THE BATTLE GROUND

To The Beloved Memory of My Mother

BOOK FIRST — GOLDEN YEARS

I. — "DE HINE FOOT ER A HE FRAWG"

II. — AT THE FULL OF THE MOON

III. — THE COMING OF THE BOY

IV — A HOUSE WITH AN OPEN DOOR

V. — THE SCHOOL FOR GENTLEMEN

VI. — COLLEGE DAYS

BOOK SECOND — YOUNG BLOOD

I. — THE MAJOR'S CHRISTMAS

II. — BETTY DREAMS BY THE FIRE

III. — DAN AND BETTY

IV — LOVE IN A MAZE

V. — THE MAJOR LOSES HIS TEMPER

VI. — THE MEETING IN THE TURNPIKE

VII. — IF THIS BE LOVE

VIII. — BETTY'S UNBELIEF

IX. — THE MONTJOY BLOOD

X. — THE ROAD AT MIDNIGHT

XI. — AT MERRY OAKS TAVERN

XII. — THE NIGHT OF FEAR

XIII. — CRABBED AGE AND CALLOW YOUTH

XIV. — THE HUSH BEFORE THE STORM

BOOK THIRD — THE SCHOOL OF WAR

I. — HOW MERRY GENTLEMEN WENT TO WAR

II. — THE DAY'S MARCH

III. — THE REIGN OF THE BRUTE

IV. — AFTER THE BATTLE

V. — THE WOMAN'S PART

VI. — ON THE ROAD TO ROMNEY

VII. — "I WAIT MY TIME"

VIII. — THE ALTAR OF THE WAR GOD

IX. — THE MONTJOY BLOOD AGAIN

BOOK FOURTH — THE RETURN OF THE VANQUISHED

I. — THE RAGGED ARMY

II. — A STRAGGLER FROM THE RANKS

III. — THE CABIN IN THE WOODS

IV. — IN THE SILENCE OF THE GUNS

V. — "THE PLACE THEREOF"

VI. — THE PEACEFUL SIDE OF WAR

VII. — THE SILENT BATTLE

VIII. — THE LAST STAND

IX. — IN THE HOUR OF DEFEAT

X. — ON THE MARCH AGAIN

XI. — THE RETURN