Any one about to read this work of fiction might properly be apprised beforehand that it is not a novel: it has neither the structure nor the purpose of The Novel.
It is a story. There are two characters—a middle-aged married couple living in a plain farmhouse; one point on the field of human nature is located; at that point one subject is treated; in the treatment one movement is directed toward one climax; no external event whatsoever is introduced; and the time is about forty hours.
A second story of equal length, laid in the same house, is expected to appear within a twelvemonth. The same father and mother are characters, and the family friend the country doctor; but subordinately all. The main story concerns itself with the four children of the two households.
It is an American children’s story:
“A Brood of The Eagle.”
During the year a third work, not fiction, will be published, entitled:
“The Christmas Tree: An Interpretation.”
The three works will serve to complete each other, and they complete a cycle of the theme.
CONTENTS
EARTH SHIELD AND EARTH FESTIVAL
III. THE LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES
VI. THE WHITE DAWN
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