Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-07

as this ne--Amerlcan Book Company,
New YORK, Cincinnati, and Chicago.
SCOTS Quentin DurWarl. has been
edited With an Introduction b. Mary
Harrioit Norris There ls no novel IN
English fiction more useful than Quen-
tin Durward In giving boys and girls
a distinct and accurate impression OF
the age OF chivalry when its principles
stu animated the court llfe Of England
and Europe, but had ceased 90 claim the
blind reverence Of the people. The
scene o. this Finely wrought story Is
laid IN Paris az the time Of Louis Nl
during the latter half of the fifteenth
century, and portrays the French king
as the llrst OF his line % recognize poll
teal capacity when not allied TO rank.
II shows with admirable clearness the
rising power OF the people and the
royal perception that they win prove
the bulwark Of the crown against the
great feudal barons. For these reasons,
az well as because II IL one Of the best
and most attractive novels I'm English
literature, the book Is particularly
adapted for school and supplementary
reading.
ISL WI NhNNIt III Ills new NNNh 4 AAN
Light Of Scarthey' devOtes several OF
the opening pages 90 an exposition Of
his views on the essential nature and
purpose Of the novel which he claims
need not be realistic nor deal too close.
~ with facts so that the characters are
human and appealing and the thread
OF the story convincing enough. not 70
suggest glazing improbabilties In
"The Light Of Scarthey" which Mr.
Egerton calls his dream child the
author keeps Just inside his declared
boundaries. Without the fine touch OF
Characterization and description which
Is distinctly demonstrated throughout
the narrative. the strange tale would
needs be relegated 10 therealms of crud-
est sensational romance. AS u Is the
reader follows the thread OF the cXcit-
ing tale with the kind OF absorbed IN
teTest that hinges necessarily on I'M
piled probabilities both IN character
and Incident. albeit all are of so distinct
an originality as 20 keep alive q start
led sense Of apprehension till the final
chapter Is read. The pronounced mo-
tive Of the book as declared by the au-
thor is TO portray the sequence OF emo
ton and incident that might follow the
event OF a renewal OF o mans first love
romance after he had reached a mature
age Az the author expresses Il: What
form OF turmoil would come into his
heart IT, when stu IN the strength Of
his age but after long years OF hopeless
separation. he were again brought face
TO face with the woman who had been
the one passion OF his life, the FIRST and
only love Of his youth? And what II
she were stlll then exactly as he had
last seen her-she untouched by years,
even as she had 50 long lived IN his
thoughts; he with his soul Scared and
scanned by many encounters bravely
sustained In the Battle Of Life" The
theme while an enhancing one Is mar
red by the entailed treatment OF two
distinct love tales IN one story, without
even the form Of an epllogue TO help
matters, and there Is a continuous cur
rent Of storm and whirl and strife and
tragedy that tint the tale sombrely
throughout the faint CLEAN OF peace az
the end being the only touch OF lightin
the narrative. Nevertheless the book
Is intensely strong and will doubtless
rank az one OF the remarkable literary
productions Of this period Of notable ef-
forts In fiction