CONTENTS

CHAPTERAUTHORPAGE
I HELEN MATHERS “FENELLA”[ 1]
II JUSTIN H. McCARTHY, M. P. KISMET[ 15]
III FRANCES ELEANOR TROLLOPE HOW IT STRIKES A CONTEMPORARY[ 25]
IV A. CONAN DOYLE “BETWEEN TWO FIRES”[ 41]
V MAY CROMMELIN[ 51]
VI F. C. PHILLIPS[ 63]
VII “RITA” SO NEAR—SO FAR AWAY[ 72]
VIII JOSEPH HATTON[ 83]
IX MRS. LOVETT CAMERON[98]
X BRAM STOKER[111]
XI FLORENCE MARRYAT MME. DE VIGNY’S REVENGE[ 124]
XII FRANK DANBY[ 143]
XIII MRS. EDWARD KENNARD “THE SCARS REMAINED”[ 154]
XIV RICHARD DOWLING DERELICT[ 163]
XV MRS. HUNGERFORD[ 174]
XVI ARTHUR A’BECKETT IN NEW YORK[ 191]
XVII JEAN MIDDLEMASS[ 210]
XVIII CLEMENT SCOTT “WITHIN SIGHT OF HOME”[ 221]
XIX CLO. GRAVES[ 232]
XX H. W. LUCY THROUGH FIRE AND WATER[ 244]
XXI ADELINE SERGEANT “ALIVE OR DEAD”[ 262]
XXII GEORGE MANVILLE FENN[ 273]
XXIII “TASMA”[ 287]
XXIV F. ANSTEY “WHOM THE GODS HATE DIE HARD”[305]

PUBLISHERS’ NOTE.

The publishers claim with no little satisfaction that in this book they offer the reading public a genuine novelty. The idea of a novel written by twenty-four popular writers is certainly an original one. The ladies and gentlemen who have written “The Fate of Fenella” have done their work quite independently of each other. There has been collaboration but not consultation. As each one wrote a chapter it was passed on to the next, and so on until it reached the hands of Mr. F. Anstey, whose peculiar and delightful humor made him a fitting choice for bringing the story to a satisfactory close.

THE FATE OF FENELLA.

CHAPTER I.
BY HELEN MATHERS.
“FENELLA.”

And dinna ye mind, love Gregory,

As we twa sate at dine,