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esa, intercourse xra ~aas .ss called men Of =
These ase .as esa,.astezs In Which 10 la..s-:
ed of sae ssory principally centres. 7he plot Ia
airnple ose-meretI;a stas4 Of are4dzr life, and
inside up Of erent1 which tstcr Into tsa expert
eaees Of nearly IN od u ssTuerr arc no startling
.tnfadents, Spa seuaattonauan4 The action Il a.
ways quet, and the movement Of the B1ofy always
within probability. In Etor1es Of this kind, cspo-
c!ally when Written By an imaginative, 1mpulstye
woman, II We take Miss Brewster to be, there u
AWAY temptation to I'm Into rhapsody, and 10
exalt the characters into the realms Of ROMANCE,
lether than OF everyday fact There Is nothing
CT the ftud In the volume before ne
The conversations Of the characters
10 hear II any time In refined artlstic ettcseA In
place Of the usual clap-t1ap stock Of rotaon The
author has given u se1y vtrid descriptions Of the
glorious Swiss aceuezJ, quiet rEdect'ns, which are
rarely prosalc, c1quiaite contrasts Of character,
and stiltul critfcaa aualJBcs Of music. The plot
maj be summed up briefly Fanny Fauvctte, who
has been left IN orphan, md III her Lie has
npuned the Aheeuce o&, - mother, compeufatea
that loss BY her devotion 70 music She Is in Con-
unua1 opposition to Taute octavte, "hose great,
strong nature can neither syMpath1ze With nor
tolerate the weaknesses Of Fanny Il taat ae1lc-
uon strikes Tante octarte, and tho tro stveEsc
natures, under the same pressure, meet and rec
ognize each other. .Tsntc octayie Is sottened un-
der The blow. Her fron nature yields and I'll
that is loT1h1e In hcF Datufe - comes
to the surface, md over the gick bed Of Helene
the strong woman. who had stxa1s yearned fdr .
child, and The weak woman, who had always yearn-
ed for rpo.ncr, supply .cacn taer's-Nsnts, and
thus compensation comes to both Helene. In fol-
lowing ont the dictates Of her generpus nature,
goes TO England IS goTetnesa In order TO sup
port herself and mother, and tucurs the dis
pleasure Of KlnuRird Graham. Tnest Il . ten-
porary separation bttwean them, but the sertous
illness OF Helene and the tragic death Of the BRILL
1ant Cctsre bring them together again. We hsvs
already described octave aa nnprincipied. although
briIlnnt While at1anced to Marie Merle he effects
the ruin of a.. Joung giH By driving her
out into the world Marie dlsnlsses him.
he goes to Italy, gets Into numerous intHguea,
dnd in q sudden 1t Of desperation kills him
SELF Marie Merle gives herself up entirely to her
art, and dnds her compensation In wo1ahipplnt at
Its shrine Many Of the cha1sctezB we under
stand, arc drawn from life, Aad among tht lnel-
dentzi ones It ls not dinlcult to recognize the
u1tginalA They are drawn very clearly and
sharply. The aklll Of the writer La nowhere more
clearly shown than IN the manner IN which Ahc
brings the Opposite natures Of Fanny end Tante
Octave together, while her conscientiouaneso Is
clearly shown IN the treatment OF Octave. Among
nearly III OF our modern rpgnnnce and story witt
en- II u The prart1os 70 enlist tho
sympathy Of the reader for these
fascinating, bri1liznt v1lfain&l WITH them,
heauty OF person, elegance Of loAuners,' md
1naness Of culsurt cover up depravity Of mind.
The sau< becomes the hero and the poN1hed sconn-
drcl, the day-dream Of l1ngulshing young dauaels
Virtue. manlinesa, and dignity Of character 81 10
l the VIII when confronted With elegant vlce And
accomplished deprxvtt.. But In the book betpre
ps while the winter does not hesitate to Illustrate
an the brilliant po!uta Of 0etaIns character, thc
DOES It with such 6ubtle skill that They pcYer foE
IN instant cover up his depr4yttJ, noE crcase a
| particle Of sympathy In the mind Of the reader.
We hsvr spoken Of the book thus far only n q
novel. II has anotnec phase to it. ho1eTc5, which
Ia very Important and that Is It's relation to music
In Tits direction the writer nas not only collected
| some very valuable mster1al hpm the Writings O.
1iszt, BetlIoz, De LenE, 0ulthlschef, and scndo,
technical analysis, but has also shown vetJ cor
/ rect aste zud much Skill Of her oWn In os1tct8m
Before clpaing tha notice 1t would ba doing tntus
1 t,ce to the book not To cite come Of them. In
conversation between Fanny and Marie, the Latte
reaches The very secret Of mnsi
l when 6he B&JA: Ion hare not ye
reached the knowledge that uue mlsl
from strength and feeling In the soul, This Is
| broad general axiom in music, which few mus
|. | Clans ever appreciate or accept There must
/ soul In mnslc or there Ia no music; there mnst
continent, feeling, passion, even melancholy,
| music, o1 munte Is mere Ettdctallty. Music ca
/ not be meFe technically or natter Of phrsiqi
, \ Mndc appeals 1rst Of all to the soul, and mus
therefore, coua from the soul Anatc more hi
any other a1t In its Aspirations, I8 mysteries, a.
lts tunuences, ia supernatural, OF, we should mo
I | truly kay. BuperhumAn. It reaches abose and
, | youQ The earth AgTeat poem may hAFc tho box
Of nuslc, but tue music has both The soul aud oe'
Of poetry, and beyond this closer connecu
t with the tndnlte- The snn LOOKS up
: | many a1tcutaut& 1t shtneb upon lew muA1an
:: | for few hare eyer h8d that passion which mr.
have been innate or else attained through sui,
q ing, md which can onlJ make musician. So
i uuaIclans are true artists, not the pano-thuu
= | crs and stagc~screccherH, whose. sudac1ty lea
a them to Auy egree Of musical murder. In
= other chapter Marie Merle gives her inprcsait
70 concerning the piano playing m L1szs and In
berg, H follows:
II beard. during two different visits to vlcnl
those great artists, ThRlbctg and ustz- One,
b. know, Is said 10 he material ind calculating,
- oiheriusa The reverse. Ie. me tell {oa he ea
s'nd q s1p9es:Ioa: eIS not q {ssiiss, hoseyef
s n.s n.ts IT, "eqnE e s1sndse e
lei q q il eI, be madc Of it rhst othel men MAKE
@sa @snt oS5gf e genn. M "a Hesrd LIT on
rd what an AWAKENING 2 my whole nature dld
muhe cause! i ras the ice-sain stu, INT TIC s. s.
~ sSgny. u W he - seemed tut poet of he instrument
Inspired rspsodls, nd sreHYshlnE " he a lsysd &.
h. - I'd she ssine nomtnt. 6ne night he Played
Is eoalaR e5snsnRs ous m,s' that .po & Beetno
d. II tie soua,e 2 minor, opus
sas 1se t. y &c Hs7es
Mt Z storm, When the waters seem to rush 1naaly
~, as II 10 avoid the cold Rhone torrent: ths r. M
tu- | live psRsaEe made a solemn pause, TO tell a.
hot woes; ID vain, the stem necessity rolled on 81
oAt waa lke the cold, tcJ nood penetrating 70 The 4
Sc s5a Sf 5as r.
Ut, mur1ed tramp Of . distant ayalanche hnlr
'sal eoSnaons eGn 81 q ehordsi feaaed NJ neai O
the ! hands 1ud wept For, Oh, Fanny
sette. it is sad to be only the attist-e1ecutans'
,HoW many amatcuss are described IN the 10
+ Is ~ Gis fsndznecht came Up the paastoz1a :
'e iIt sasea tes.nol,nes IN sad nganess, fks q tnv
Tor pen-Hipef OF allumette,hoIder sas mnla M 2:
na- ont u exeeIame F5sn1n tas un 9as
NV nothing about her showed thai sne felt any
of becoming modesty: anA ai,s5 SO had nns
- | aud GNf&QHfas anu 1Qo4WsS4EsEN--AoaHE1N.6
:eru | preparations tn4n ClA1n ecnul
.ify- Would haTe neeaen nT r., ~ of,,.4, 7 hnsh
non na, ;,,t'cn, onS rnmpos,,,ops Ii broke mi
tgss M !tacHs ~ ,siara saM sound ami mn
n1nSt nGStnnfh;nr.s a rhaa. al chords and scales
~ | I'M rntns Of pctayos, BtoEnJ chrp1nattcs, bt
one attempt at char -oscuru ot oppression:
OK asW Of ttghEfope or EasSuss5sns .s ~ ~ :
Is aS ata pensn ~ .f 1 pTf II tr,nTrs vTithnrt on
1io ,hnuoht ~ feeling srrrestedn
.,o, 70 n ain,rnn far me n think Of the nun