Comedies of Courtship
WHO IS THIS MAN, AND WHAT HAS HE TO DO WITH YOU?—(Page 36.
Comedies of Courtship
By Anthony Hope♣♣♣♣
The Wheel of Love. The Lady of the Pool.
The Curate of Poltons. A Three-Volume Novel.
The Philosopher in the Apple Orchard.
The Decree of Duke Deodonato.
"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 poor human creatures?"
—Lord Byron. "Don Juan"
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York ::::::::::: 1896
Copyright, 1895, by
Charles Scribner's Sons
Copyright, 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.
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