meets her at Palm Beach, Florida. Here is a background that Mr.
Chambers loves--the outdoor life of exotic Florida, the
everglades, the hunting, the shooting, and the sea--all in the
midst of that other exotic life which goes with a winter resort
and a large group of the idle rich. The story--already in its
150th thousand--is, perhaps, the author's favorite piece of
work.

THE YOUNGER SET

is also of the social _comedie humaine_ of America, with
its scenes laid in New York and on Long Island. Here again,
behind a romance of love and of society complications, Mr.
Chambers conceals his philosophic suggestions that may be
gathered from the title. The younger set comes into our society
fresh and unspoiled with each generation, and in its way
contributes something of freshness, something of vigor to keep
the social world from going down hill on a grade of decadence.
The story deals with a man who, although still young, feels that
his life is practically over because his marriage, through no
fault of his own, has proved a failure and ended in divorce. He
meets a young girl just introduced into society, whose wholesome
youth charms him and leads him back to optimism and life. The
character of _Eileen_ is perhaps one of Mr. Chambers's most
real and most successful creations. The fact that this novel,
after one year, is in its 200th thousand is sufficient proof of
its popularity. In

THE FIGHTING CHANCE

the author still deals with American society, but here his
background is the consideration of the evil influences of
inheritance in old families. The scene is still New York and
Long Island, full of the charm of outdoor life and hunting
episodes. The principal male character _Siward_ is cursed
with the inheritance of drink. _Siward's_ struggles to
conquer his Enemy, and the fighting chance he sees at last in
the affection of a girl, carry on the story to a hopeful finish.
The novel has been published two years and a few months and more
than 250,000 copies have been sold, so that its claims to
success are undeniable.

THE RECKONING

The varied interests of the author which have been suggested
above are sustained in this novel. It is a story of a side light
of the American Revolution, and it makes the fourth novel in a
series of books telling in fiction of the scenes and