CHAPTER 1

. MISS INGATE, AND THE YACHT 2. THE THIEF’S PLAN WRECKED 3. THE LEGACY 4. MR. FOULGER 5. THE DEAD HAND 6. THE YOUNG WIDOW 7. THE CIGARETTE GIRL 8. EXPLOITATION OF WIDOWHOOD 9. LIFE IN PARIS 10. FANCY DRESS 11. A POLITICAL REFUGEE 12. WIDOWHOOD IN THE STUDIO 13. THE SWOON 14. MISS INGATE POINTS OUT THE DOOR 15. THE RIGHT BANK 16. ROBES 17. SOIRÉE 18. A DECISION 19. THE BOUDOIR 20. PAGET GARDENS 21. JANE 22. THE DETECTIVE 23. THE BLUE CITY 24. THE SPATTS 25. THE MUTE 26. NOCTURNE 27. IN THE GARDEN 28. ENCOUNTER 29. FLIGHT 30. ARIADNE 31. THE NOSTRUM 32. BY THE BINNACLE 33. AGUILAR’S DOUBLE LIFE 34. THE TANK-ROOM 35. THE THIRD SORT OF WOMAN 36. IN THE DINGHY 37. AFLOAT 38. IN THE UNIVERSE 39. THE IMMINENT DRIVE 40. GENIUS AT BAY 41. FINANCIAL NEWS 42. INTERVAL 43. ENTR’ACTE 44. END OF THE CONCERT 45. STRANGE RESULT OF A QUARREL 46. AN EPILOGUE

THE FEAST OF ST. FRIEND A CHRISTMAS BOOK BY ARNOLD BENNETT 1911 CONTENTS:

THE FACT THE REASON THE SOLSTICE AND GOODWILL THE APPOSITENESS OF CHRISTMAS DEFENCE OF FEASTING TO REVITALIZE THE FESTIVAL THE GIFT OF ONESELF THE FEAST OF ST. FRIEND THE REACTION ON THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR

YOUR UNITED STATES

IMPRESSIONS OF A FIRST VISIT

By Arnold Bennett

Illustrated By Frank Craig 1912 CONTENTS

I. THE FIRST NIGHT II. STREETS III. THE CAPITOL AND OTHER SITES IV. SOME ORGANIZATIONS V. TRANSIT AND HOTELS VI. SPORT AND THE THEATER VII. EDUCATION AND ART VIII. CITIZENS

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE GLORY OF FIFTH AVENUE INSPIRES EVEN THOSE ON FOOT DISEMBARKING AT NEW YORK THE DOWN-TOWN BROADWAY OF CROWDED SKY-SCRAPERS BROADWAY ON ELECTION NIGHT A BUSY DAY ON THE CURB MARKET A WELL-KNOWN WALL STREET CHARACTER THE SKY-SCRAPERS OF LOWER NEW YORK AT NIGHT A WINTER MORNING IN LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO A RIVER-FRONT HARMONY IN BLACK AND WHITE—CHICAGO THE APPROACH TO THE CAPITOL ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE ON THE STEPS OF THE PORTICO—THE CAPITOL UNDER THE GREAT DOME OF THE CAPITOL THE PROMENADE—CITY POINT, BOSTON THE BOSTON YACHT CLUB—OVERLOOKING THE HARBOR AT MORN POURING CONFIDENCES INTO HER TELEPHONE LUNCHEON IN A DOWN-TOWN CLUB A YOUNG WOMAN WAS JUST FINISHING A FLORID SONG ABSORBED IN THAT WONDROUS SATISFYING HOBBY IN THE PARLOR-CAR BREAKFAST EN ROUTE IN THE SUBWAY ONE ENCOUNTERS AN INSISTENT, HURRYING STREAM THE STRAP-HANGERS THE PASSENGERS ON THE ELEVATED AT NIGHT ARE ODDLY ASSORTED THE RESTAURANT OF A GREAT HOTEL IS BUT ONE FEATURE OF ITS SPLENDOR THE HORSE-SHOWS ARE WONDROUS DISPLAYS OF FASHION THE SENSE OF A MIGHTY AND CULMINATING EVENT SHARPENED THE AIR THE VICTORS LEAVING THE FIELD UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS—UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MITCHELL TOWER AND HUTCHINSON COMMONS—UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PART OF THE DAILY ROUND OF THE INDOMITABLE NEW YORK WOMAN THE ASTOUNDING POPULOUSNESS OF THE EAST SIDE

HUGO A FANTASIA ON MODERN THEMES By Arnold Bennett CONTENTS

## PART I

THE SEALED ROOMS I. THE DOME II. THE ESTABLISHMENT III. HUGO EXPLAINS HIMSELF IV. CAMILLA V. A STORY AND A DISAPPEARANCE VI. A LAPSE FROM AN IDEAL VII. POSSIBLE ESCAPE OF SECRETS VIII. ORANGE-BLOSSOM IX. 'WHICH?' X. THE COFFIN

## PART II

THE PHONOGRAPH XI. SALE XII. SAFE DEPOSIT XIII. MR. GALPIN XIV. TEA XV. RAVENGAR IN CAPTIVITY XVI. BURGLARS XVII. POLYCARP AND HAWKE'S MAN XVIII. HUSBAND AND WIFE XIX. WHAT THE PHONOGRAPH SAID

## PART III

THE TOMB XX. 'ARE YOU THERE?' XXI. SUICIDE XXII. DARCY XXIII. FIRST TRIUMPH OF SIMON XXIV. THE LODGING-HOUSE XXV. CHLOROFORM XXVI. SECOND TRIUMPH OF SIMON XXVII. THE CEMETERY XXVIII. BEAUTY

BOOKS AND PERSONS BEING COMMENTS ON A PAST EPOCH 1908-1911 By Arnold Bennett CONTENTS PREFATORY NOTE 1908 WILFRED WHITTEN'S PROSE UGLINESS IN FICTION LETTERS OF QUEEN VICTORIA FRENCH PUBLISHERS WORDSWORTH'S SINGLE LINES NOVELISTS AND AGENTS THE NOVEL OF THE SEASON GERMAN EXPANSION THE BOOK-BUYER JOSEPH CONRAD & THE ATHENÆUM THE PROFESSORS MRS. HUMPHRY WARD'S HEROINES W.W. JACOBS AND ARISTOPHANES KENNETH GRAHAME ANATOLE FRANCE INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY MALLARMÉ, BAZIN, SWINBURNE THE RUINED SEASON 1909 ECCE HOMO HENRY OSPOVAT FRENCH AND BRITISH ACADEMIES POE AND THE SHORT STORY MIDDLE-CLASS THE POTENTIAL PUBLIC H.G. WELLS TCHEHKOFF THE SURREY LABOURER SWINBURNE THE SEVENPENNIES MEREDITH ST. JOHN HANKIN UNCLEAN BOOKS LOVE POETRY TROLLOPE'S METHODS CHESTERTON AND LUCAS OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF POETRY ARTISTS AND CRITICS RUDYARD KIPLING CENSORSHIP BY THE LIBRARIES 1910 CENSORSHIP BY THE LIBRARIES BRIEUX C.E. MONTAGUE PUBLISHERS AND AUTHORS TOURGENIEV AND DOSTOIEVSKY JOHN GALSWORTHY SUPPRESSIONS IN "DE PROFUNDIS" HOLIDAY READING THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF LETTERS UNFINISHED PERUSALS MR. A.C. BENSON THE LITERARY PERIODICAL THE LENGTH OF NOVELS ARTISTS AND MONEY HENRI BECQUE HENRY JAMES ENGLISH LITERARY CRITICISM MRS. ELINOR GLYN W.H. HUDSON NEO-IMPRESSIONISM AND LITERATURE 1911 BOOKS OF THE YEAR "THE NEW MACHIAVELLI" SUCCESS IN JOURNALISM MARGUERITE AUDOUX JOHN MASEFIELD LECTURES AND STATE PERFORMANCES A PLAY OF TCHEHKOFF'S SEA AND SLAUGHTER A BOOK IN A RAILWAY ACCIDENT "FICTION" AND "LITERATURE"

INDEX

THE GHOST A Modern Fantasy

By Arnold Bennett 1911 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE

I. My Splendid Cousin 1 II. At The Opera 15 III. The Cry of Alresca 37 IV. Rosa's Summons 53 V. The Dagger and the Man 69 VI. Alresca's Fate 97 VII. The Vigil by the Bier 122 VIII. The Message 134 IX. The Train 150 X. The Steamer 172 XI. A Chat with Rosa 196 XII. Egg-and-milk 210 XIII. The Portrait 224 XIV. The Villa 237 XV. The Sheath of the Dagger 249 XVI. The Thing in the Chair 260 XVII. The Menace 273 XVIII. The Struggle 286 XIX. The Intercession 298

MENTAL EFFICIENCY AND OTHER HINTS TO MEN AND WOMEN By Arnold Bennett 1911 CONTENTS

Page I. Mental Efficiency 7 The Appeal 7 The Replies 13 The Cure 19 Mental Calisthenics 24 II. Expressing One's Individuality 32 III. Breaking with the Past 39 IV. Settling Down in Life 45 V. Marriage 53 The Duty of It 53 The Adventure of It 59 The Two Ways of It 65 VI. Books 72 The Physical Side 72 The Philosophy of Book Buying 78 VII. Success 84 Candid Remarks 84 The Successful and the Unsuccessful 91 The Inwardness of Success 97 VIII. The Petty Artificialities 104 IX. The Secret of Content 112

A GREAT MAN A FROLIC By Arnold Bennett 1904 CONTENTS