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*HEINEMANN'S LIBRARY OF MODERN FICTION*
"False balance is an abomination
Just weight a delight."
MR. HEINEMANN'S New Library of MODERN FICTION will meet, it is believed,
the many objections recently raised against the present form and price
of Novels.
The Volumes of Heinemann's Library of Modern Fiction will not be sold at
a price which, although a bargain for the purchaser, would be totally
unjust to its author. If the price is occasionally high (as much as the
old 6s.), it will be for a story of unusual length or importance, while
if a book is priced on first publication at 2s. only, it will be an
indication that a short novel is offered--though it may be fully as long
and important as many a novelette parading nowadays in the guise of a
6s. novel. Three Shillings will be the price of the average-length
novel.
"False balance is an abomination
Just weight a delight."
MR. HEINEMANN'S New Library of MODERN FICTION will be issued in Volumes
at 2s. net and 3s. net. They will be beautifully printed in large
legible type on clear clean white paper--opaque, yet thin and light.
They will be bound in flexible cloth covers convenient for the hand or
pocket. When, however, a book by its length would be uncomfortably
bulky in one volume, it will be issued in two. This will insure that
each volume is evenly balanced, so that it does not tire the wrist,
causing that imperceptible drooping of the hand which is responsible for
much fatigue and eyesoreness.
*FIRST LIST OF TITLES*
THE WHITE PROPHET
By HALL CAINE. 2 vols. 4s. net
THE STREET OF ADVENTURE
By PHILIP GIBBS. 1 vol. 3s. net
THE SCANDALOUS MR. WALDO
By RALPH STRAUS. 1 vol. 3s. net
HEDWIG IN ENGLAND
By the Author of "Marcia in Germany." 1 vol. 3s. net
IT NEVER CAN HAPPEN AGAIN
By WILLIAM DE MORGAN. 2 vols. 6s. net.
LORD KENTWELL'S LOVE AFFAIR
By F. C. PRICE. 1 vol. 3s. net
THE KNOCK ON THE DOOR
By ROBERT HICHENS. 2 vols. 4s. net
BEYOND MAN'S STRENGTH
By M. HARTLEY. 1 vol. 3s. net
VAIN TALES
By MRS. H. E. DUDENEY. 1 vol. 3s. net
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*HEINEMANN'S LIBRARY OF MODERN FICTION*
"Mr. Heinemann's forthcoming series of new novels at net prices, in one
or two volumes each, according to length, is an experiment that will be
watched with considerable interest. It was time that something was done
to remove the inequalities which have long existed in the value of
six-shilling fiction. The novel which is obviously short measure,
however neatly it may be disguised to look like a full-length tale,
ought not to cost so much as a story, say, by William de Morgan, whose
generous measure gives two or three times the quantity of the shorter
book. The publisher's idea, therefore, is to produce this series of
novels at two shillings net and three shillings net each, according to
length, and in the case of the longer stories to issue them in two
volumes. This is somewhat on the lines of the Tauchnitz Library,
familiar to every Englishman abroad, except that the new series will be
bound in cloth instead of paper. Thus Mr. Hall Caine's latest novel,
'The White Prophet,' with which the series is to be inaugurated next
month, is to fill two volumes at two shillings net each. Mr. Robert
Hichens' new novel will be also in two volumes, while single volumes by
Mr. Philip Gibbs and others who are represented among the later authors,
will each be issued at three shillings net. Mr. de Morgan's new tale,
'It Never Can Happen Again,' like its predecessor, is of great length,
filling two plump volumes; but none of his admirers will grudge the six
shillings net which will be charged for them. Altogether, the scheme
seems to be both just and feasible."--_The Daily Graphic_.
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
21 BEDFORD STREET, W.C.