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THE poMINANT SEVENTH. BY kate Elizabeth clark
limo pp. 1914. ID. Appleton Co.
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DAVID TODD. Dy David Mcclure. limo pP' 20
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PIERRE ASD JEAN. By GUY dc Maqpa;San,. WIN
preface BY the author rraI'Iaea 9y muf Ilo
M 33j. George Routledsc q 60.
,n"roe cerr,tos- Mrs Atherton has opened dialect
Gala hitherto unexplorcd and one In which, for some
time a least she is likely 10 be without competition
Tho dialect spoken BY the socallcd "hauNe 'al-
fornisnsp-peoplo Of Mexican and spanish birth
,.cn,r and II as here reproduced recalling niue
a., strongly the speech put In tho mouths Of the New"
vorl Italian peanut and chestnut and banana sellers
a. convcntonazcd By the local reporter mas inc OILS
,tc, advantage over tho dialects of the South. Tie
SMOKY Mountains and the negro Of being wholly IN
,cuioible Mrs. Athcrton's native 'alliorhlahh ire
nucntly omit the smaller parts OF speech but I" 'o
r., thew offer no further indgnity than consists In
.rv,rg ucrtimate terminals 10 their words. ana III
doing more or less violence to their moods and lenses
., C.rr,tosn is In itself story Of much FRESHNESS
,a torce The heroine really charming crc1
finn Carmclita. Is the daughter OF INC
opcca readed bandit, joaquin Muricia. IL would Do
,,r,,tt Ia make romance out Of him. for n moro
serocions bloodthirsy. brutal rhan PROBABLY never
lived Il is however. Historically true that lbs al
dpct>d a grl OF good spanish family ana she Ii sup
nosed IN be tho mother Of pretty and piquant
carmcllta Tho study OF this child Of Nature living
in profound ignorance Of the world upon the Los
Cerritos ranch. Is clever IL IS nc ther ovcidrawn
nor excessively sentimental The lover OF the lonely
child for tho majestic redwood on the mountain
81. nd .f,,l,..
liar development is wrought with delicacy and =
srso .. fitness and the whole conception IS full Of
,,cturesoneness AZ for the plot II l. not equal 10
the central figure. yet IL Is not without good points
The action Of Tremainc. the san Francisco mil
lonairc IS the most unthlnkablc epicDdc IN the
Story end the marital experiment with which the
romance concludes the marrying by highly cdu
Gated man Of n profoundly ignorant GIRL and tho
uryInr OF her in the woods Let her unlkcnes 10 his
,rord shonld be thrown into high ef-must be earl
ed with something than doubt by al bat the
nbis,icaed Los Ccrritos" 4 ncvcrhee-s lie idedy
new departure In fiction. and that IS matter b, be
thankful for.
The Dominant seventh" is a musical story and
a good one As might be expected. It l. emotional
and perhaps hard headed readers may take
exception 10 the scenes In which the susceptible
Flor. McChcsncy Is so moved by occult sympathy
while accompanying the violnlst Fcrranti that
face Of which he Is thinking apD-ats IL effectively
before her eyes. This IS certainly eating perlously
close 10 greater mysteries than dominant ideas. .
but the incident Is sk1ully and lightly handed and
ia effective. The figure Of the Italian stands out
much more clearly than that Of Flora. however and
this Is a blcmish. OF the heroine little is SEN
than her artistic scnsibility whereas the character
OF Fcran;i Is boldly and clearly presented. and hc
IS dinlncd and admirAblc proenoe. Musical
discourse plays considerable part In the story
which. however. IS rather a sketch than vel.