COMEDIES OF COURTSHIP
By Anthony Hope
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
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