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- A list of some of the books published by Stephen Swift and company limited
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FICTION
Crown 8vo, cloth. 6 s. each
LADY ERMYNTRUDE AND THE PLUMBER. By Percy
Fendall. This is a tale fantastical and satirical, of the
year 1920, its quaint humours arising out of the fact that
a Radical-Socialist Government has passed an Act of
Parliament requiring every man and woman to earn a
living and to live on their earnings. There are many
admirable strokes of wit dispersed throughout, not the
least of these being the schedule of charges which the
king is permitted to make, for he also, under the Work
Act, is compelled to earn a living.
AN EXCELLENT MYSTERY. By Countess Russell. The
scene opens in Ireland with a fascinating child,
Will-o’-the-Wisp, and a doting father. A poor mother and a
selfish elder sister drive her to a marriage which has no
sound foundation. The husband turns out eccentric,
unsympathetic, and even cowardly. Will-o’-the-Wisp
has to face at a tender age and with no experience the
most serious and difficult problems of sex, motherhood
and marriage. Then with the help of friends, her own
good sense and determination, and the sensible divorce
law of Scotland, she escapes her troubles. This forms
the conclusion of an artless but thrilling narrative.
A NIGHT IN THE LUXEMBOURG (Une Nuit au
Luxembourg). By Remy de Gourmont. Crown 8vo, cloth. 5 s.
net. With preface and appendix by Arthur Ransome.
M. Remy de Gourmont is, perhaps, the greatest of
contemporary French writers. His books are translated
into all languages but ours. “Une Nuit au Luxembourg”
is the first of his works to appear in English, and will be
followed by others. It will certainly arouse considerable
discussion. It moves the reader with something more
than a purely æsthetic emotion.
HUSBAND AND LOVER. By Walter Riddall. In this
book is given a discerning study of a temperament.
The author has taken an average artistic man and laid
bare his feelings and impulses, his desires and innermost
thoughts under the supreme influence of sex. Frankness
is the key-note of the work; its truth will be recognised
by everyone who faces the facts of his own nature and
neither blushes nor apologises for them.
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