Chapter XIII: “THE MASTER CHRISTIAN” (continued)

The Abbé Vergniaud’s Sermon and the Attempt on his Life--He Confesses that his Assailant is his Son--The Cardinal’s Leniency towards the Abbé and his Persecution by the Vatican--Monsignor Moretti--Manuel and the Cardinal at Rome--Manuel’s Extraordinary Address to the Pope--“Come and Preach Christ as He Lived and Died”--The Effect of the Boy’s Exhortation on the Pope--Other Characters--Angela’s Picture--A Poem by Dr. Charles Mackay--The Death of Cardinal Bonpré 246

CHAPTER XIV

“TEMPORAL POWER”

An Unprecedented Sale--A Note on its Title--Reviewed by Three Hundred and Fifty Journals, although not sent out to the Press--Criticisms from _Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper_ and the _Review of Reviews_--A Reply to Mr. Stead’s Suggestion that Certain Royal and other Characters in the Book have Living Counterparts--The Novelist’s Emphatic Denial in this Respect--“Carl Perousse, Secretary of State”--The European Statesman Miss Corelli had in her Mind when Drawing this Character--The “King” of “Temporal Power”--Morganatic Marriages: the Novelist’s Denunciation--Attempts on the Part of Book Trade Journals to Quash the Success of the Novel, and their Retractations--The Rejection of the King’s Love by Lotys, Woman of the People: a Quotation 265

CHAPTER XV

SPEECHES AND LECTURES

The Novelist’s First Public Speech: an Appeal for a Warwickshire Church--An Address Delivered to Stratford Working-men on “The Secret of Happiness”--Hard Work the Best Tonic in the World--The Novelist at the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution--“The Vanishing Gift”: an Address on the Decay of the Imagination--Art in the “Old World” Period and Art now--Imagination an Artist’s First Necessary--Modern Wonders Imagined when the World was Young--The Novelist at Glasgow--An Address on “Signs of the Times” Delivered before a Huge Audience--An Allusion to the Prince of Wales and his Famous Speech at the Mansion House--“The Old Country must Wake up”--“The Advancing and Resistless Tide of Truth”--A Notable Peroration 281

CHAPTER XVI

MARIE CORELLI’S VIEWS ON MARRIAGE

The Novelist’s Definition of Marriage--The Modern “Market”--“One Woman, One Man”--Marie Corelli’s Exhortation to Women--“God will not be Mocked”--The Religious Instruction of Children--The Abolition of Religious Education in French Schools and its Unhappy Effect on the Country--Lionel Valliscourt: a Pathetic Example of “Cram”--And “Boy”: of Parental Neglect 298

CHAPTER XVII

SOME PERSONAL ITEMS

The Helen Faucit Memorial--Marie Corelli’s Successful Campaign in Behalf of Shakespeare’s Burial Place--Portraits of the Novelist--Marie Corelli Declines to Review “The Eternal City”--An Introduction to Mr. Labouchere--Use made of a “Private and Confidential” Letter--“Self-advertisement”: Some Comments on Accusations of this Character brought against Marie Corelli by certain Sections of the Press--The Invitation to the Abbey on the Occasion of the King’s Coronation--An Invitation to open a Nonconformist Bazaar at Brighton, and why it was Declined--Letters from Dr. Parker and the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes--“The Ethics of Criticism”: a letter by E. Rentoul Esler--“To the Quarterly”: Some Verses by Marie Corelli 311