The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-22
BINDINGS OF some BOOKS
The Kind Of Girls Selected by Anth-
Ors for Their HerOines.
MEN CHOSEN FOR PRIME ROLES
Comparison Of These and Other Simll ar
Points In Recent Novels = How the
Hero Has Improvcd-Bad Couelu.
sions Almost Inv ariable.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
1t is related of u certain famous edi-
tor that whenever he was handed copy
to read the first thing he did was to
turn to the last sheet and blue-pencil
out the last sentence without ever read
ing 1t. He did this because he said any
one could write an article but ii took q
genius to know when to stop. Rarely
was he wrong-the article always read
better after his dOctOring. Writers Of
books are afflicted in the same way.
Their closing sentences are nine times
out of ten as supertluous and awkward
as the extra goodbyes ladies indulge in
when trying to break away from each
other.
SAMPLE CONCLUSIONS.
Taken at random from books which
have been published this past season
one finds remarkable array. In Gill
bert Parker's when Valmond Came
to Pontiac" the last sentence runs:
"Their figures against the setting sun
took on a strange burnish radiance,
50 that they seemed as mystical pill
grims journeying into a golden haze,
which shut them out from the view
beyond the hills as the Angelus sound
ed from the tower of the ancient
church.
George Patsons "A Study in Pref
udices," which was favorably noticed,
ends for the husband and wife in this
ghastly wise:
"Cecily was soon sleeping like a tired
child and his own eyelids gradually
closed. How long he slept he never
knew, but he was awakened by q
strange sense of chill and desOlatiOn
which seemed to strike him to the very
heart. RhOda was standing by his
side and when she saw tina. his eyes
were open she gently unclasped Ce-
cily's hands from his-and folded them
upon her breast"
"Chilfon's Marriage" by Gyp, is not
marked by brilliancy Of epigram for its
ending:
"And with a warm embrace he MUIR
INJURED tenderly, caressingly: For
should be very much surprised II !
should deceive you, dearest!"
Mrs Burnett's "A Lady of Quality
ends with a quotation of the inscription
on the heroine's tomb when she dies
In old age:
Here sleeps by her husband the pur-
est and noblest lady God ever loved, yet
the high and gentle deeds Of her chaste
life sleep not but live and grow and
will do so so long as earth Is EARTH"
Robert Barr's ending of "a Woman
Intervenes" Is pat because 1t is a cli-
reading the story:
Because your treacherous friend
| Wentworth sent me your letter apply
ing for a situation. You got the situa-
| tion, didn't you. John?"
Gertrude Atherton in her dashing
novel, "A Whirl Asunder," knows how
| to make a point valuable. Those who
| have read the story know how dra-
matte and effective Is her last SEN
| tence:
Helena turned and went back into
| the forest"
Anthony Hopes book Of short stories
comedies of Courtship." ends multi
tudinously, of course. The end Of the
| principal story. 1.-The Wheel Of Love. "
cannot be given. because 1t has no bear
| ing on the story-true. II illogical. Here
| are some of the other endings:
"But, then, that IL not the question v
"And so the girl did" .,i....
| Mr.. Hope, one sees. Is hopelessly cpl
| grammatic. v.f4 ~ =
UP TO DATE HEROINEs.
The heroine Of to-day. It Is claimed
differs essentially from the heroine OF
the past. A glimpse at her in detail IA
not out Of place. sN'f
Gyp's heroine has ''pale, tender. gray
eyes shining through dark lashes, q