Chapter I: Front Matter

Books by Henry Wood

VICTOR SERENUS A Story of the Pauline Era
12mo Cloth $1.50

STUDIES IN THE THOUGHT WORLD
$1.25 _Fifth Edition_

IDEAL SUGGESTION THROUGH MENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Paper 50 cents; Cloth $1.25 _Tenth Edition_

GOD’S IMAGE IN MAN
Some Intuitive Perceptions of Truth
Cloth $1.00 _Eleventh Edition_

EDWARD BURTON A Novel
Cloth $1.25; Paper 50 cents _Ninth Edition_

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NATURAL LAW
Large 12mo Paper 50 cents; English Cloth $1.25

_Any of the above sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt of price._

LEE and SHEPARD Publishers
BOSTON

EDWARD BURTON

BY
HENRY WOOD

AUTHOR OF “POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NATURAL LAW,” “IDEAL
SUGGESTION,” “GOD’S IMAGE IN MAN,” ETC.

“With an early introversion,
Through the forms of outward things,
Seeking for the subtle essence,
And the hidden springs.”

_NINTH EDITION_

BOSTON MDCCCXCIX
LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
10 MILK STREET NEXT “THE OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE”

COPYRIGHT, 1890, BY HENRY WOOD.

_All Rights Reserved._

PREFATORY NOTE.

The author of this volume believes in the wholesomeness of idealism and optimism. It is perhaps unnecessary to state that no attempt is here made to construct a novel upon conventional “realistic” lines. Systems and doctrines find their only expression in character, and distinctive personality may be regarded as the outcome of institutions. It is evident that the delicate pen-photography of the ignoble in human nature is too often the _animus_ in current fiction. A subtle tone of unwholesome pessimism and hopelessness is thereby diffused. Idealization of character may not be regarded as “artistic,” but whether or not this attempt be successful, the writer will still believe that in that direction lies a promising field too little cultivated. It may be well to add that in this narrative no individual has served as a model for character outline.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. FRENCHMAN’S BAY 7
II. THE DINNER-PARTY 15
III. BURTON’S SCHOOL LIFE 31
IV. BURTON’S THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION 41
V. BURTON’S ILLNESS AND ITS RESULTS 48
VI. THE DOWN-EAST CRUISE 67
VII. A PLEASANT ENTERTAINMENT 91
VIII. DR. FRUSTADT’S EXPERIENCES 108
IX. THE ANEMONE-CAVE PICNIC 115
X. THE SHORE-WALK 131
XI. VAN RODEN’S PROPOSAL 141
XII. EXCURSION TO CRYSTAL CASCADE 161
XIII. A MUTUAL CONFESSION 173
XIV. THE REVIVAL 183
XV. THE TWO FRUSTADTS 199
XVI. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING 212
XVII. THE FRUSTADTS IN CHICAGO 225
XVIII. MR. BONBRIGHT’S FAILURE 235
XIX. MR. BONBRIGHT’S ILLNESS 248
XX. HELEN BONBRIGHT’S TRIALS 261
XXI. BAR HARBOR AGAIN 277

EDWARD BURTON.