THE LEADING NOVEL OF TODAY.
The Fighting Chance.
By Robert W. Chambers. Illustrated by A. B. Wenzell. 12mo. Ornamental Cloth, $1.50.
In "The Fighting Chance" Mr. Chambers has taken for his hero, a young fellow who has inherited with his wealth a craving for liquor. The heroine has inherited a certain rebelliousness and dangerous caprice. The two, meeting on the brink of ruin, fight out their battles, two weaknesses joined with love to make a strength. It is refreshing to find a story about the rich in which all the women are not sawdust at heart, nor all the men satyrs. The rich have their longings, their ideals, their regrets, as well as the poor; they have their struggles and inherited evils to combat. It is a big subject, painted with a big brush and a big heart.
"After 'The House of Mirth' a New York society novel has to be very good not to suffer fearfully by comparison. 'The Fighting Chance' is very good and it does not suffer."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"There is no more adorable person in recent fiction than Sylvia Landis."—New York Evening Sun.
"Drawn with a master hand."—Toledo Blade.
"An absorbing tale which claims the reader's interest to the end."—Detroit Free Press.
"Mr. Chambers has written many brilliant stories, but this is his masterpiece."—Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.
Transcriber's Note:
Spelling, grammar, punctuation and hyphenation have been retained as in the original publication except as follows:
| Page 9 | you'll git somewhur's, I says you'll git [somewhur's,'] I says |
| Page 14 | comsummation of this mild adventure changed to [consummation] of this mild adventure |
| Page 23 | considered is so quietly changed to considered [it] so quietly front of "art emporiums." on changed to front of "art [emporiums,]" on |
| Page 33 | rainment was donned changed to [raiment] was donned |
| Page 48 | sasshaying down Fifth Avenue changed to [sashaying] down Fifth Avenue |
| Page 50 | that man every marry changed to that man [ever] marry |
| Page 84 | vista of heartshaking surprises changed to vista of [heart-shaking] surprises |
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| Page 243 | slay me an you will changed to slay me [an'] you will |
| Page 292 | walked by the lake, revolving changed to walked by the lake, [resolving] |
| Page 311 | with a gesture of replusion changed to with a gesture of [repulsion] |