Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Dawn of a To-morrow & A Fair Barbarian Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Dawn of a To-morrow A wealthy London business man takes a room in a poor part of the city. He is depressed and has decided to take his life by going the next day to purchase a hand gun he had seen in a pawnshop window. The morning comes with one of those 'memorable fogs' and the adventure he has in it alters his decisions and ultimately his life. A Fair Barbarian The setting is a small English village in the 19th century. When her niece shows up on her doorstep unexpectedly, a quiet spinster finds her life turned upside down.