In Sight of St. Paul's

About this issue

This issue of Street & Smith's Drama Series contains In Sight of St. Paul's by Sutton Vane, novelized by William Calder from the celebrated stage play. Set in London on the Thames Embankment, the narrative follows Harry Chichester, a recently graduated Oxford student and come-of-age celebrant, and his entanglement with Cynthia Dell, an alluring widow with a mysterious past. The plot involves Harry's forbidden passion for the dangerous woman, his susceptibility to her machinations, his involvement with a man named Gridston in unspecified illicit dealings, and mounting complications arising from his cousin Aileen Millar's presence in the household. The story unfolds through domestic drama tinged with melodrama, exploring themes of love, compromise of honor, jealousy, and moral corruption. According to the chapter headings, the narrative progresses through romantic tension, betrayal, deception, and eventual judgment.