Transcriber's Note: Obvious typographic errors have been corrected. [Pg 1] [Pg 1] THE MOTH DECIDES [Pg 2] [Pg 2] BY THE SAME AUTHOR: THE CHARMED CIRCLE A tale of Paris and an American boy who found on every hand romance hidden away. "As sunny as 'Seventeen' and as subtle as 'The Age of Innocence.' There will be thousands to delight in it with tears and chuckles."—Wilson Follett THE WHITE KAMI The story of a mysterious island in the China Sea. "Has flavor, charm, and qualities of unusual distinction. We are swept so far from reality that we close the story with genuine regret."—Boston Evening Transcript NEW YORK: ALFRED · A · KNOPF [Pg 3] [Pg 3] The Moth Decides The Moth Decides A NOVEL BY Edward Alden Jewell Edward Alden Jewell