The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-08
NEW BOOK
p.,,cus of important ANA Interest,
Briet inc New Publications.

1Wu '-..o,lyd distress the heroine III thc opeh-
thot ~ Mr. william Bnrry's novel; mo
lbs "c,ardard-" century Company inc
Two "a a., r,,rgyman's daughter who sits mt
h'..o,,rr window writing III n square
'9 ,",,v yrllum bound. with rusty braHeh
o." , looking out occasionally through the
rasF. ,be sudden and somewhat neglected
'"uhy,rd Some natures, as we say would
chu, v".L hy conditions Of such sotnyroness.
ps" might rall them sad, hut they would
"n,,I ,bom az soothing. How satisfying u
rise s,rh window, in such weather.. by such
e'"".,hvorI. and write IN such II book a mover
aPu a.. with the sorrows OF life. IL would
vNli" natter II one Of the Clergyman other
nS' ut ,rds playing the piano in the room
a"Usrir that unconditional manner which so
u'~o,Iv marks the efforts ot performers In
VV n and in other omicilcs. The heroine.
la,,.I was not writing a novel: she was writ
m"Ji diary She WIS setting down in that vel
mt to,rd SQUARE old book. with the rusty
~" Nv, ,l,.ps, that book so attractive from the
'.,orion and hrir-A-hrac point OF view.
,,,r,s that II - safe to say ought never to
"" t,,rl ,oisomrnt in the bosom of n clergy
~ .a,s cbinl He lrS rurl"d as she wrote.
mI I. I. ~ . rcl' in the virarage. and here |
u Iva? Good heavens! How untidy the
.,,,on looks. But va have no gardener, and
r,,,ber cant DO everything. she tries nara.
,l the same Sh" wrote on ABOUT her molher.
-" about the d~rraying parsonage. and about
,Is,er who was il-tcmpered and turbulent,
W,r,bs,opdirE she played tho piano as
n,,,h she were the most placid OF human
ti,I Of her mother and the par
sa,. "Sha likes to be thought OF
=. the rirtuous woman OF the Bible.
she certainly lnok"th well TO the way
~ her household. and cat"th not the bread OF
Nlsness' Tn" gates and fences are moss
,rovn tourhwuol the queer old place Itself.
cables and all. will sink down one OF these
DAYS by the churchyard. n heap OF historic
dnst" OF her sister and her mother again:
Listen to Emmy playing. with an occasional
false note. on the piano downstairs. the we'd
ding March OF MendeIssohh. On Emmy now
YOU torment that poor imprisoned arlei. VINO
doth vent his groans as last as mn wheeis
strike What are you quoting asks mother.
suspiciously. oh, nothing, mamma; only
Shakespeare Shakespeare! fahcy the look
in her eyes when | say shakespeare But mere
We are. three penrl!ess girls WIN no moro
outlook than let mo ma Il comparison -than
the flower girls who sell Duttohho!es In Ilcca-
div. No more: Perhaps less Inc mower
girls don't live III a convent down oy a grave
yard. their mother the aaS'ere aooess. 10 see
they break none OF the rules.
Here was the irony "t tate. Ihose VINO would
have liked to sit at the vlcarage WINDOW ana
look out through the rain at the churchyaru
and write in the velIum-bound book were not
permitted to be there. ana the heroine. 10
whom all these privileges were accorded. ana
upon whom they may he said to nave been
enforced. was ANXIOUS LOT a change OF scene.
Presently she aroused hersell. Threw away the
book. talked back TO her mother. successfully
beset her not very adamantine iather. lett her
sister Emmy at the piano and went up TO Lon
don among the decadents ana ~age-enders.
where she fe!t that she could be happy. Here
lisa definition OF decadent iurnished by one
otthe peculiar company that she encountered:
"Decadent, observed a gentleman. tai and
stout. who was standing behind Mrs. Hen
shaw's chair. is tine last exquisite touch OF de-
parting lite-it Is autumn. retrospective, mel
ancholy. flushed with the bloom that an
nVunee, Wv Nv
CIV "h'" 10 n'' 'ou - ouH
gesuon vi th's MINNIE. o'etfipe' VIC
suppose must % considered as q rather
decent way OF describing a conditlon Tor which
there IS q shorter name. Mrs. Henshaw. q d.
vorced lady with blue eyes made In enamel.
asst might SEEM, and with a oil move
ment that " gave one the notion OF q pickering
light," approved Of decadence. "Ilove things
10 be too luscious and pamv" she said. and
she omnlimented tho fail and stout gentle.
man on his hool "The Reautv ~ Death
tw.s bioh timo ,or tha horoino - 10 h.o,-
"a ,ha ,."rauaa - ~. -.
,nd,nnnII - - SS-- -
tS.-yI '"o
NV N0",'"' II vas n"auS'nho.
uVn'a'' nouela'e. anu Hercilul III MS hapit Oh
sou'etsa'ioh' ana innocent OF o'errlpe ana
i'e'mihaole views regarding art ana music.
instead. she married a promoter a sort OF
Ny Hoo!ey. who JngGled with millions and
came to a miserable and impoverished end.
Worse, she fell in love with a genius in the art
Of music. a comuoser Of oneras n beinp Sur-
charged with rhapsodies and mysteries. who
had an enlarged snul and footed in tha air
far up, toward the moon. He held long con-
y~ersations with tha nriasts In tho somhra
,rurI. -. 80 - UNIV
u
"At'ng IN a Preached alley, through the leaves.
HAf't Tue blue waters glistened like fragments Of a
'une nea'en-stlll terrified. but satirizing his over.
'on nerves GERARD came face to face will Father
A0Nsmith' Tho Jesuit would have passed on.
. a shsht hesitation on both sides, when.
wv """ou'@ an enort' the musician spoke.
Art, science at all events. music and the drama-is
emotion. DO you reckon it among the lawless afec.
tons Of which | read IN this hooL o., ua Ut hold.