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preferred To have had that boy lover OF
her short skirt days come TO claim her
instead of making ninDy of himself, or
even III that vague count also OF
her childhood memory, had turned
up, despite this discrepancy IN their years,
To marry her, tnat would have been more
gratifying than TO have her go TO the
stranger VINO chancsd to land in her path
at the last hour.
Meantime with sentiment running riot
in these last few pages making "a pretty
enough love story, all bv Itself, Beth
finds her career. We do not care 10 spoil
the readers discovery by disclosing what
that career is in this survey. But convinc-
ing as ~ il. consistently approached from
the early part of her life. the book Is
closed without Offering any sound guar
antee that she is really going 20 accom-
plish ANYTHING in il. Indeed, in her de-
light at the approach of her Knight,
which incident closes the bOok. both Beth
and the reader are likely TO forget en-
tirely that any career has been cut out
for her. (For sale by Gregory
The right word spoken at the right
time is IN the nature of divine inspiration.
Likely enough, ss Miss L. +. M0utresor
suggests in u new and pretty domestic
story entitled "At the Cross Roads" I'd.
W.
ana the absence Of it, perhaps more often
destroyed them. From the germ OF "A
"loyers' quarrel To the more serious
affairs of life, especially as between man
and woman, the right word spoken at the
right time is saving grace as the neglect
To utter it makes for lasting unhappiness.
Powerful to heal the lreach, to quickly
bring order out Of chaos if spoken IN
time, the blessed right word left unsaid
at the right time can never again be
spoken. IL Is this thought that Is
brought out in the deli yhtful story, At
the Gross Roads. " Jack Cardew and
Gillian MolyneuX are lovers who remain
true during half dozen years Of separa
tion. 1t was imposed upon the woman,
however, 60 speak the word that should
make them both happy after all this
time, and Gillian spoke it where one can
readily believe many girl would have
halted even though it might DO plain TO
her that alone she would not De bearing
tine unhhppiness that would have fol-
lowed its neglect. SO they were married
at the very outset of the story. But
another crisis came later on. And thai
is the real story. nd this time lt was
the mans turn To say the word or neglect
TO say 10. And he might well have hesl-
tated from n sense of false consideration
for her whom be loved, for IL Is often
hard to understand that neither of two
persons so situated can "choose good
without blessing, or evil without cursing,
the other" But Jack said the right
word at the right time too, and all was
well az once. And Ii Is as pretty a story
as Miss Montresor ever wrote, and writ
ten in charming style. Cor .sale by
Gregory
Not every music lover alone will be
grateful for the handsome and entertain
ing book which Harper a. Bros have just
published, "Marcbesi and Music" Ma
thilde Marcsesi, famous os the teacher of
vOcalists who have won eminence. herein
gives her "reminiscences They are not
alone "reminiscences of a career as an in
structor of singers who have oistin-
guished both their teacner and them
selves. but as mn associate OF musical
celebrities and ut eminent men and
women In various walks of life W here her
talents have afforded her connection on
n social plaue. She is in touch with the ar
tistic life of the continent and Ter "cir-
cle' is "a big one. Her world Is variously
peopled. but its population is invariably
of an inspiring kind. elevated, artistic,
tho very haut ton, in the choicest sig
ninoance of continental Europe.
thoroughly musical by divine talent she
has through many years of cultivation
and hard work reached proud eninene,
honored and beloved throughout the
musical world.
These reminiscerces are delightful read
ing. They are chuttv, in the better sense,
pungent, witty, clever and thoroughly
effective in their style. They make book
To read through from beginning to end
and then to have py for chance picking
up, an opening at random page and
quarter of an hours pleasurable listening
10 whatever she may be saying At that
particular point Anocdote and the
purely personal flourish on nearly
every page. Doubtless, such writing
might nave been extended into many vol
umes Madame Marchesi's wide acouant-
ance with celebrities of prime interest
and her life In the centres Of much travel
ing history, war and plague, as well as
the peace and splendor Of the richest civ
ilization on earth, must have stored
H. emory with II vast deal TO interest the
world But the crisp condensation of
this book is one of its charms For the
rest Massenet contributes preface and
the MessTs. Harper have presented 10 in
Beautiful print and fashioning. an
octave Deckel edged pages and gilt top
and amply illustrated with portraits.
(price, 81 80
The now volume of stories bv Henryk
Sienkiewicz. tho Polish author, whose
COLOSSAL romance "Quo Nadis" has
created an unparalleled interest in his
unusual writings il entitled HAMA,
the title Of the opening story. len stories
make volume Of tho size Of Quo
Nndis" and the collection has AN Interest
beyond the iuere reading, since, for In.