The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-27
LUCAS MALET's NEW NOVEL.
s.THE STORY Or AARON" A CHILD.S
ROCK, By JOEL CHANDLER
HARRIS.
~roMALfN's aEEsr," BY BuRGIN.
''s'-iGaitiYe Budd hisn" Jane" -
''Corntry Clouds and SUnshine"-
Studies ira Judaism"

tsrtie OF master OF any or the arts are
worth cherishing, but they are by no
means the same thing as a full feast,
nor should they be so esteemed. Gas
ton De Latour'' is the title of an I'M
finished romance by the late Walter
Pater. prepared for the press by
Charles Shadwell, who tells us that the
work. If completed would have been a
parallel study of character to Marcus
the Epicurean;' the scene being anoth-
er age of transition when the old fab
ric of belief was breaking up, and
when the problem of mans destiny
and his relations to the unseen was
undergoing a new solution. The inter-
est would have conferred around
the spiritual development of
refined and cultivated mind
capable of keen enjoyment in the
pleasures of the senses and the intel
lect but destined to find its complete
satisfaction in that which transcends
both. The turn which the narrative
would have taken is hut scantily indi-
Gated by the seven cha piers given
here. all Of which are but clearing the
way for action which never comes Mr.
Shadwell admits that Pater himself
may have been dissatisfied with the
framework of the story. and may have
abandoned it deliberately Certainly.
as far as delineation of character goes,
we have nothing of any completeness
mere. However, 1T is impossible that
even such an inconsiderable amount
OF Pater's work should not contain
many exquisite passages and phrases
Which his admirers would not willingly
lose. The chapter entitled Modern
lty yields perhaps the largest number
OF these treasures to the searcher
nd h. q
Rcnsard's poetry is the most gracious
thing and the most worthy of Pater
IN all the little book We quote:
Here was q poetry which boldly as
sumed the dress, the words, the habits.
the very trick Of contemporary life,
and turned them into gold. 1t took
possession Of the lily in ones hand
and projecting 1t into visionary dis
lance shed upon the body of the flower
the soul of its beauty. Things We're
become al once more deeply sensuous
and more deeply ideal As at tho
touch of wizard something more
came into the rose than it's own nat
ural blush. Occupied so closely with
the visible this new poetry had so pro-
found an intuition of what can only
pe felt and maintained that mood in
speaking of such objects as wine. fruit
the plume in the cap, the ring on the
finger The visible was more
visible than ever before. just because
soul had come to it's surface. The Juice
IN the MOWERS, when Ronsard named
them. was like wine or blood
- II is for the sake of this passage and
some few ,otheEs as striking that adj
lnirers OF Pater will find these incom-
plete and unsatisfying fragments
worth while
milan e CO. o rd by a Walter lite tb patsr
Panhs Book and Stationery company)
Lucas Malet" is the pseudonvm of
q writer whose work always commands
the attention of the knowing Her
latest novel, The Carissima." is q dis
tlnct advance in power and conference
over anything she has heretofore pub
hshed. Both theme and treatment are
forcefui and striking. In strength and
brilllancy the book is one of the most
notable novels of the season. 1t is the
history of Lie, which deserves a
capital letter because it is perhaps the
most diabolically cruel lie that has vet
appeared in fiction. At all events it
would be hard to find its equal For
hero the writer has taken a man OBJ
sesSed. the victim of an especially gro
tesque and repulsive hallucination. and
the has told his story so we'll that he
secures the readers sympathy at once
Now, this is not at all N easy mat
ter, Tor the public cultivates objections
10 heroes who are not mentally sound
although it has learned to tolerate the
interesting invalid in the chief role. In
the case Of Constantine Leversedge
mis- Whoie nature is so sane and whole
some, and his delusion is such AN ILL
conditioned intruder into his healthy
active life that it does not seem to
belong TO him or to taint his mental
integrity The lie was told him by his
haneee, whom, by the way. Lucas
Malet has treated numerically We
decline to believe that there ever was
human being so abysmally selfish as
Charlotte Perry. but she certainly
makes an effective heroine for a trag-
edy. 1t IS question of literary moral
1ty, however, to what extent a writer
IS justified in going beyond the bounds
OF belief for the sake of effect in Gre
atihs character. In the present in
stance. the story hinges upon Char
Totes unspeakabIe self-saeking. and it
would nave been pity to lose such
novel as The CareSsima" for the sake
OF Investing one character with
common place probability
THE Carissinla," by Lucas Malet. Stone
& Kimbsil. $1.50. For sale by the St Paul
Book and Stationery Company
he Story of Aaron lis one of the
most delightful Juvenile books that has
been published in many a day The
fact that Ii is by the author OF I'm
Gle zRemuS is not so significant in
this generation Of toe prolific talent as
the fact that 1T is worthy the author
OF ''Encie Remus" Aaron. the son of
Ben Ali, an Arab, who had been sold
into slavery, lives on the Abercrombie
plantation in Middle Georgia, where
live also Buster John and Sweetest
Susan. known to the readers of Lit
tie Mr.. Thimblefinger" One OF Aaron g
Inherited accomplishments Is the art Of
ceifEefslng with animals, and he
teaches the children how to do the
same thing. In subsequent chapters
they hear from the Black Stallion, the
Gray Pony, Rambler the trick dog. and
the wild White Pig, the thrilling story
or Aaron's life and the various adven-
lures which befell him. before and after
he came to live with the Abercrom-
bies 1t Is hard to say just what con-
stitutes the gift of telling story
which will fascinate children, but what
ever Ii is. Mr.. Harris certainly DOS
sesses 1t. and we are much mistaken
If the '"Story of Aaron does not at
tract older readers as we'll
t'The Story of Aaron by Joel Chandler
Harris. Boston. Heughton Mifiin & Co.. g.
For sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company
The modern speculative interest in
Eastern thought has been intensified
by 1.-The practical concern furnished nv
q number of persons in almost every
large community who seek to find in
old East Indian faiths the basis for a
modern cult that shall satisfy their
spiritual aspirations. To such persons
Il is OF some importance-or ought to
be--to find out just what the faiths are
which they seek to apply to modern
uses We have learned of The Light
ne AEiu L.