The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-26

the same social class as Artie. though in
stead OF engaging in honest labor he fol-
reputable means of gaining a livelihood.
Natural y. he has run of IL lick. fort mes
smiled on him TO the extent of giving him
a wife and an unexpected legacy. Check
he is not in the least interesting, and there
seems no good reason for the telling of his
history unless it is the opportunity af-
forded the author of moralizing heavily
here and there over the young mans short
comings.
Green Gates by Katharine Mary
Cheeyer Meredith. is an inane tale. 1t pro-
ffe esta In subtitle to be an ANALYSIS Of
have cared to anaIyze this variety of fool
1shfaess or should suppose that any one
else would care for It is not clear; The
Oldfeld, a wealthy bachelor of forty, who
falls in love in vague way. with a young
a heroine-just back from French board
ing school, where, as it turns out. she had
become enamored of a mysterious person
age who never appears openly on the scene.
presumably he was an impossible person.
enigmatical illusions to a 'jabberwock''
which Oldfield took to mean her lover.
After a clandestine and emotional inter-
view with the jabberwock she took a dose
of poison and died. There is a setting of
country house. the girls family, a small
boy and a cat obviously dragged in for
literary purposes, and, last a graveyard
which the elderly bachelor visits in Jan
uary and from which he departs walking
with the humped-up shoulders the sick.
canary look Which has never left him
Nothing better describes the feeble dual
lty Of the tale than the term sick canary
1.-The Sentimental Sex" by Gertrude
Warden, is rather naughty tale cleverly
the stupidity and grossness which are the
usual qualities of sex problem novels by
story is that of woman S with iip
a past who marries man with ideals
comes to grief. The woman's side of the
case is presented with wit and ability, how
PATTY as victim of the sentimental SEX
The Flaw in the Marble is a story of
French artist life by an unnamed writer,
and relates the love of a sculptor for an
actress who led him on merely for the sake
OF fon9uest and finally ending her ac
of unreality ' ga
THE Fearsome Island.'' by Albert Kin
ross: is evidently the result of study of
Robinson Cr9soe and the realm of Caliban,
The events recorded are supposed to have
occurred in the year 1861 and it is inter
estlng to note that the shipwrecked man
found among the provisions in the store
room of deserted castle on the island a
quantity of canned meatsi
''Episcopo 81 Co.. is a work whose author
Gabriele dAnnunzio, the translator, Myrta
Leora Jones, regards as a producer of real
ly great literature. 1t seems unfortunate
since the young man really ranks well in
the literary circles of his own country that
his first Introduction to the American pub
tale. Episcopo is condemned murderer
who tells the story in the first person and
Is as deSpicdhle a character the mind of
man can conceive, the insults and Injuries |
heaped upon him by his wife and her lover
being received with coWardly submission |
that forbids sympathy and arouse only con-
Tempt. The style is Staccato, and there is |
the liberal sprinkling of dashes and ex- |
clamatfon points that the conversat ton of |
an emotional murderer seems to require |
1t is an unwholeSome book.
All these volumes, it is worth noting are
so beautifully printed and artistically |
perience proving that fine covers do not |
make fine books, to look for entertainment
from their pages.
'Unclassed," by George Gissing. Pub
fishers; r. F: Fenno & Co., New York.
Without Sin, by Martin ]. Pritchard.
"Artie," by George AIDE. Publishers: HI
>. Stone 81 Co., Chicago.
Checkers" by Henry M. Blossom ir |
Publishers: Henry S. Stone & Co., Chi |
cago
Green Gates" by Katharine M. C. Mere
dlth Publishers: d. Appleton & Co., New |
The Sentimental Sex by Gertrude War
gen. Publishers: ID. Appleton & Co.. New |
- The Flaw in the Marble" Publishers: |
The Fearsome Island" by Albert Kin !
ross. Publishers: H. S. Stone & Co. Chi |
cago. ~ ~
"Episcopo & Co." by Gabrielle d'Annun- |
zlo. Publishers: III. 8. Stone G. Co., Chi |
cagO. - ~