A collection of essays and articles on towns and villages in France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, in which the authoress paints her impressions of their romanticism or interest. =The House of Mirth.= By EDITH WHARTON. 2 vols.--3889/90. An American society novel in which the hollow life of a certain moneyed clique of New York is admirably described. =Ring in the New.= By RICHARD WHITEING. 1 vol.--3891. This book might almost be described as socialistic. It is a description of the difficulty experienced at the present day by man or woman of earning their daily bread. =Beyond the Rocks.= By ELINOR GLYN. 1 vol.--3892. A love-story, treating of modern English life, by the favourite and well-known authoress of "The Visits of Elizabeth." =Fenwick's Career.= By MRS. HUMPHRY WARD. 2 vols.--3893/94. Mrs. Ward's new book describes the life of an artist in England, the vicissitudes through which he passes, and his ultimate reconciliation with the wife who had abandoned him. COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS TAUCHNITZ EDITION. VOL. 3970. THE HOUSE OF DEFENCE. BY E. F. BENSON. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. TAUCHNITZ EDITION. By the same Author, DODO 1 vol. THE RUBICON 1 vol. SCARLET AND HYSSOP 1 vol. THE BOOK OF MONTHS 1 vol. THE RELENTLESS CITY 1 vol. MAMMON & CO. 2 vols. THE CHALLONERS 1 vol. AN ACT IN A BACKWATER 1 vol. THE IMAGE IN THE SAND 2 vols. THE ANGEL OF PAIN 2 vols. PAUL 2 vols. THE HOUSE OF DEFENCE BY E. F. BENSON AUTHOR OF "DODO," "THE CHALLONERS," "THE IMAGE IN THE SAND," "THE ANGEL OF PAIN," "PAUL," ETC. _COPYRIGHT EDITION_ IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I LEIPZIG BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ 1907. DEDICATION TO C. E. M. MY DEAR FRIEND, It is with your permission that I dedicate this book to you, and with your permission and by your desire that I explain the circumstances of its dedication. You were cured, as both you and I know, of a disease that medical science had pronounced incurable by a certain Christian Science healer, who used neither knife nor drugs upon you.