By H.G. WELLS.
Cloth, 12mo. $1.50 net.
The name of H.G. Wells upon a title page is an assurance of merit.
It is a guarantee that on the pages which follow will be found an
absorbing story told with master skill. In the present book Mr. Wells
surpasses even his previous efforts. He is writing of modern society
life, particularly of one very charming young woman, Lady Harman, who
finds herself so bound in by conventions, so hampered by restrictions,
largely those of a well intentioned but short sighted husband, that
she is ultimately moved to revolt. The real meaning of this revolt,
its effect upon her life and those of her associates are narrated by
one who goes beneath the surface in his analysis of human motives.
In the group of characters, writers, suffragists, labor organizers,
social workers and society lights surrounding Lady Harman, and in the
dramatic incidents which compose the years of her existence which are
described by Mr. Wells, there is a novel which is significant in
its interpretation of the trend of affairs today, and fascinatingly
interesting as fiction. It is Mr. Wells at his best.
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