RODMOOR BOOKS BY JOHN COWPER POWYS THE WAR AND CULTURE, 1914 $ .60 VISIONS AND REVISIONS, ESSAYS, 1915 $2.00 WOOD AND STONE, A ROMANCE, 1915 $1.50 WOLF’S-BANE, RHYMES, 1916 $1.25 ONE HUNDRED BEST BOOKS WITH COMMENTARY, 1916 $ .75 SUSPENDED JUDGMENTS, ESSAYS, 1916 $2.00 BY THEODORE FRANCIS POWYS THE SOLILOQUY OF A HERMIT, 1916 $1.00 PUBLISHED BY G. ARNOLD SHAW GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL, NEW YORK RODMOOR A ROMANCE JOHN COWPER POWYS Author of “Wood and Stone,” etc. _O they rade on, and farther on,_ _And they waded rivers abune the knee,_ _And they saw neither sun nor moon_ _But they heard the roaring of the sea._ ANONYMOUS. [Illustration] 1916 G. ARNOLD SHAW NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1916 BY G. ARNOLD SHAW COPYRIGHT, IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE COLONIES VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF EMILY BRONTE CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE BOROUGH 1 II DYKE HOUSE 24 III SEA-DRIFT 40 IV OAKGUARD 49 V A SYMPOSIUM 58 VI BRIDGE-HEAD AND WITHY-BED 73 VII VESPERS 87 VIII SUN AND SEA 102 IX PRIEST AND DOCTOR 118 X LOW TIDE 129 XI THE SISTERS 139 XII HAMISH TRAHERNE 152 XIII DEPARTURE 160 XIV BRAND RENSHAW 175 XV BROKEN VOICES 194 XVI THE FENS 212 XVII THE DAWN 226 XVIII BANK-HOLIDAY 239 XIX LISTENERS 264 XX RAVELSTON GRANGE 282 XXI THE WINDMILL 311 XXII THE NORTHWEST WIND 337 XXIII WARDEN OF THE FISHES 352 XXIV THE TWENTY-EIGHTH OF OCTOBER 375