The age-herald., 1898-08-21

F. Frankfort Moore Is one of the best known and most widely read novelists in England. Do not eonfeund him with Geo. Moore, of "Esther Waters" fame for he is writer of much stronger ability and force. MT. Moore has been a journalist in every part of the globe, and has success fully turned many of his experiences in East Africa and India to account in his novels of which he has published a long list. He is an Irishman, educated at Irish college, and married Irishwoman. His readers never quite lose sight of his nationality. Besides his long list of novels he has brought out two books of verse, and has had eight plays produced. When a visiting English company produced kitty Cline, Actress as a curtain raiser very few people paid any attention to the name of the author and yet F. Frankfort Moore is well known and admired in this country. Kitty Clne," which was derived from one of the authors stories is a striking eK- ample of successful adaptation of narra- tive fiction to the stage and is considered one of the few really good plays in one act of this generation.
 1.-The Jessamy Bride" is thing apart in MT. Moore's record. The he was working in different vein from what is usually his own; but readers will not complain if for the time-being he borrowed from some one else for MT. Moore has undoubted suc- cess in dealing tactfully with historic per sonages without making them talk in the OlB DOW-WOW style. Any one WHO TeduS ''The Jessamy Bride" win not readily for get it. The latest published work by MT. Moore is entitled 1.-The Nfillionaires.'' and is a book in which the author is again his own unrestrained, vivacious self. If"The MillionaireS" has raiSon d'etre it must be to prove that there is nothing to be afraid of in this class of people, who much re- semble the rest of the world, save in their good luck. There were several very charm ing "Mllionaires' loungng about the Eng fcI,r of pixia wi ha of the story are laid In this new book MT. Moore has given us quite captivating little novel with plenty of lovers and senti- mental young people to show his sympa- thy with affairs of the heart. There is just the tendereSt thread of plot; hardly enough to be dignifed by the name of plot. Yet it serves the purpose of connecting in one narrative most interesting assort- ment of young people. It is. indeed great boon to remember that if people in real prosaic life are not witty and apt at repartee as they should be, we may still have recourse to the society of bright people in books.
 MT. Moores strongest and ablest charac- terstic is his ability to portray characters. Lord Ballyseedy, the impoverished Irish Gentlemen is, a perfect gem in the book. Possibly no one but an Irishman like MT. Moore could have portrayed his gaiety and bubbling good humor, his manliness and tender sentiment and above all his devo- tion to the little maiden of his own land and country. Everybody who had the. ca pacity to pronounce opinion on an or dinary social question had said that there was no doubt about it: Lord Ballyseedy's only hope lay in marriage; yet his heart was too true and tender in it's devotion to the little Irish maiden to allow him to make Marriage de Conyenance." The con- struction of the story is exceedingly poor, the material indifferent. The author re- lies upon character for his effects rather than incident and upon vivid dramatic presentation rather than mechanical stage craft. MT. Moore evidently takes hearty personal interest in his characters and gives a story full of bright, sparkling dialogue, revealing by their conversations men and women with whom we are at first pleased, then interested, then deeply con- cerned.
 s'Yaiencia" is a most unique young wo- man who falls desperately in love with one of the millionaires, yet fears to follow the dictates of her heart because it has wofully misled her twice before. We learn that MT. Moore is engaged in preparing version of "The Millionaires for the stage. The diversity and elaborateness of characters will afford an opportunity for some very fine acting.
 
 Apropos of the dramatic presentation of work the novelist and dramatist work toward such different ends that 1t is sur prising that they should ever succeed alike in one medium of work and the oth- er However, there are in England today many novelists who are also dramatists. This fact may possibly be brought about by the fact that the dramatists reward