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Comedies of Courtship, by Anthony Hope
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Title: Comedies of Courtship
Author: Anthony Hope
Release Date: April 4, 2008 [EBook #24985]
Language: English
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COMEDIES OF COURTSHIP
By Anthony Hope
"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'
Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1896
Copyright, 1896 Charles Scribner's Sons
Copyright, 1894, 1896, by Anthony Hope
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 The Lady of the Pool The Curate of Poltons A Thr