"A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 4" by William Dean Howells is a novel published in 1889. This volume continues the story of Basil March, who has moved from Boston to New York to help launch a literary magazine. As tensions mount between the magazine's socialist translator, its wealthy capitalist backer, and various other characters with clashing ideologies, the narrative builds toward a dramatic streetcar strike that will forever alter the lives of those involved in the publication. (This is an automatically generated summary.)