World Of Chance

In ''A Hazard of New Fortunes'' Mr. Howells took for his hero the editor of a New York magazine. In ''The World of Chance'' the leading character is a young journalist of Midland, a town indefinitely located a day''s journey west of New York City. He goes to the metropolis with the manuscript of his first novel, "A Modern Romeo," in his pocket. The adventures of this manuscript, making its way fro...