In "The Fighting Chance" Mr. Chambers has taken for his hero, a young fellow who has inherited with his wealth a craving for liquor. The heroine has inherited a certain rebelliousness and dangerous caprice. The two, meeting on the brink of ruin, fight out their battles, two weaknesses joined with love to make a strength. It is refreshing to find a story about the rich in which all the women are not sawdust at heart, nor all the men satyrs. The rich have their longings, their ideals, their regrets, as well as the poor; they have their struggles and inherited evils to combat. It is a big subject, painted with a big brush and a big heart. "After 'The House of Mirth' a New York society novel has to be very good not to suffer fearfully by comparison. 'The Fighting Chance' is very good and it does not suffer."--_Cleveland Plain Dealer._ "There is no more adorable person in recent fiction than Sylvia Landis."--_New York Evening Sun._ "Drawn with a master hand."--_Toledo Blade._ "An absorbing tale which claims the reader's interest to the end."--_Detroit Free Press._ "Mr. Chambers has written many brilliant stories, but this is his masterpiece."--_Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph._ D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK. Transcriber's Note: Spelling, grammar, punctuation and hyphenation have been retained as in the original publication except as follows: Page 9 you'll _git_ somewhur's, I says _changed to_ you'll _git_ somewhur's,' I says Page 14 comsummation of this mild adventure _changed to_ consummation of this mild adventure Page 23 considered is so quietly _changed to_ considered it so quietly front of "art emporiums." on _changed to_ front of "art emporiums," on Page 33 rainment was donned _changed to_ raiment was donned Page 48 sasshaying down Fifth Avenue _changed to_ sashaying down Fifth Avenue Page 50 that man every marry _changed to_ that man ever marry Page 84 vista of heartshaking surprises _changed to_ vista of heart-shaking surprises Page 133 latest golf and yatching news _changed to_ latest golf and yachting news Page 243 slay me an you will _changed to_ slay me an' you will Page 292 walked by the lake, revolving _changed to_ walked by the lake, resolving Page 311 with a gesture of replusion _changed to_ with a gesture of repulsion