Mr. Frederic's two triumphs of the last few years have been "The
Damnation of Theron Ware" in serious fiction and "March Hares" in a
light and brilliantly witty style which is all his own. "Gloria Mundi"
comes as his first work since the publication of these two successful
books--and happily enough--it combines the keen thoughtful analysis of
the one with the delicacy of touch of the other. Mr. Frederic takes
for his hero a young man brought up without much attention in the south
of France, who, by a wholly unexpected combination of circumstances,
falls heir to an English earldom. His entire training has unfitted him
for the position, and Mr. Frederic makes much of the difficulties it
forces upon him. The other characters are some good and bad members of
the nobility, an "actress-lady," and a typewriter.
12mo. Cloth. Uniform with "The Damnation of Theron Ware." 11.50.