"The title of the book has a subtle intention. It indicates, and is true to the verities in doing so, the strange dreamlike quality of life to the man who has not yet fought his own battles, or come into conscious possession of his will--only such battles bite into the consciousness."--_Chicago Tribune_. The Common Lot "It grips the reader tremendously.... It is the drama of a human soul the reader watches ... the finest study of human motive that has appeared for many a day."--_The World To-day_. The Memoirs of an American Citizen. Illustrated with about fifty drawings by F. B. Masters. "Mr. Herrick's book is a book among many, and he comes nearer to reflecting a certain kind of recognizable, contemporaneous American spirit than anybody has yet done."--_New York Times_. "Intensely absorbing as a story, it is also a crisp, vigorous document of startling significance. More than any other writer to-day he is giving us _the_ American novel."--_New York Globe_. Together "Journeys end in lovers meeting," says the old saw; so all novels used to end--in marriage. Yet Mr. Herrick's interesting new novel only begins there; the best brief description of it is, indeed,--a novel about married people for all who are married. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY PUBLISHERS, 64-66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK