HAGAR’S HOARD _By George Kibbe Turner_ THE GATE OF IVORY _By Sidney L. Nyburg_ DEAD MEN’S MONEY _By J. S. Fletcher_ THE LOUDWATER MYSTERY _By Edgar Jepson_ THE LONG, DIM TRAIL _By Forrestine C. Hooker_ A MATING IN THE WILDS _By Ottwell Binns_ PETER JAMESON A Modern Romance BY GILBERT FRANKAU New York ALFRED · A · KNOPF 1920 COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY GILBERT FRANKAU _Published April, 1920_ _Second Printing April, 1920_ _Third Printing August, 1920_ _Fourth Printing November, 1920_ PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA _To the Average Man and Woman_ _of the English-Speaking Peoples_ CONTENTS FOREWORD. ONE. THE HOME AND THE OFFICE. TWO. NIRVANA, LIMITED. THREE. THE CREST OF THE WAVE. FOUR. CRISIS. FIVE. DECISION. SIX. PLAYING AT SOLDIER. SEVEN. ALARUMS AND EXCURSIONS. EIGHT. DISSENSION. NINE. TWO EXCUSES FOR FAILURE. TEN. GUNS, COUNTING-HOUSES, AND COUNTER-ESPIONAGE. ELEVEN. MEN AND HORSES. TWELVE. CONCENTRATIONS. THIRTEEN. PREPARE FOR ACTION! FOURTEEN. ATTACK! FIFTEEN. FORWARD. SIXTEEN. ACTION LEFT! SEVENTEEN. THE SUICIDE CLUB. EIGHTEEN. RESPITE. NINETEEN. THE CITY OF FEAR. TWENTY. THE HOME FRONT. TWENTY-ONE. THE DROSS AND THE GOLD. TWENTY-TWO. “SUNFLOWERS.” TWENTY-THREE. ”BEER” BATTERY. TWENTY-FOUR. IN THE NIGHT. TWENTY-FIVE. THE LAST OUNCE. TWENTY-SIX. BROKEN MEN. TWENTY-SEVEN. THE NEW SCIENCE. TWENTY-EIGHT. WOMANCRAFT. TWENTY-NINE. THE LIFTING OF SHADOWS. THIRTY. THE COMMENCEMENT OF DREAMS. THIRTY-ONE. OUT OF IT. THIRTY-TWO. END—OR BEGINNING? EPILOGUE. Peter Jameson: A Modern Romance FOREWORD § 1