The Fetters of Freedom

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1913 This christian novel involves Paulus, the Roman citizen of Tarsus, Roman Attilius, the patrician pretorian, and the British Gwenna. The setting is Rome during the early Roman Empire. The author promises a story rather than a sermon, and there is a romantic tie between Attilius and Gwenna. As the author indicates in his preface, "Paulus will preach his gospel, and the religion of his Christ will be set forth in opposition to the heathenism just as decisively, and the results will be seen just as clearly as if the sanded arena were wet with the blood of the slain." But he promised to leave out all extended description of Roman life or manners, leave out wild orgies, and vulgar or licentious revels of the Caesar and his degenerate friends. The story is split into 27 chapters and five books. 399 pages, it includes four color illustrations (one is laid in) and an afterword. The binding is green cloth with wear to all corners and wear at the spine ends. Light wear to the board ends. There is a 1/2" tear to the cloth at the front bottom hinge. The binding is loose in a few areas; overall just the one illustration is loose. The page edges are yellowed; the gold lettering on the front is missing in a few spots, and almost completely gone on the spine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.