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
[ 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 XIII. — FAITHFUL TO DEATH ]
[ 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 PHILOSOPHER IN THE APPLE ORCHARD ]
[ THE DECREE OF DUKE DEODONATO ]