Chapter II: Foreword: vii

PART I--BOYS

THE VAGARIES OF TOD AND PETER 1

“TONY” 56

A SQUARE PEG 64

A TWENTIETH-CENTURY MISOGYNIST 79

PART II--CHILDREN OF LAST CENTURY

A SMALL EVENT 105

IN DURANCE VILE 126

THE SURRENDER OF LADY GRIZELL 134

A CLEAN PACK 144

AN IRON SEAT 152

LÉON 160

THE OLD RELIGION 168

COMRADES 177

LITTLE SHOES 184

“PASSING THE LOVE OF WOMEN” 189

A THROW BACK 197

THE INTERVENTION OF THE DUKE 207

PART III--CHILDREN OF THIS

JEAN, A PORTRAIT 253

THE DOLL’S-HOUSE FLAGS (1917) 264

CONCERNING CHRIS AND EASTER (1916) 280