The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-07

report his kiss to the princess; and Dc
Bourmont, who. when he was not yearn-
ing consumedly 10 join the Nendeans,
claimed sanctuary" from his creditors
I'm the palace, and was on the
verge of falling i'm love with two
women at once. How Lady Betty gained
the ascendency I'm De Bourmonts heart
and they were victmised and separated
by the wiles Of Bastien, we will let the
reader find out for himself Toward the
end the scene shifts TO Algeria, the lovers
again meet on the battlefield, and an at
tempt is made to infuse more movement
into what would otherwise merit the
name Of a sketch. Once, on the explosion
of a shell at her feet. when she fell
bleeding from n dozen wounds, the
heroine is in dire peril Of extinction; nut
on the next page we read with a sign
OF relief that after many months she is
quite we'll" Thus the coast is cleared
for a happy. pathetic ending.
quite well" illustrates aptly Miss Sea-
wells most pronounced literary failing. So
does the sentence "She and Angus openly
kissed each other quite warmly at part
ing" She has a little way OF understate-
ment which produces the effect OF self
consciousness. in this respect. however,
i lie IliNAOlN Oh lllt isAhN DNNN1 1900 - -
decided improvement on The Sprighty
Romance OF Marsac. and in every respect
a more refined piece OF work. Indeed.
nothing can be urged against its selection
OF incidents. or the texture OF its de-
scriptions; and it IS instinct with an at
mosphere Of delicate feeling, such as few
historical romances possess.
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