Front matter
Reading edition
1894
“It is a familiar fact that the intensity of a passion varies with the proximity of the appropriate object.” Mr. Leslie Stephen, ‘Science of Ethics’ “How the devil is it that fresh features Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?” Lord Byron, ‘Don Juan’
NOTE
“The Wheel of Love,” published in Scribner’s Magazine during the past year, and “The Lady of the Pool,” both protected by American copyright, are here printed for the first time in book form. The four other stories appeared without their author’s consent or knowledge, with their titles changed beyond recognition, and combined with other unauthorized material, in a small volume printed by an American firm. They are here given for the first time in their proper form and by my authority.
Anthony Hope.
CONTENTS
THE WHEEL OF LOVE
CHAPTER I. — THE VIRTUOUS HYPOCRITES
CHAPTER II. — SYMPATHY IN SORROW
CHAPTER III. — A PROVIDENTIAL DISCLOSURE
CHAPTER IV. — THE TALE OF A POSTMARK
CHAPTER V. — A SECOND EDITION
CHAPTER VI. — A MAN WITH A THEORY
CHAPTER VII. — THE SIGHTS OF AVIGNON
CHAPTER VIII. — MR. AND MRS. ASHFORTH (1)
CHAPTER IX. — MR. AND MRS. ASHFORTH (2)
CHAPTER X. — MR. AND NOT MRS. ASHFORTH
CHAPTER XI. — A DYNAMITE OUTRAGE
CHAPTER XII. — ANOTHER!
CHAPTER XIII. — FAITHFUL TO DEATH
THE LADY OF THE POOL
CHAPTER I. — A FIRM BELIEVER
CHAPTER II. — MISS WALLACE’S FRIEND
CHAPTER III. — ALL NONSENSE
CHAPTER IV. — A CATASTROPHE AT THE POOL
CHAPTER V. — AN UNFORESEEN CASE
CHAPTER VI. — THERE WAS SOMEBODY
CHAPTER VII. — THE INEVITABLE MEETING
CHAPTER VIII. — THE MORAL OF IT
CHAPTER IX. — TWO MEN OF SPIRIT
CHAPTER X. — THE INCARNATION OF LADY AGATHA
THE CURATE OF POLTONS
A THREE-VOLUME NOVEL
THE PHILOSOPHER IN THE APPLE ORCHARD
THE DECREE OF DUKE DEODONATO