The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-02

A LOVER or MUSIC BY Henry van
Dyke Published 10y Charles Scribner' =
Sons. New York
Dr van Dykes story has woven into
! if am the "wid woodland flavor of the
Adirondack frontier region OF thirty
years ago. when rustic life in such a
centre was % less complex though a more
Sital problem than it is to-day because
of its strong individuality and non-intro-
spectiYcness.
The nice discrimination of the author
and the responsive skill of his illustrator
Mr.. Waller Appleton Clarke-leave
nothing 10 be desired in the fine portrayal
of types and i'm the delicate shading OF
CHARACTER and environment. The motif
is nawlcss, but The tale has a hcart-break
i'm il, genuine plthOs. real tragedy sound
minor chord through all It's music. for
the memory Of the player involuntarily
touches "a sorr0wful note amid its sweet
est harmOaies.
Happy for him. I'm spite Of an, that
he was lowered with the gift Of zone
of Gods great charities" i'm divine COM
pensation, and that when his home be-
side the river could never fulfill the
dreams with which he had laid its corner
stone hc could stl hang on It's walls
the violin that "suOke deep 10 The heart
and sitting beside lonely hearth could
saw. eft IS now that j shall take a good
care Of thee as never before; for thou
art the wife OF Jacques Trembiay"
And when tho day came that the wife
of Osee Ransom sat no more on her
"whlte orch in the summer evenings
with bleeding hearts abloom in the gar
den or hy the winter fire. while the
pale moonlight lay on the snow without.
Jacques fiddle Learned 20 sing the pref
tifst slurrber songs" 10 tho blue-cyed boy
the mother left behind. who. as the years
passed by. found an his pleasure IN sitting
at the feet OF his master and coming
his Times In such wise that 10 was said
of him I'm loving pride: zone day he will
play bottaire dan hees ucher.'
Before the boy became man, the
"Sportsman's Retreat was n retreat no
longer: the noisy civilization OF the outer
world invaded its quiet and the ubiquitous
Summer cottage appeared and multi
piled" In the midst OF change. we are
glad 10 ind that. 10 one simple being.
the walls Of his cabin and the voice OF
the river singing from long tain ago."
meant more than all the sold offered him
for his little piece 81 land.
So "the house with the curved roof
was Jacques until the end: over its
threshold Baptiste Iacomhe. the priest,
stepped to bring peace and to grant alb
solution 10 a passing soul. 10 lay II by
his supplication IN the hands of the Mas
ter Musician. who loves TO bring melody
out OF every instrument that lie has
made" And. in the thriving busy place
where Bytown used to be, The memory Of
"A lover Of music" still fingers, for at
the little church Of ST. james. Pere Bap-
tiste If he Is asked. will take down and
show a much priced relic. violin which
always hangs upon the walls where the
sunshine rests upon II like a golden
benedlctlon, and where its unforgotten
music seems still 10 rise like the incsense
of prayer.
HOW COUNT TOISTOY LIVES AND
WORKS. Translated from the Russian
OF =. A. Sergyeenko by Isabel +. Hap
good one vol. svo. cloth. Gilt top, 100
pp.. 4 photogravure illustrations. n.
Y Crowell < Co., New York and Bos-
ton. sl25.
The author first knew TolSt0y in 1892
and. having from that time come into
intimate relations with the family both
at Moscow and also at the Counts coun-
try estate at Yanvaya Polyana. he is
qualified to give a fair and accurate ac-
count OF the great writer's daily habits.
lie pictures in "a simple and vivid style
the way In which Count Tolstoy and his
eldest daughter live as vegetarians at
home, when the countess and most OF
the other children, while honoring and
loving him. live In more conventional
way He shows his dealings with beg
CARS and pensioners and he repeats in