Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-12
AN OLD POEM AND a NEW NOVEL
y JANICE MEREDITH.

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It Is a peculiar and interesting fact
!. that, three, OF The most popular novels Of
S!thef past three years have been stories
8of the American Revolution. Janice
! NJ eredithpe the last of the three, while
& lacking In some of the finer and more
dramatic qualities Of Hugh Wynne,"
Il and not quiteEup to the standard OF
So Richard Cayvel,'' is still far superior
ITO most novels of the day. Whatever
s literary famesPaul Leicester Ford won
& for himself In S"The Honorable Peter
Stirling and lost in 1.-The Story of An
Untold Love" he has more than re-
gained in his latestybook. Beautiful ia
nice has won the heart OF all beholders,
mot only by her outward lovliness, but
9by her wit and charm of manner The
development finer character from that
sOf3a. merry capriclous child to that of
"a thoughtful woman of strong will, is
well drawn, and followed With much
Interest by the reader. IL it had not
a,been for the stirring events of the time
'sJanice's youth would have been but
n dull one, for herfather was typical
country andholder and her mother
Istrait-laced Puritan. To our nine
&teehth scenturyGideas it seems strange
that a high -bernE1naiden should have
@held free and lnrestrained intercourse
tn an indentured servant; but she
fsSSas as al3queen5in her small Kingdom
sand to az certain extent, could condes-
Ecend 10 thosesof low degree. The chief
fault In our heroine's character is her
Glove or the homage of men and her
tendency to trifie with their deepest af-
y 1ectl9ns, Even as the curtain falls upon
) thesstory her love for the former slave,
!, now General Brereton, does not seem
i the deepest OF which such n nature is
: capable. Against this bright figure
THOSE OF Washington and CORVALLIS
/ stand up strong and clear and with
ss.iife like yividness. Our hero's intimacy
sss VII, washington, as his adie-dc-c camp,
Tprlngs US inselose touch with many of
sine men ho,,gbyl their bravery, made
+ 1ai1erlca whattshe was. Even through
:sssBlrereton's. disguise as a servant, we
sssc sslths sitmpses of what he is, and his
great a love for Janice ennobles and
sn g g utifies his whole life. Lord Cloves
81 nesviilain, y in every way mean and
s9.ess'lcalple IT isswith small regret thai
s ,se sees the end of him. IT is unrortu-
( !lslIf lna1 the story is not we'll sustain
Esg,5 !, drags toward the end. The hero
s1Es tH 1 story Isl Supposed to be pat
Termed s1ltAllS atter3 onespf Americas greatest
sal late s men, a lexander Hamilton.
Isl q NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
s. .IIle SsF2llL.lFF'35cuITURE MAGAZINE
' IoTf sg gi Der Contains numerous inter.
ssssingS rticles5 andds tastefully iIIustra-
ste 1.-The following are among, lis prln-
sclPa al contributions: yale University
Ply t:y,ss Professor Henry Davies: ''Locomo,
1--we q iS.uilding in America" by Walden
! F tsN /; THE Goethe Celebration IN
gls ran ik by Professor r. CLYDE
SI9rti and editorial comment on "The
SsysGT rli "a andSIts Dolngs." by the editor.
" i,fsice 25oeo.; 81 per year. The Werner
4 Akron,T Ohio.
~. ass = he II NEW PACIFIC-By Hubert
; LOVE bancroft Inthis work Mr. RIM
i c slsolls with the great change that
has taken place in the islands Of Inc
sssaolfic3 ocean during the last few de-
afdes,t and on the causes of this change
.a aatr results. He also deyotcs a good
'deal, of sspace to very excellent en,,,-
mary. OF the American policy in the
'IRhil ines, pro. and con. and his ar
,gInlsnts othaways are able. indeed Tn
!gshen seA Of imperialism. and the policy
sssxpai, sion, Mr.. Bancroft writes as
galsll mply8 imperialism. or a. colonial
at Is ordinarily meant Inv
ferns, w hich are, as n rule loose
ssisd anc, IRA tely used, 8 Neither EN-.
p5TsHss the sense of q union Z, r soyer.
e q and arbitrary domin-