Mrs. Ward's latest book is the romance of a mysterious bequest. Sir
David Bright, a distinguished soldier and prominent figure in London
society, has died leaving the bulk of his immense fortune not to his
wife, but to an unknown woman living in Florence. Starting with this
somewhat melodramatic situation, the author has told a fascinating
story of London life marked by pictures of the great world, a
presentation at court, and all the lesser observances of fashionable
society, with moving and sympathetic character studies, and throughout
a strong and striking plot. _The Great Possessions_ might be called
the English _House of Mirth_.
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"_A Remarkable Book_"