_Volume II. In July_. _PIERRE AND JEAN_. _By GUY DE MAUPASSANT_. _Translated from the French by Clara Bell_. * * * _Volume III. In August_. _THE CHIEF JUSTICE_. _By EMIL FRANZOS_. _Translated from the German by Miles Corbet_. _Other Volumes will be announced later_. _Each Volume will contain a Specially Written Introduction by the Editor_. * * * * * London: WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 21 Bedford St., W.C. IN GOD'S WAY A NOVEL BY BJÖRNSTJERNE BJÖRNSON TRANSLATED FROM THE NORWEGIAN BY ELIZABETH CARMICHAEL LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1890 [_All rights reserved_] _TO MY BEST FRIEND_ _ETATSRÅD FREDERIK HEGEL_ _IN REMEMBRANCE_ Thou never hast been here; yet I roam Often up and down and meet thee everywhere. Here is no room, nor road But thoughts of thee stand forth Awaiting me from by-gone days, When thou by deeds of faithful friendship Brought comfort to my home in all its troubles. And ofttimes as I wrote this book, Thy kindly eye would beam on me; We were alone then, thou and I, and All that silently grew into words-- Here and there the book must needs Be like thy heart, thy simple faith, And therefore may thy name impart a blessing unto it. AULESTAD, _September_ 11, 1889. INTRODUCTION.