The DARK FOREST by HUGH WALPOLE GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers, New York GROSSET & DUNLAP by arrangement with GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1916 BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY TO KONSTANTINE SAMOFF THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED BY HIS FRIEND THE AUTHOR CONTENTS Spring in the Train The School-House The Invisible Battle Nikitin First Move to the Enemy The Retreat