The half-hearted
By: by John Buchan
Contributors: Ball, Thomas Watson, 1863-1934, binding designer
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside Press
Published: 1900
Place of publication: Boston; New York; Cambridge [Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Other titles: Half hearted
Description: In the closing years of the 19th century, Lewis Haystoun, a dilettante and coward, falls for Alice Wishart, a guest at a Scottish country house party hosted by Lady Manorwater. Ill at ease in his own life, however, and constantly torn between conflicting interests and social values, Haystoun, initially something of a pathetic figure, responds to the call of duty and travels to India where--no longer half-hearted--he attempts to foil a Russian invasion of the British Empire's Hindu Kush frontier.
Notes: A novel.

Minsky, R.  Book cover art of Thomas Watson Ball, page 36

Publisher's russet cloth stamped on cover and spine with small gray and black stylized flower; gray borders, black lettering. Also issued with same design in yellowish-tan cloth. Unsigned design attributed to Thomas Watson Ball by book artist Richard Minsky.