



Produced by Al Haines









[Frontispiece: Perspective View of the War Prison near
Tor Royal upon Dartmoor.
Designed for the accommodation of 10,000 Men, with Barracks
for 2000 men a Short distance, but not
represented in the Plate]




  THE
  AMERICAN PRISONER

  BY

  EDEN PHILLPOTTS



  METHUEN & CO.
  36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
  LONDON
  1904




  Out of the land whence the 'Mayflower' sailed,
  To
  Jeannette L. Gilder
  With hearty greeting




  CONTENTS


  BOOK I

  FOX TOR FARM

  CHAPTER

  I. CATER'S BEAM
  II. THE MALHERB AMPHORA
  III. BESIDE EXE
  IV. "THE MARROW OF THE FARM"
  V. DAWN
  VI. MR. P