Chapter I: Front Matter

THE FATE OF FENELLA

THE FATE OF FENELLA

_A NOVEL_

BY

HELEN MATHERS A. CONAN DOYLE
JUSTIN H. McCARTHY, M. P. MAY CROMMELIN
FRANCES ELEANOR TROLLOPE F. C. PHILLIPS

“RITA” BRAM STOKER
JOSEPH HATTON FLORENCE MARRYAT
MRS. LOVETT CAMERON FRANK DANBY

MRS. EDWARD KENNARD ARTHUR A’BECKETT
RICHARD DOWLING JEAN MIDDLEMASS
MRS. HUNGERFORD CLEMENT SCOTT

CLO. GRAVES G. MANVILLE FENN
H. W. LUCY “TASMA”
ADELINE SERGEANT F. ANSTEY

NEW YORK
CASSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY
104 & 106 FOURTH AVENUE

COPYRIGHT, 1892, BY
CASSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY.

_All rights reserved._

THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS,
RAHWAY, N. J.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER AUTHOR PAGE
I HELEN MATHERS “FENELLA” 1
II JUSTIN H. McCARTHY, M. P. KISMET 15
III FRANCES ELEANOR TROLLOPE HOW IT STRIKES A CONTEMPORARY 25
IV A. CONAN DOYLE “BETWEEN TWO FIRES” 41
V MAY CROMMELIN 51
VI F. C. PHILLIPS 63
VII “RITA” SO NEAR--SO FAR AWAY 72
VIII JOSEPH HATTON 83
IX MRS. LOVETT CAMERON 98
X BRAM STOKER 111
XI FLORENCE MARRYAT MME. DE VIGNY’S REVENGE 124
XII FRANK DANBY 143
XIII MRS. EDWARD KENNARD “THE SCARS REMAINED” 154
XIV RICHARD DOWLING DERELICT 163
XV MRS. HUNGERFORD 174
XVI ARTHUR A’BECKETT IN NEW YORK 191
XVII JEAN MIDDLEMASS 210
XVIII CLEMENT SCOTT “WITHIN SIGHT OF HOME” 221
XIX CLO. GRAVES 232
XX H. W. LUCY THROUGH FIRE AND WATER 244
XXI ADELINE SERGEANT “ALIVE OR DEAD” 262
XXII GEORGE MANVILLE FENN 273
XXIII “TASMA” 287
XXIV F. ANSTEY “WHOM THE GODS HATE DIE HARD” 305

PUBLISHERS’ NOTE.

The publishers claim with no little satisfaction that in this book they offer the reading public a genuine novelty. The idea of a novel written by twenty-four popular writers is certainly an original one. The ladies and gentlemen who have written “The Fate of Fenella” have done their work quite independently of each other. There has been collaboration but not consultation. As each one wrote a chapter it was passed on to the next, and so on until it reached the hands of Mr. F. Anstey, whose peculiar and delightful humor made him a fitting choice for bringing the story to a satisfactory close.

THE FATE OF FENELLA.