"_She was married to my eldest son last month_," said the Professor. "I knew the Pessimist's introduction would not be needed," said our Host. "Nevertheless, it was the introduction that reminded me of the story," said the Professor. "And now," he continued, "can anyone here explain to me the strange conduct of the man with the white roses? For I confess that I can find no place for it in any system of Psychology known to me." At this question the Son of the House, who for some reason had become the gravest member of the party, looked up and seemed about to speak. But as he raised his eyes they met the bright glance of his pretty cousin, on whose cheek there was a tear. And when the Son of the House saw that, the impulse to speech died within him. No one else ventured an explanation. But my impression was that there were two persons in the room to whom the strange conduct of the man with the white roses presented no enigma. _By the Same Author_ AMONG THE IDOLMAKERS "A MAN OF KENT" in _The British Weekly_. "Mr Jacks has written a book which, for sheer ability, for rightmindedness, and for driving force, will compare favourably with any book of the season.... This is a book which strongly makes for cleanness, for sanity, for Christianity." MAD SHEPHERDS: And Other Human Studies _With a Frontispiece Drawing by MR LESLIE BROOKE_ "A series of highly original studies of some human types portrayed with a wealth of irony and humour. The character Snarley Bob, the old shepherd, is destined to take its place among the unforgettable figures of literature."--_Outlook._ THE ALCHEMY OF THOUGHT Professor J. H. MUIRHEAD in _The Christian Commonwealth_ says: "It is a significant book ... eloquent, imaginative, humorous. Philosophy here forsakes its usual 'grey in grey.'" From _The Westminster Review_: "The book is one which no philosophical student of to-day can safely do without."