1893. Besant, English writer and humanitarian, practiced many branches of literary art with success, but he is most widely known for his long succession of novels, many of which enjoyed remarkable popularity. Partial Contents: The Grand Refusal; A Thing Impossible; The Cousins; Thy Name is Eve; An Explanation; Good Old Chronicle; Toujours, Toujours; In Delay There Lies No Plenty; Greatness Knows Itself; Who Steals My Purse Steals Trash; and Sweet Thames, Run Softly Till I End My Song. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read.