The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-02
Books Of the Day


HIS GRACE Or tI@&zAS@N2yE<- fSS&s4@ SfsE
portIen OF that E0blerran'9 life omitted
- the relation OF HIS L1ady's story. pre-
sentaf 70 the world OF fashion under
the dele Of "a Lady ~ Quality" By
F~srce. uoagson Burnett. Charles
scr.hnsr Il Sons.
Whatever tie critical novel reader RS
nrai verdict as 70 the artistic worth az
Mrs.. Bnrnett's Lady OF Quality" he
was bound 10 think 1t the freshest novel
that had appeared for many weary
moons. Moreover. Il was shock and
surprise 10 that lady's admirers. WHAT
The chasts--aIungst lnsaatlIe laureate q
the nur8ery-besDrlEkle her pages with
oatts and blood, giOEs over vice, and
hurI defiance at the Crea tori there
lie one who dares 10 say TO the poer
thing He made. Will not forgive" TIE
character CT ciaTiaGa stands out as the
baldest conception Ia nction--vixen mis-
treas and n1ur9eress. rising TO higher
things NO; only OH the stepplng-stoue Of
her DEAD self, but on the dead body of
her inaTnorita. by her struck down. and
wIikai finding her SOL and wousaahood
In ali this storm and stress. until at last
IN the ripeDesg or years above her rest
ing place are Inscribed lines Ike these:
Here sleeps hy her husband the purest
ard nooless lady God eer loved. yet tie
tiah and gentle deeds OF her chaste.
sweet Hfe sleep hot. but live and grow,
and so win do as long as earth Is EARTH
His Grace OF Osinoade' il given 10 the
world as a rev novel. when In reality 1t
IL bat rsehsnfre. Mrs. Burnett has
tried the interesting experiment Of max
lag enc plot d. for two novels. and the
result cannot be called success. II The
Lady OF Quality" except as a symbol,
was shade too matchless-radi4ni.
beautiful. triumphant, ross-crowned; tie
toast Of the Deaux and the envy Of the
i~siles--she was nevertheless a splendid
and ineligible figure. So much cannot
he said for Ills Grace. whose virtuous
life IL traced ia this sequel, or compan-
ien-piece. lie suggests the little Faun-
tiaroy OF larger growth. The physical
beauty for which he is modestly crate
fui; his Straight limbs and great
le1y." and "clear-cut countenance." ard
the spiritual beauty OF which he is even
more conscious. do not atone for the ex-
trene stupidity OF his conversation
True. the Duke OF Marlborough was
pleased TO fnd that he frequently said
things worth hearing. but we OF TIE
nineteenth century are denied this pleas
~Nt sifS b'etAHtSAtS@ CUES litt
create in US any enthusiasm, but seems
alien and inhuman. and this perhaps ac-
counts for the fact that Clorinda aad
the minor characters are more pgaus-
ihie than In the preceding book. Given
s creature whose nature is at variance
with circumstance. and all the fine quail
tiles OF Mrs. Burnett's imagination re-
spond at once. but when nature and cir
E4frn%f2nES7 haVa hat b.a
fancy creates AT image at once too
bright and good for human natures daily
food" and the furnished world in which
We dwell and much TOO corporal for the
realm of spirits, Notwithstanding that
the h~ssutlmeutalist Was 10 be found
igrking In the pages or Mrs Burnett's
lady of Qualify It was SO sptr-
tied 50 defiant. so full OF picto-
Fiat arrangements and dramatic fer
Yer that IL compelled admiration
fhe vivid brightness OF the picture Of
ti9finda In the description Of her meeting
81 Sir J0fin Avon ny the old sun-dial In
the rose garden. viii liuger long In the
miisi-"ahe turned aud faced him. hotd-
Ing the wreath high In her two hands,
poised Ike crown above her head The
nf1iliAnt sun embracing her. her iips
CURING. her face upiifted as If she turned
10 deIy the light. the crimson of her
efiesk. Twas as If from foot 10 brow
The womsns whole person was a flame,
f!sang aau burning triumphant high
above httai. Thus fer one seconds space
sac stooa. dazzling his very eycsight with
her strange. daunlcss spendor. and then
hhe sat the gTe4t rose wreath upon her
head, SO crowulng It.
You came 10 see me- she said. the
apark in her eyes growing to the size Il
star ] bid yau look and sce how grief
las faded me these past months. ana
how am bowed down by A. Look well.
that you may remetnner.'
Few lady nove'sts among her cortern-
roraIjos have cxcclied Mrs Purnett.
either In Width CT range or viriugy. Her
latest work Il remarkable by reason If
IT'S aosobiceFap hIcal aspect as wei as l.s
artistic. The author or Little Lord
Fseu'lefoy" haa been undergoing
SLOW process Of evolution That Las. q
I-owFie's," Rachael French" "LIIle
sarah Crew Bertha Armory." we're
all the embryonic t'iaFladas. and In sl> l.1g
&c tho wofld ;hjs vgry modern syrnho:c
story. set IN the fran4vVar ll OF IA archaic
romacce. she has further enlarged her
field and added to her feme.
TngO' LATTICE WINDOWS. Rv "
Dawson. Doubleday IS Mcclure Com
rzny.
Md home'y faces seen where house
fires glow,
Tarp' lattice windows. net I'm vain nro-
test.
Earth-s hnuhlest llfe Aer happlsst ard
her best"
"Thro' Lattice wlnGow~T Sc -he .t.lA
C. a series a. character Sketches hv \
30urx f,aSJteh7nau " : Dawson. Tl,ez,
character stables which are written vish
rare grace 81 literary STYLE. dcvef.3
largely On toVcEra phv far their exist
enee ara development, ore reason Doubt
less WIZ tia nrgher - he.n~ criticised
along with Baryie CrceSe.t ana MarIa-
T~a. the leaders - re Scottish rcralz-
sanea in ear latter aay literature az IT,
tteo HAD Mr., Barrie ret l0ng ago al-
lowed gs . took through s'N aaox FL
Thr0s0e" * - safe 80 azsufae Nr Daw-
so4 wot,i& net today invite us t. see RAJ
ffc3 "Thgo' Tsyssee WtrtaNw" Yet
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- .e ~ pa3rios cartier werks.
era Which NJ esGse 81 ~ ~ yeu1e~l-
}ere<' ~ ;iaexa tfsl seafers whea ere
kassies sea.s;neTtal;y ef G,t.a ministers
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