“I wonder whether any of you have read that remarkable work of fiction,
entitled ‘When it was Dark’? It paints, in wonderful colours, what it
seems to me the world would be if for six months, as in the story it is
supposed to be the case, owing to a gigantic fraud, the Resurrection
might be supposed never to have occurred, and as you feel the darkness
creeping round the world, you see how woman in a moment loses the best
friend she ever had, and crime and violence increase in every part
of the world. When you see how darkness settles down upon the human
spirit when it sat for six months and regarded the Christian record as
a fable, then you quit with something like adequate thanksgiving, and
thank God it is light because of the awful darkness when it was dark.”
FATHER IGNATIUS says:
“I found it most interesting.... I think the story may do much good. It
gives a true picture of the plots and objects of the ‘Higher Critics.’
I hope there will be many future editions.”
* * * * *
Pall Mall Gazette.--“The story is as effective a piece of work
as could be desired.... Mr Thorne is always reverent, and is touched
with the dignity of the amazing scenes which he has invented.... We
welcome his book as a real achievement in a very difficult line.”
Daily News.--“A remarkable book.... The picture of typical
clergy, a Cabinet Minister with religious enthusiasm, and the
millionaire, his great opponent, are all finely conceived and finely
delineated; while the coming disaster, which casts its shadow before,
is skilfully adumbrated.”
Cr. 8vo. Cloth gilt, with frontispiece, 6s.
Popular Edition, paper cover, 1s., at all bookshops and
Railway bookstalls
GREENING & Co., LTD.,
18 & 20, CECIL COURT,
CHARING CROSS ROAD,
SEPT., 1904, LONDON, W.C.
A SUPPLEMENTARY
CATALOGUE
OF
NEW BOOKS & RECENT EDITIONS
IN
FICTION AND GENERAL LITERATURE,
TOGETHER WITH
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF FORTHCOMING WORKS.
Pen, Patron and Public, Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt, 6s. Though this
work is published anonymously, the publishers are able to announce
that it is from the pen of one of the most brilliant writers and
publicists of the period, and they have every reason to believe that
the book, by reason of its audacity, will create a considerable stir
in literary circles. (In preparation.)
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