The Portland daily press., 1895-08-31
and; Loring, Short g. Harmon. Price
s1 A0l

When Love is Done. A Novel, by Ethel
| Davis. The generalizations of this ro-
nance amongst young folks in town anu
country, sometime innocent and idyillc'
and again verging upon the forbidden OF
savoring of the vulgar commonplace, are
not SO good as the working out of details.
| Much pleasant analysis Of character
enters into the story, and Mary Eldredg
is study in dignity and sweetness
| which would make tho effect OF the
| book in any case an excellent one. Inc
question about which the narrative CIR Gle
| is the present problem of woman's limlta-
tions and opportunities. Boston: Estes q
Lauriat; Portland: Eoring, Short q
Harm on.
| AT the Relton Arms, by Evelyn Sharp.
The Key Note Series has planted Itself
squarely ON the modern basis. Its topics
and their handling are distinctly OF our
time and tendency, radically demonstrat
ted. AS the Relton Arms certainly does
not lack SAVIOR wherewith it is sailed.
An artist, younger brother, an Engllsh
My Lady, London studio, and IN
contrast, English country life; some
scenes amongst the nobility and othels
dealing with the oil-these are the ap-
pointments of the tale. Love as regarded
| by emancipated souls is Its essences ana
yet it would be difficult to put Lady Joan
| in any category or to deny her nobility
of fooling and grasp on principle some
times perilously near wreck and ruin, and
always disguised from others by their
| lighter self.
We quote pithy sentence noted in the
text cone of the most remarkable
phases Of monotonous incident Is the
way in which some people contrive to
give it the appearance of novelty" This
is anent the welcome extended to the
Enthusiastically Mrs. Haxtell, which has
| been the same for fifteen years, yet is
made by this genial landlady to take on a
pleasing variety. Few sights are more
melancholy than that of man who has
been robbed Of his story by another, ETC. ;"
"Norah ought never to have grown up !;
she was meant for eternal childhood. 1t
was mistake to make Lady Joan child
at all, she ought to have been born full
grown woman. ought never to have
| been born at all, of course. Who arranges
these things?"
Here is just thrust at modern methods
Of education: perhaps you have not
read my Plato, thought No; only the
| n hot T xrac oar
to do for myself, you see, because there
were no lectures upon it, At the Relton
Arms would bear further criticism, by
no means always laudatory, but it has a
vigor of its own and sufficient originality
to be left to it's literary fate; with a new
book always difficult matter to specu-
late upon. (London John Lane, Vigo
| st. /; Boston: Roberts Brothers Portland ::
| Loring Short & Harmon. Price ST. 90.
| The Mistress of Quest. A Novel by
Adeline Sergeant, author of Under False
Pretenses, etc., 90 ntains dramatic ele-
ments tellingIy worked out The plot is
and Is made new by its rendering. The
story portrays the character of woman
of noble soul, who rose above affronts and
jealousies and was loyal to duty. The
| Inference of the story is that those who
plan solely for the indulgence of selfish
interests come to grievous experiences
and even to repentance. The young girl
who wins Lord Raynfete's love, supposing
him to be penniless artist, is beautiful
ly drawn, and the story as whole is both
spirited and interesting New York: D.
Appleton & Co.; Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmon Price $1..00.