New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-27

souls and not puppets. We do not know ove,,sts
h either II l. n common mistake OF ho'o
TO anayze and explain their characters wv oon
In real life no two human beings however ~ ,,o
home IN know one another fully we gen. do " &C.,.
hut brief and parted gimpses OF our fehoNs final
than this In fiction IS extraVaethce an" m,otio,
oxoccerotion. Miss Pool has avoided the tchp'"Vp'
=, mt too much detail into her portraits, anu ,'0
resnrts OF her reticence arc encouraging II - o."
n good point that Rowena Is not represeh'ou ,
time rs clearly understanding herself one ~" h
ms do most people. She pursues them rs - ~
can But she does not see far INTO the i"'''s' -
hoe ebo Settled lust how she shall act In every
,yoh,o situation In fact, she is simple aV'io''O
Girl ns uncertain In her conclusions as are '"o'
,o,on and ,berefore-so paradOyca is human r''"'0
ou tho more interesting and winning We co'io''
having been less Impressed by Keats branioru ''''
almost any other person In the story Drt VIZ "so
seen the last Of him, and he may improve "Po" 49,
acquaintance That he was good enough loi ,a
yo certainly shall not consent to believe Du' W."
,o,hons nohodv could have passed that criterion MISS
Doc, is very fond of dogs was shown In " Doly'
rd sbe has mt a delightful little Yorkshire teiiior
into this story. The part played by 'isrni'"" -,
not without It's Importance, ana however uo NY
NAV have been to poor Philip and 10 hea,s oi"uO,o
upon OCCASION the reader would not Willingly ""''
him from these pages.
Mr. Gssing's new novel cannot be denieo Inc h'o,i'
OF power but II Is not OF Il chhrhutcr !" P~ -
old fashioned readers who demand that every s'o'S
sle,ll end with wedding bells, The people among
whom Deuzl Qiarrler moves and the hero 'ii'hs SCI,
arc 70 n certain extent. fin de siece' people. i",
,ulnont note I'm the mental makeup Of 0narrier' VI
his trcacherous friend Glazzard. and OF Lah Is 'uc
clsion ldud OF ethical nabblncs5 seems 10 Pe''"u
tho story. IN seeking TO conquer social
convcntions-upon which, none the less uNeS
arc dependent Quarter and Lillian get into
snare from which there seems no escape ana te pun
Girl kills herself The most energetic action IN tc
story /, the betrayal Of his friend by blazzniu Eg ~
notwitIsand ng hi, malignant activity on TINS O5ca,lon'
The lmpcst figure on the stage. There - howcVJt'
genuinely dlnboiral flavor about his treachery IL -
50 objrctless purely malicious and sptel as 10 o.
scarcely human and the closing scene, IN whlch no NJ
mIts what he has done. and being qucstione' furher
declare, That he does not know why he did II, Is Gu
rIoisIv fitting climax the career Of one whose MOI,
crnIty Is expressed chiefly IN the absence Of an moral
niles and bel cfs Glazzard |, constructvey the
murderer Of Lillian. but when Dcnzl Quarter realize
This lie merely walks away. and III the street SOHO
uulzcs: Vow understand the necessity Tor sOc'1i
law And that i all Surely this IL a type Of nero
civilized not only mp but somewhat beyond all odl
nary c nericUce There Is much bright dialogue ~ pr
Ci.sug' hook and the interest is well sustained IL tnc
soclai type, studied air the reverse Of promising