Action, excitement, and mystery are three ingredients always found in
Mr. Oppenheim's novels. His new story, "The Missioner," is the compound
of love and adventure which this author so deftly produces, and his
characters have more than their usual individuality.
"The Missioner's" heroine is a beautiful English woman, of the
aristocratic class, rich, frivolous, and worldly. The hero is a young
man of great personal magnetism, high ideals, and unused to the
insincerities of society. Her fashionable amusements and his work in
the slums are the antipodes from which they both move to meet on the
common ground made possible by their mutual interest and appreciation.
But the lady has a mystery, and the suitor has an arduous task in
clearing away the complications.
The book has more the air of verisimilitude than have some of Mr.
Oppenheim's previous works, and it gains in strength from the very
likelihood of its happenings. It moves at a breathless rate from the
country to London, to Paris and back again, and the reader's interest
keeps pace.
Those who read "The Missioner" in serial form pronounced it the best
story that this master of romance has yet written.
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_An exceedingly clever volume_.--BOSTON GLOBE
*AN ORIGINAL GENTLEMAN*
_By_ ANNE WARNER
Author of "The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary," the "Susan
Clegg" books, etc.