This fascinating biography of a most remarkable man is one of
extraordinary human interest. Jack London was a virile creature, gentle,
compounded of curiosity and fearlessness, the very texture of fine
sensibility, with an ardent brain and a divine belief in himself. Such a
man should be honoured with an unusual biography. Mrs. Jack London's
work has been a labour of love, and will be welcomed by millions of
readers. The book contains, roughly, 250,000 words, and is one of the
most interesting publications of recent years. The many and varied
photographs will be found by lovers of Jack London to be of exceptional
interest.
Mills and Boon wish it to be distinctly understood that this book is
the official Life of JACK LONDON, and is the only publication authorised
by the Jack London Estate.
GENERAL LITERATURE
BY CHELSEA REACH
By Reginald Blunt,
Author of "The Wonderful Village," "In Cheyne Walk," etc.
With 24 Illustrations.
Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.
Mr. Reginald Blunt's forthcoming book. "BY CHELSEA REACH," comprises a
further collection of papers relating to interesting places and persons
in that riverside quarter of extraordinarily varied historic
associations. The book forms a sequel to Mr. Blunt's "PARADISE ROW," "IN
CHEYNE WALK," and "THE WONDERFUL VILLAGE"; and those who found enjoyment
in the entertaining records of those volumes will know what to expect.
Two Chelsea places to which special papers have been devoted form a
striking antithesis; one being "Danvers' House," built by Sir John
Danvers the Regicide, and occupied also by his beautiful wife, once the
Lady Magdalen Herbert; by George Herbert the poet, her son; by John
Donne, her old admirer and the great preacher Dean of St. Paul's; and
subsequently by several other notable folk; and the other telling the
story of "Cremorne Gardens," the nineteenth century Ranelagh, of which
the chequered and rather questionable career ended amid so much
excitement and opposition in 1877.
Two personal studies also relate to very different Chelsea celebrities,
the first being Sir Hans Sloane, the famous collector, and founder of
the British Museum; and the second, Mrs. Carlyle, by whom a fresh and
very characteristic batch of letters to her young friend "Carina" are
now for the first time given to the enjoyment of the many lovers of her
delightful letters.
Mr. Blunt's new volume also contains two papers dealing with the
Literary Workshops of Chelsea, old and modern. These describe the abodes
and methods of work of a number of famous and interesting authors, and
include descriptions of Sir Thomas More's famous house, Swift's poor
lodging, Smollett's strange assemblies at Monmouth House, Leigh Hunt's
unkempt abode, Carlyle's soundproof garret, Rossetti's studio and
garden, and many other chronicles of the homes and intimacies of Chelsea
authorship.
The book will be illustrated by a number of very interesting old prints,
facsimiles, and photographs.
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