# The Book of the Homeless

THE BOOK OF THE HOMELESS
(Le Livre des Sans-Foyer)
EDITED BY EDITH WHARTON
New York & London
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THE
BOOK OF THE HOMELESS
(LE LIVRE DES SANS-FOYER)
EDITED BY EDITH WHARTON
Original Articles in Verse and Prose Illustrations reproduced from Original Paintings & Drawings
THE BOOK IS SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AMERICAN HOSTELS FOR REFUGEES (WITH THE FOYER FRANCO-BELGE) AND OF THE CHILDREN OF FLANDERS RESCUE COMMITTEE
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
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COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
D. B. UPDIKE, THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS, BOSTON, U.S.A.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTIONS OF WRITERS AND MUSICIANS
| MAURICE BARRÈS | PAGE |
| Les Frères | 59 |
| Translation: The Brothers | 61 |
| SARAH BERNHARDT |
| Une Promesse | 64 |
| Translation: A Promise | 64 |
| LAURENCE BINYON |
| The Orphans of Flanders. Poem | 3 |
| PAUL BOURGET |
| Après un An | 65 |
| Translation: One Year Later | 67 |
| RUPERT BROOKE |
| The Dance. A Song | 4 |
| PAUL CLAUDEL |
| Le Précieux Sang. Poem | 5 |
| Translation: The Precious Blood | 6 |
| JEAN COCTEAU |
| La Mort des Jeunes Gens de la Divine Hellade. Fragment. Poem | 9 ​ |
| Translation: How the Young Men died in Hellas. A Fragment | 11 |
| JOSEPH CONRAD |
| Poland Revisited | 71 |
| VINCENT D'INDY |
| Musical Score: La légende de Saint Christophe (Acte I, Sc. III) | 55 |
| ELEONORA DUSE |
| Libertà nella Vita | 98 |
| Translation: The Right to Liberty | 98 |
| JOHN GALSWORTHY |
| Harvest | 99 |
| EDMUND GOSSE |
| The Arrogance and Servility of Germany | 101 |
| ROBERT GRANT |
| A Message. Poem | 14 |
| THOMAS HARDY |
| Cry of the Homeless. Poem | 16 |
| PAUL HERVIEU |
| Science et Conscience | 105 |
| Translation: Science and Conscience | 106 ​ |
| WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS |
| The Little Children. Poem | 17 |
| GÉNÉRAL HUMBERT |
| Les Arabes avaient Raison | 109 |
| Translation: An Heroic Stand | 111 |
| HENRY JAMES |
| The Long Wards | 115 |
| FRANCIS JAMMES |
| Epitaphe. Poem | 18 |
| Translation: An Epitaph | 19 |
| GÉNÉRAL JOFFRE |
| Lettre du Général Joffre | vii |
| Translation: Letter from General Joffre | viii |
| MAURICE MAETERLINCK |
| Notre Héritage | 127 |
| Translation: Our Inheritance | 127 |
| EDWARD SANDFORD MARTIN |
| We Who Sit Afar Off | 129 |
| ALICE MEYNELL |
| In Sleep. Poem | 20 ​ |
| PAUL ELMER MORE |
| A Moment of Tragic Purgation | 133 |
| COMTESSE DE NOAILLES |
| Nos Morts. Poem | 21 |
| Translation: Our Dead | 21 |
| JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY |
| Two Songs of a Year: 1914-1915 |
| I. Children's Kisses | 23 |
| II. The Sans-Foyer | 25 |
| LILLA CABOT PERRY |
| Rain in Belgium. Poem | 26 |
| AGNES REPPLIER |
| The Russian Bogyman | 139 |
| HENRI DE RÉGNIER |
| L'Exilé. Poem | 27 |
| Translation: The Exile | 28 |
| THEODORE ROOSEVELT |
| Introduction | ix |
| EDMOND ROSTAND |
| Horreur et Beauté. Poem | 30 ​ |
| Translation: Horror and Beauty | 30 |
| GEORGE SANTAYANA |
| The Undergraduate Killed in Battle. Poem | 32 |
| IGOR STRAVINSKY |
| Musical Score: Souvenir d'une marche boche | 49 |
| ANDRÉ SUARÈS |
| Chant des Galloises | 143 |
| Translation: Song of the Welsh Women | 147 |
| EDITH M. THOMAS |
| The Children and the Flag. Poem | 33 |
| HERBERT TRENCH |
| The Troubler of Telaro. Poem | 34 |
| ÉMILE VERHAEREN |
| Le Printemps de 1915. Poem | 37 |
| Translation: The New Spring | 38 |
| MRS. HUMPHRY WARD (Mary A. Ward) |
| Wordsworth's Valley in War-time | 151 |
| BARRETT WENDELL |
| 1915. Poem | 40 ​ |
| EDITH WHARTON |
| Preface | xix |
| The Tryst. Poem | 41 |
| MARGARET L. WOODS |
| Finisterre. Poem | 43 |
| W. B. YEATS |
| A Reason for Keeping Silent. Poem | 45 |
The French poems, except M. Rostand's Sonnet are translated by Mrs. Wharton
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CONTRIBUTIONS OF ARTISTS
| LÉON BAKST | FOLLOWING PAGE |
| Portrait of Jean Cocteau. From an unpublished crayon sketch | 8 |
| Ménade. From a water-colour sketch | 126 |
| MAX BEERBOHM |
| A Gracious Act. (Caricature.) From a water-colour sketch | 104 |
| JACQUES-ÉMILE BLANCHE |
| Portrait of Thomas Hardy. From a photograph of the painting | 16 |
| Portrait of George Moore. From a photograph of the painting | 138 |
| Portrait of Igor Stravinsky. From a study in oils | 46 |
| EDWIN HOWLAND BLASHFIELD |
| A Woman's Head. From the original drawing | 142 |
| LÉON BONNAT |
| Pegasus. From a pencil and pen-and-ink sketch | 70 |
| P. A. J. DAGNAN-BOUVERET |
| Brittany Woman. From a drawing in coloured crayons | 42 |
| WALTER GAY |
| Interior. From an original water-colour sketch | 32 ​ |
| J. L. GÉRÔME |
| Turkish Soldier. From the original pencil drawing made in 1857 | 108 |
| CHARLES DANA GIBSON |
| "The Girl he left behind Him." From a pen-and-ink sketch | 26 |
| ÉMILE-RENÉ MÉNARD |
| Nude Figure. From a sketch in coloured crayon | 150 |
| CLAUDE MONET |
| Landscape. From an early coloured pastel | 22 |
| Boats on a Beach. From an early crayon drawing | 100 |
| PIERRE-AUGUSTE RÉNOIR |
| Portrait of his Son, wounded in the War. From a charcoal sketch | 64 |
| AUGUSTE RODIN |
| Two Women. From an original water-colour sketch | 98 |
| THÉO VAN RYSSELBERGHE |
| Portrait of André Gide. From a pencil drawing | 4 |
| Portrait of Émile Verhaeren. From a pencil drawing | 36 |
| Portrait of Vincent d'Indy. From a photograph of the painting | 52 |
| JOHN SINGER SARGENT, R.A. |
| Portrait of Henry James. From a photograph of the painting | 114 |
| Two Heads. From a pencil drawing | 132 |
Of this book, in addition to the regular edition, there have been printed and numbered one hundred and seventy-five copies de luxe, of larger format.
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