Sarah Grand was one of the most talked about--and certainly one of the most vilified--authors of the 1890s, not an inconsiderable distinction in a decade characterized by the plays of Henrik Ibsen, the fiction of the Yellow Book, and the antics of Oscar Wilde. Her scandalous novel about the effects of syphilis, The Heavenly Twins (1893), drew the attention of readers on both sides of the Atlantic, the editor of the Fortnightly Review declaring that Grand was not fit to be received by decent people. However, most male reporters, daunted by her reputation for "advanced" notions, expressed amazement when confronted with an attractive, shy, soft-spoken, conservatively dressed woman who was, as a reporter for the Chicago Times (5 August 1894) noted, "about the last guest in the room I should have guessed to be Sarah Grand." Although her reputation was built on her controversial "New Woman" novels, Grand wrote three collections...