Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, November 16, 1907, Image 8
j llK ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
baTL’RDAY, NOVEMBER 1#. 1W.
LITERARY LIGHTS AND SHADOWS
By S. MAYS BALL (Arthur Pendennls, Jr.)
“THE WELDING,” by Lafayette Me-
Laws. (Little, Brown A Co.) Mlaa
Lafayette McLnv.s, daughter of Major
General Lafayette McLaws, C. S. A.,
baa written it story, Just published,
called "The Welding." Tie theme of
the story Is the welding together of the
states which were In and out of the
Union during tho Civil war. The scene
of tho story covers a great lot of ter
ritory. Pictures of Boston, New York.
Washington, Richmond. Vs., Augusta.
Ga . Montgomery, Ala., etc., are drawn ;
by the author. Miss McLaws Is, of
course, a Southern woman, by birth and f
Instinct, andj after the death of herj
father, she lived with Mra. Jeffersoft.
Davis, who was a relative. She lived |
North. Any book which will truthfully I
represent the South as It was and as It
Is now will b« R-clpppted. The South i
has been mtsreprasented In books ga
lore. So much so that when a South-,
ern woman undertakes to paint our or •
any side ot the questldfi, a fair presen-.
tatlnn at least Is expected. The author
of "The Welding" Certainly knows, nr
should know, the habits and cus-1
toms ot the Southern people—
that Is to say. If she has not
through long absences In the North
forgotten the conditions as they were
end are still In the South. The Geor
gian assumes that 'Miss McLaws has
forgotten conditions In the South before
the Civil war, to a certain extent, and
not that she has Intcntlonslly misrep
resented farts.
In the opening chapter of "The Weld.
Ing." under the eifb-tlUe or chapter head
"In the Old South.” there Is given a
die
LAFAYETTE M’LAWS.,
Author of "The Wedding."/
and associations Which will strike wills. h
wonder the Southern people who knowafljijjjjLJU
or those who haVS'jtbl forgotten. The
author says that the "social ladder" In
the South befnrcithe war was divide.
again. David Is compelled to run away
from hla stepfather’s home. lie seeks
and finds Mr. Alexander H. Stephens
who educates him and gives him emf
ployment at Washington as a *
the house of representatives, wl
tne south hororpune war »«» uiviu-u
Into rounds, namtly. -on the top round
were the families of the cotton plant
ers. "Next below.' vetr little below, bull
still below, were the representatives of
the army and navy, who could not hopci
to attain the desired rune with a rank
lees than that of captain.” There were
bo few army officers, comparatively
•peaking. In tho South before the war—
of course, much fewer than now—that a
dteruBBton of this class In society Is
Immaterial. On the next round were
the lawyers, "who could reach the
wlshed-for goal by way of the supreme
bench or the senate.” Fourth in order
was the ministry. In which one had to
be a blehop to get In first-class socie
ty. "Beneath these (the ministers of
the Gospel), a decided step beneath,
came the doctors. From this rung there
was no way of paafbUI ME. though one
occasionally heard of the .laughters of
cotton planters who married Into that
profession-Just as they sometime^
married the eons of overseer*. ’
Ooda. and little flshasl Then Miss
McLails says below all of these
classes came the tradespeople, headed
by the cotton merchnnt, who secured
hl« social position mainly by being the
agent and business correspondent, ctcJ
■if the great planter.
It seams almost unnecessary to waste
discussion upon the absurd classifica
tion given by Miss McLaws; It Is so
unlike whet the real facts were.^outh-1
ernen can not uiidemtand how MlHsi
McLaws has forgotten or why she mis
represented the South. But for the
benellt of others. It Is slated here os n
fact that not only were, many lawyers
and doctors both planters and profes
sional men at the same time, but that
it was tho habit of the rich planter to
educate one of his sons as a lawyer,
another as a doctor and often another
ns a minister 6f the Gospel—all of
whom. If they were gentlemen by birth
and breeding, being In the same social
class. Edmund Bacon, g South Caro-
ilnon, a gentleman If there ever was
one, the model upon Whom the author
Of "Georgia Scenes” drew his leading
character, Ned Brace, became a law
yer, and from all accounts affected his
,acini standing not at all by so doing.
On the contrary, for when George
Washington, gentleman of Virginia and
the United States, visited Augusta his
gift to this young msn was n set of
Taw books, from the study of which Mr.
Bacon became so Interested that he
derided to practice lass All South-
erern who know anything about this
matter or, unlike Miss’ McLaws, hasn’t
forgotten, will readily see so many
fault a in her ridiculous social rating of
the South before tho war that It la
realty unnecessary to do more than to
call attention to The absurd errors here
noted. ■ * 1
Now. In the far# of this hidebound
social class, the heights of which only
a very few, namely, the planters and
geniuses, could reach, according to Miss
McLaws, she then goes on to draw
her hero, David. Twiggs Hamilton, tho
jeon of a man apd a woman, both of
whom could not read and who went
barefooted all of the time. David’s only
claim to any possible social recognition
was the fact of hla being named after
General Twiggs, of the Revolutionary
war. In the face of thle, David was In
vited ns a social equal to the tables of
the aristocracy of Augusta and the
surrounding country’, while mere mon
eyed people, who also bad parents nut
of the high standard, set by Mias Mc
Laws, were excluded from the festivi
ties.
The .story hinges and runs on the
life and experiences of David Twiggs
Hamilton. David’s father dies; his
mother, foolishly thinking to help Da
vid In securing an education, marries
m n .
he could Oil and study at the
time. Thp "heart Interest" ’
same .
brought In by the author through the
Introduction of the adopted child of one
Herrick, nn abolitionist, an employee on
the "underground railway,” and general
manipulator of trouble for himself and
others. Annie Lnurlo Herrick, who was
not Annie Laurie at all, but Dorothy
Clinton, was lovely, of course. She Is
the heroine of "The Welding," having
been lost or misplaced sopn after her
birth, and In the end of the etory very
properly reetored to her own. The ln-
tercouree between David Hamilton and
llerrfrk, the "nigger lover,” -Is not' sat
isfactorily explained, for David,a young
chap, a "red-hot* Southerner, assists
In the escape of Herrick from a Just
punishment by the law—for why? Be
cause, so Miss McLaws says, on ac
count of this boy’s love of Annie I-au
ric. Bosh! David goes to Washing
ton with Mr. Stephens: he sees great
events happonlng.there, and the author
Is at her best In her descriptions of po.
Iltlcal conditions; whether her descrlp
Hone are true or not. they are Interest
Ing. David witnesses all ot the trying
dissensions and discussions which led
up to the Civil wur. The war occurs;
David gels Into that also, becomes a
colonel; (he war kindly’closes after a
bit, as history tells us. but "Ths Weld
ing” Insinuates, so David could marry
Annie. I.auric, - alias Dorothy Clinton.
David was moro than pluperfect cad.
When be discovered a la if. Columbus,
the true parentage of Ills sweetheart.
Just before leaving Washington, he
wrote her a cold-blooded note, etatlng
that he coul.l not marry her—because
why? Not because she was now rich,
but because she was nn abolitionist,
which he knew nil ths time. Isn't that
sulllclent to throw David out of South
ern society? In "The Welding" thcro
arc some good pictures of Southern lo
calities. Montgomery, Ala, people, no
doubt, will not care to read that David
thought thut lieautlful city one of the
most unnttrnctlve towns In the South.
The first battle of Bull Itun It well
described. The remarks on the sub-
I ect of Andcrponvllle prison crime with
iad grace from a Southern writer, who
mutt have known the caueee of euch
suffering there. - Another point that
strikes readers of many stories In which
the hcrii Is a Southern soldier Is, name
ly, that In many cases the hero always
goes Into the Confederate army, know
ing that the South would fall, but fights
for his principles. Does any Southerner
believe that one-tenth of 1 per cent of
the Southern soldiers entered the Ctvll
war expecting to fall?
Tlie whole hock, while fair at times.
Is quite unfair at others In Its treat-
mem of the South. Southern people are
becoming more than weary of the dis
cussion or even suggestion that at the
Fortress Monroe Conference or else
where the North, through Mr. Lin
coln, suggested a paymunt for the
Southern slaves, If the war would stop.
i)f course, nil of us have read numer
ous statements that such u proposi
tion was made, but no authori
tative statement has even covered
this point On the contrary, Mr.
John 11. Reagan, postmaster general
of the Confederacy, explicitly makca
clear, In hie "Memoirs," Issued this
year, that no such offer of 1100,000,000
was.ever made or even suggested. So
let's drop that. At least, let us hope
that Boutliom writers will not keep
harping upon a false promise, which.
If true, would plnco the South In an
embarrassing position. Too, Miss Mc-
Luws states that Horace Greeley nnd
Mr. Blair went to Liberty Hall and of
fered Alex. H. Stephens a position In
Mr. Lincoln's Itrst cabinet. This re
viewer has no history on that special,
subject, but the statement referred to
secina most doubtful nnd doubtful
statements dealing with the fame and
name of public men, should be kept out
lot books. There are references In t!
book to Henry Clay, Daniel Websjer,
Jefferson Davis, Robert Toombs, John
Brown, Robert E. Lee, William Lloyd
Garrison, etc. In fact the author sent
her here all over the United,Stales
i on trips, so as to have the opportunity
! of mentioning practically all of the
public men of that period. Another
' displeasing thing about this novel to
i Southerners Is that the book uncon-
j srlously, perhaps, wae written by l
Southern woman In a epirlt of apology.
' Tlie South needs no apology and the
' North—all classes there—have little ro.
spect for a Southerner who attempts
to placate the North at the expense of
her own Southern land.
“GAYLE LANGFORD." By Harold
Morton Kramer. (Lathrop, Lee
Shepard Co.) "Gayle Langford” It
Very pleasing romance about the love
affair of a Tory .hello and a Patriot
captain of the Revolutionary War. It
• It quite an Interesting story—well told.
1 It deals with Ian Letter, a captain
J under George Washington, who has,
through persecution by the British tn
Boston, ended by hating all England—
icry heartily. "Gayle Langford" Is the
lovely daughter of old Langford, of
Philadelphia, who Is heart and soul
with her father In her devotion to King
George and dislike of the rebels. Cap
tain Lester was sent by General Wash
Ington to Philadelphia with papers to
congress, also a letter to Gayle Lang-
ford's father. Lester arrives In Phil
adelphia tho night of e grand ball at
the Langford home. He Is Invited to
remain and does so; of course getting
himself Into all manner of scrapes ant:
troubls, principally the loos.of hla pa-
pers from Washington to congress. Les
ter falls In love with Miss Langfordt of
course,- for that Is the story. And It
Is told how Lester strives to forget his
love for the Tory maid In his devotion
to duty, and how he Blgnnlly failed,
thereby endangering his honor and tho
safety of General Washington’s army,
at many times. General Washington,
having discovered thle love affair, and,
too; no doubt, taking other mcane to
accomplish the objects, he had left to
Letter to do, all ends well, after many
exciting experiences. Tho happy end
ing is there, of courso, with the true
love running pretty xlg-sag nearly all
of the time. The story Is charmingly
told; light, or course, with Innumera
ble accounts of- hairbreadth escapes
from danger, yea, doath. In fad, Just
a charming romance which wilt de
light the lover of such reading. Mr.
Kramer Is a very snccessrul newspaper
man of Indiana (of course), and ha
Won praise with his first novel, "Hearts
and the Cross," published last year.
“Gayle Langford" will pleuse the ro<
manes lover as It Is unusually good.
“THE MAN OF SARK.” By. John
Oxenham. (Bokor A Taylor Co.) The
Island ot Sercq—pronounced Bark—i
small hit of lund belonging to Eng
land, lies near Jersey. Guernsey and Al
derney, Just Oft the coast of France. In
ISOO, when the story of "The Man of
Sark" begins, there were exciting
times In that vicinity, us history will
tell. But It Is with the local affairs of
tills little Island with Its forty-farm-
holdlngs that our story deals.- Phil
Carre, our hero, was a half orphan.
HIh father had mistreated his mother
und hail been driven by tho Islanders
from that locality. Phll’e playmate in
childhood |s "Curette," a lovely girl.
Both of these children grow up togeth
er. The boy goca out In the world to
earn his llvlpg and enough money to
win Carette, 1 while the latter goes to a
boarding school. Pbll Carrs- has nu
merous' experiences In his sailing ex
peditions—one of the ehlpe upon which
he was at work wns sunk, he only being
saved - by the villain of tho atory, one
Torbdc of Iterm, a successful, cruel
privateer who travels under two flags,
whichever happened to be the most
convenient nt tho time. Torode after
wards turns out to be tho father of
Phil—who had been driven away from
Seri-q. The story simply deals with
the lives of these few people—compar
atively few—on the Island of Sercq;
of Phil and Curette's love-making, etc.
Phil, discovering who Torode was;
Chat la to say, that he was a pirate for
whose apprehension the Dutch govern-
meut offered IIS,000 reward, of course
It became necessary for Togtde’s safe
ty, that Pltll be removed from this
onrthly sphere. 4?hll, of course, wins
ou( In the game, secures his sweet
heart, Is savsd front killing his own
father; his mother marries, after the
death of Torode, poor George, "Undo
George," who had been faithful for
twenty-odd long years to her and hers.
It Is a very good story. The de
scriptions of the Island, the people,
their lives, ttc., are splendidly drawn.
Mr. Oxenham. who made quite a liter
ary success with "Ths Long Road” last
year, has written tn ‘The Man of Sark”
Just us good n book as the former
named story. It la not a book to rush
through—but It will give pleasure to
the careful rrader.
"Princess Pocahontas,” by
Millie Owen McDavId. (Neale Pub
lishing Company.) There are a great
many etorles of olden tlmee, especially
of the early days of this country, which
are familiar to us all, at least we claim
that they are familiar. But when we
begin to Investigate such a familiar
Every Family
Medicine Shelf
ought to contain
“The Household Surgeon”
which is a bottle of
Dr. Porter’s
Antiseptic
Healing OQ
A Household Surgical Dressing f6r
cuts, bupis, bruises, sores, skin dis
eases, catarrh, or all wounds and exter-
Antisepticolly Cleanses—Heals. ^[] RT nal affections, whether slight or serious.
A preparation unlike any other, originated by on Old Railroad Scftgeon. It h easily applied by any one, and at the
tame time combines all of the medicinal qualities necessary to a careful and scientific treatment oi injured and diseased
put* of the skin or flesh. It is sought after and continuaUy used by sU who give it • first trill. All druggists sell it. Zi*
'A ' yv v ; ; : /■
MYRA KELLY.
Author of "Words of Liberty,”. “Little Citizens,"
Etc.
character a* that of Pocnhontas we’will
find that there Is lots about history
that we do not but should know. Es
pecially so, when the stpry Is well told,
ns In the case of the little volume hero
discussed. Mrs. Mittle Owen AtcDavid.
the wife of Mr. Ned McDavW. former
secretary pt state In Alabama. Is a very
charming woman. She has written a
most pleasing little etory around
Princess Pocahontas, and has told in
a now way ninny old facts about the
princess. Hhe notably, possibly uncon
sciously, brings out the fact that Cap
tain John Smith was quite a cad In his
treatment of Pocahontas. Based sim
ply on this little book discussed, Po
cahontas undoubtedly loved Captain
Smith and married John Rolfe only
when “they did tell us always you
wero dead and I knew no other till 1
came to Plymouth," as she said to Cap
tain Smith at their last Interview In
England, Just before her death. The
•tor)’, like all others dealing with, the
life of Pocahontas,' Is very pathetic, but
It la good ' reading, Instructive In a
pleasing way and interesting. There Is
a chapter In the book devoted to the
descendants of Pocahontas, especially
John Randolph, of Roanoke, and, like
many other historians, Mra McDavId
Intimates that Randolph's peculiarities
could be laid upon lilt, ancestress' mem
ory. That seems u little hard upon the
princess, after four or five generations
have 1 passed.
Mrs. McDavId Is the grandmother ot
the late pr. J. R. Smith, -ot Alabama,
who, together with some hundreds - of
others, was a descendant of Pocahon
tas. Mrs. McDavId, os Mlse Mittle
Owen, was one of tho prettiest young
women ot Birmingham,. but ehe need
not attempt to account for her un
doubted beauty and brain by going w-ay
back to Pocahontas. With her pretty
cousin, Miss Virginia Irene-Smith, who
married Robert McDavId. also at one
time secretary of state of Alabama, she
could point out ancestors nearer home
than Virginia—three hundred years ago
—to account for their good looks.
"Princess rocahontoa" would make a
good text book In the public schools and
would do good work In taking tha place
of the dry stuff usually handed out to
long-suffering children regarding the
history of Jamestown and Its times.
WARDS OF LIBERTY," by Myra
Kelly. (The McClure Company.) Mlse
Myra Kelly discovered and used a new
field for story writing when ehe de
lightfully telle ue about the little for
eigners In the public schools of Niw
York. Mies Kelly won a great and
deserved success Immediately upon the
publication of her stories In McClure’s
Magaxlne, and some of the first ones
written have been published In book
form under the title of "Little Cltlxens.”
Now comes another collection of those
pleasing tales under the title of "Wnrds
of Liberty.” In thle new volume there
are eight stories and a foreword; In
corporated In the latter le a letter of
congratulation from President Roose
velt, who seems to notice everything
going on In this country. The new
stories deal with our old. friends, “Pat
rick Brennan, "Eva Oonoroweky,”
Mlsa Bailey, the Teacher,” the "Doc
tor," the teacher’s sweetheart; "Morris
Mogllewakys," etc. It Is quite unnec
essary to tell the readers of The Ueor-
i;lan anything about the charm of Mlsa
Kelly's stories. It should only be nec
essary to stale the fnct of a new book
being leeucd; the reader* will do tlB
reet.
Mlaa Myra Kelly waa a school teach,
er In the’public schools of New York
and ehe secured her “local color” and
characters from first hand, os readers
know. This reviewer saw a statement
some tlmo ago that some rich young
chap of New York, falling In love with
the author of "Little Cltisens" through
reading her stories, hunted Mlsa Kelly,
up, won her heart and married her.
it Is a pretty romance, whether It le
true or not. It le to be hoped It Is.
If the husband of Miss Kelly will not
Interfere with the further Issuance of
auch delightful UUIe Sketches of
fife.
DOZIER’S POEMS," by Orion T.
Doxler. (Neale Publishing Company.)
General Rufus N. Rhodes, the genial
and capable editor ot The Birmingham
(Ala.) New* eeml-occaalonally breaks
forth In hla well sustained editorial
columns with a cry to the wilderness—
yea. even over Into Georgia and espe
cially to North Carollna^-ln hie search
for a genuine poet General Rhodes
luu shown his envy ot North Caro
lina's Just pride In the poet Coogler,
and It Is elated that while It le un
derstood generally that Mr. Ell P.
Smith, the associate editor of The
News, ostensibly was sent to Colorado
fur his health’s sake, the facts are that
Mr. Smith, a most gifted discoverer of
news and things, was realy on a hunt
for a poet, with which General Rhodes
could rival North Carolina with her
Coogler. Be that as It may. The Geor
gian Is In receipt of a volume of poem*
written by Dr. Orion T. Doxler (of
Doiler A Doxler), of Birmingham,
which plainly shows that through Gen.
eral Rhodes' broad vision of human
events a real poet has been overlooked
right at home. No longer need The
News hide Its head when the poetic
cry comes from out the North Caro-
llnan wilds, for Dr. Dosler In hla volume ..
of poetry baa covered practically all theme could be—but Is not—made un-
subjects which a poet could possibly
cover, and more, within the alleged
poetic license from ’IA Plea to Mayor
Lane” (what’s the matter with Mayor
Word, The Georgian wants to know?);
"Booming Birmingham;" "Club Hong
No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 1'' (IhCre
must be lots of clubs In Blrmlnglmm);
"Popper Baucc;” "The Girls of Silver
Creek;’’ "I Think I Thunk a Lie;’’ "I
Would Not See Her Face Again;’’ "I
Really will Be Dinged If I do;” "Mourn.
Georgia, Mourn” (hasn't Birmingham
« ot prohibition, too?); "I’m In Love
/Ith the Girls;’’ "The Murdered Wife;’’
"To Lizzie;" “To Minnie:" "Woman
and the Snake,” and so on ad .flnltum.
It Is a great thing, a matter of great
gratification nnd pride It will bo to the
whole South, to learn from this re
viewer that Birmingham, "Booming Bir
mingham." not only Is producing great
quantities of Iron, steel anil cool, but
is paying correct attention to the high
er arts, with n capital "A.” even If
overlooked by Tho Nows. The book of
poems Is nicely gotten up, with an
embossed front, showing a number of
forty-story "skyscrapers,” a number of
pig Iron furnaces Hnil four or five (can’t
toll exactly how many) cotton bales—
all on First avenue and Twentieth
street, Birmingham.
As Mr. Tom Wntson truthfully
quotes: ’’A prophet, etc., save In his
own country, etc.,” is simply an exhi
bition of Dr. Dozier’s genius being un
acknowledged by The Birmingham
News and General Rhodes, to say
nothing about Mr. Eli Smith’s lack of
appreciation.
"FROM BONIFACE TO BANK
BURGLAR,” by George M. White.
(Seaboard Publishing Company.) Mr.
George M. White, under the alias ot
George Miles, was one of the greatest
burglars "this country has ever pro
duced.” In Ills hook here discussed Mr.
White relates twlth thrilling descrip
tions his experiences all during his
criminal career up to the tlmo of his
reformation. Mr. White, after spending
a great deal of time In prison, was
converted from sin, through 8. H. Had
ley, of tho old Jerry McAuley (Water
Street) Mission, In a police station cell
In New York city. Soon after this Mr.
White was sent to Bing Sing prison, at
Ossining, N. Y„ to pay his last penalty
as a professional law-breaker. A few
weeks later he was transferred to Clin
ton prison, because he was an habitual
criminal. While confined ho thought
out, went over and got In shape the
fnets which he now gives In his very
interesting book called “From Boni
face to Bank Burglar.” It Is not pos
sible to follow Mr. White through all
of his experiences in this review—
sufilccth to say that the author has
made a most Interesting human docu
ment out of his book. He tells of
things as they happened, showing that
the way of the transgressor leads only
to one end. It Is very Interesting nnd It
teaches a good moral. The book la even
more Interesting and thrilling than the
pernicious dime novel, and Its strength
comes from Us basis of facts. It li
stated that many bankers have pur.
chased and read this book, desiring to
see the criminal's side of the bank
breaking proposition; also to see Just
In what way White and his associates
managed their looting of banks, and
with a view of arranging their own
establishments against future louses.
No doubt the book would be found
very Instructive to bankers generally,
for while most of the "common people"
have an Idea, Judiciously Instilled Into
them, that bankers are very superior
mental products. It only requires a few
Instances of Mrs. Chadwick and her
kind to prove to us that bankers, after
all, are Just ordinary people, with more
money than others—that’s all.
The Seaboard Publishing Company,
of New York, which prints this book.
Is a company of reformed men, as Tba
Georgian understands It, having been
assisted In th# beginning of this un
dertaking by that noble McAuley mis
sion In New York. It Is now self-sup
porting: It does One work and de
serves the help of all classes of people.
The reader will not only enjoy "From
Boniface to Bank Burglar,” but in
purchasing It he will be doing a good
wprk In proving that a man can re
form, and that humanity not only is
gratified at his reformation, but will
help him In tha good work,
"THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS," by
H. A. Mitchell {{pays. (Small, May
nard A Co.) It the reader can get Into
his or her brain, and keep It there, the
basis for the novel, "The Road to Da
mascus,” namely, the keeping, of a
secret by a woman from her huaband
for twenty to thirty years, the book
wUI give great pleasure And, too, tho
secret dealt with the past life ot the
husband, when he had been real wicked.
For the story Is unusually well written
and tha Interest, after fixing this prop
osition before stated In oner* brain,
holds right through the book. The plot
deals with what happens to a wife,
who attempted to rear In her own
home her husband's Illegitimate aon,
without telling either the boy or the
father of their relationship. That la
the atory, and It Is told In a most prop
er, clean wa)r, nothing whatever Is
there Iff It to. Jar upon the feelings of
any reader, and In this alone the au
thor shows her capabilities, for such a
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pleasant;* The boy Is taken Into the
family because the mother of the child
wants to marry a man "unincumbered.
One can Imagine the feelings of the
husband of the self-sacrificing woman
who accepted the husband's burden,
but It will be difficult to understand
how years anil yearn passed, when
some exasperating Incidents, must have
happened, and the wife did not blurt
out the truth. She did not, however,
causing Untold misery nnd sorrow. But
It all works rout In good shape In the
end. But It surely was very trying
during the oporatlon, and. as It ap
peared to this reviewer, so entirely un
necessary. To understand the story
one must first understand the heroine—
a most unusual woman, different from
many we meet—and In this wp are
lucky.
The chnrm of the book Is In Its style
—Its descriptions of the Inner working
of Collegiate fife, nnd especially of one
professor, a Mr. Maxwell, nn unusually
well-drawn character.
The discriminating will enjoy "The
load to Damascus." It Is too well
written to be a "best seller.” but If the
reader cares for a story that not only
will give pleasure In the reading, but
create a basis for mental exertion, then
"The Road to Damascus” Is hereby rec
ommended.
THE LOVES OF PELLEAS AND
ETARRE,” by Zona Oale. (The Mac
millan Company.) It took a mistress
of her special art to handle a theme
such as "The Loves of Pelleas and
Etarre” exploits, and in Miss Zona Gale
tho theme had one. Such a story,
Improperly handled, would have been
worse thnn a monstrosity, but In the
hands of this author the whole book
appeals delightfully. Tho story Is sim
ply that of two old lovers, who have
now no living children. They are
"bossed” by a tyrannical old 'servant,
Sod some friends, who say what weath
er will permit their outgolnga and what
pleasures they shall enjoy. These two
old lovers, Pelleas and Etarre, Interest
themselves In all good works, especially
busying themselves In the love affairs
at young people, all ot whom Instinct
ively love Pelleas and Etarre. These
two old lovers and their escapades, their
attempts to outwit the old servant and
their friends, fill us with delight at
times; In another moment something
will bring the swelling to the throat
over a genuine appeal ot real pathos.
The young child of Pdlleas and Etarre
had died years ago, but put away were
the little garments of the dead loved
one. One day, or at least night, these
two old lovers agreo to take care of
the child of two young people, to re
lieve the young wlfo Pelleas and Etarre
put It, but really to have the child
for themselves It was. The next morn.
Ing these two old dear creatures, upon
arising, proceed to dress the little child
In the. preserved clothes of their dead
child. They are Interrupted by the
old nurse; explanations follow, etc., and
If the reader doesn't have a hard time
swallowing along about them—well,
something ought to be done to him or
her, that’e all.
•The Loves of Pelleas and Etarre”
would moke an Ideal book for a holiday
gift. It Is simply charming.
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